NEW DELHI — The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is in the community transmission stage in India and has become dominant in multiple metros where new cases have been rising exponentially, the INSACOG has said in its latest bulletin. It also said BA.2 lineage, an infectious sub-variant of Omicron, has been found in a substantial fraction […]
SRINAGAR — Abdul Ahad, father of Jahangir Lolabi—senior member of GNS, passed away at Tilwanpora Lalpora Kupwara on Sunday. As per family sources, his nimazi jenazah (funeral prayers) would be held at 5p.m. at Tilwanpora Lalpora. In this hour of grief, entire GNS team stands in solidarity with Jahangir Lolabi. Meanwhile, a condolence meeting was […]
Zubair-Ul-Islam SRINAGAR — Noted Socio-Poltical activist and Executive Member, South Asian Centre for Peace, Democracy & Development (SACPDD) Dr. Rizwan Rumi expressed his anguish over plight of teacher professionals of Jammu and Kashmir. In a memorandum to highlight the plight of young and qualified teachers, he said the Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory has the […]
SRINAGAR — A hut was gutted in picturesque Gulmarg resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district overnight, officials said on Sunday. They said a hut belonging to Hotel Highland was fully damaged in the fire, the cause of which is being ascertained. There was no loss of life are injury reported in the incident as the […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with the outside world, was closed following mudslides and shooting stones at many places on the thoroughfare, officials said on Sunday. A traffic department official here told GNS that the highway was blocked due to mudslides and shooting stones at many places, mainly in […]
SRINAGAR — Many areas of Kashmir Valley and Jammu region received fresh snowfall even as the weatherman forecast overall improvement from Monday till January 29, officials said. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar received 6.1mm rainfall in last 24 hours till 0830 hours today while the summer capital of the J&K recorded […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference chairman, Sajad Lone questioned Home Minister Amit Shah’s normalcy remark for return of statehood to J&K and stated that government’s admission that situation still isn’t normal in J&K is self-contradictory. Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, Sajad Lone said that in a federal structure can normally be used as an excuse to […]
NEW DELHI — India reported 3,33,533 lakh new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, which is marginally lower than yesterday. With a tally of 3,92,37,264 crore cases, India is the second worst-hit country after the US. The daily positivity rate is slightly up from 17.22% to 17.78% while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 16.65 per […]
NEW DELHI — Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar has claimed there are certain lobbies in Indian cricket which forced Virat Kohli to step down as team India captain from all formats in a span of few months. Ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup, Virat Kohli had announced that he would be stepping down as […]
SRINAGAR — Government on Saturday designated Sarpanch as competent authority to issue permissions for construction of residential houses in rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir. As per the order issued by Government of J&K, Panchayat Secretary (VLW) and Patwari Halqa will be members of this committee. Furthermore, for construction of commercial buildings in rural areas, […]