NEW DELHI — Kashmiri skier Arif Khan, who will create history on Sunday when he takes part in the men’s giant slalom event of the Beijing Winter Olympics, says he knew 10 years ago that he would one day represent the country in the global showpiece. Hailing from a village in Kashmir’s Baramulla district, one […]
GANDERBAL — A labourer died on Saturday after a tree he was cutting fell on him at Nilla Najwan Kangan in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Reports said that a laborer was cutting a poplar tree at Nilla Najwan Kangan, which fell on him, leaving him critically injured. The labourer identified as Jalaluddin, son of Muhammad […]
BANDIPORA — A double-storey residential house was completely gutted in a massive blaze that broke out in Mantrigam village of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, officials said on Saturday. Officials said that fire broke out in a two-storey house, belonging to Muhammad Ramzan Ganie, son of Abdul Ahad Ganie of Mantrigam on Saturday early morning, reducing […]
SRINAGAR — Mercury dropped to minus 3.0°C in Srinagar even as other places recorded a slight increase on Saturday, officials said. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar, the summer capital of the J&K, recorded a fall of nearly 0.8°C against last night’s minus 2.2°C. Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, witnessed a […]
NEW DELHI — As many as 50,407 fresh COVID19 cases were reported in the country, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. With this, the country’s active caseload currently stands at 6,10,443 which accounts for 1.43 per cent of total cases. The daily positivity rate in India has been recorded at 3.48 […]
BARAMULLA — Security forces on Saturday arrested three militants of Al-Badr militant outfit in Rawoocha area of Rafiabad in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Official sources said that joint security forces including 92 Bn CRPF, army’s 32 RR and Jammu and kashmir police conducted search operation in Rawoocha, Dangiwacha area of sopore. The sources said that […]
JAMMU — Five missing persons, including a minor girl, were reunited with their family in Jammu district, officials said Saturday. The minor girl’s father Aftab Lone on Thursday told Jammu Police that his daughter was missing since Thursday evening from Pirmitha area. Police constituted special teams and scanned CCTV footage and traced the girl to […]
JAMMU — As many as 79 Police Stations in the sensitive Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir don’t have telephones while as 17 are without wireless facility even after huge assistance provided by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs for Modernization of Police Force. Moreover, there is only one Social Media Monitoring Cell despite the […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has asked all colleges in the union territory to get themselves evaluated and accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) within the shortest possible time, officials said on Friday. The instruction was issued by higher education department Principal Secretary Rohit Kansal at a meeting with principals […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday inaugurated a musical water fountain with laser and light and sound show at Bagh-e-Bahu here. He said the project is the first of its kind in the Jammu region and it will showcase the cultural heritage and take tourism to new heights, he added. […]