SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Police will soon file a charge sheet against three persons, including a juvenile, in the recent Srinagar acid attack case to ensure exemplary punishment for them and to create deterrence among those having such “barbaric” tendencies, a top police officer said on Monday. Inspector General (Kashmir range) Vijay Kumar […]
NEW DELHI — The Centre Monday told the Supreme Court that Aadhaar card is not mandatory for registration on CoWIN portal for COVID-19 vaccination. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Surya Kant was informed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare that one of the nine identity documents including passport, Driving Licence, […]
SRINAGAR — Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party President, Mehbooba Mufti Monday said that the delimitation commission proposal has not come as a surprise and it is another onslaught on the democracy in Jammu and Kashmir. Talking with the media at the party headquarters, Mehbooba said that PDP was always suspicious and the delimitation […]
SRINAGAR — Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party President, Mehbooba Mufti Monday said that democracy is dead and nobody is allowed to speak his heart in Jammu and Kashmir. While reacting to the arrest of Journalists in Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti said that Government doesn’t want anybody should speak the truth in Valley. “Fahad has […]
POONCH — A 52-year-old porter died after falling from a tree at Banpat sector of Poonch, officials said on Monday. They identified him as Tarlok Kumar Bali son of Sunder Dass Bali of Jhulass Poonch. They said he was porter with Army at Banpat sector Poonch. The body was brought to District hospital Poonch for […]
SRINAGAR — A double-storey residential house was completely gutted on Monday in a fire incident in Chitteybandy village of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, leaving the family shelterless and causing loss of property, officials said. The officials said that fire broke out in the two storey house belongs to Khursheed Ahmad Ganie Son of Gulam Mohd […]
SRINAGAR — A 48-year-old man, who had sustained severe burn injuries in a fire incident on January 20, 2022 at Jamalata area of Nawakadal Srinagar, has succumbed to his injuries on Monday at SMHS hospital here, taking the toll of deaths to two. Official sources said that Abdul Majeed Gujri, son of Ghulam Rasool Gujri, […]
SRINAGAR — Famous resorts of Gulmarg and Pahalgam received fresh snowfall while rains lashed plains in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar, the summer capital of the J&K, had 0.8mm of rainfall during the last 24 hours till 0830 hours today and recorded a low of 2.2°C […]
NEW DELHI — India on Monday reported 83,876 fresh COVID-19 cases that took its total tally to 4,22,72,014, according to Union health ministry data. The death toll climbed to 5,02,874 with 895 more fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The number of active cases in the country declined further to 11,08,938, comprising 2.62 […]
BEIJING — China on Sunday pledged closer cooperation with Pakistan under the USD 60 billion CPEC investment programme and called for resolving the Kashmir issue properly and peacefully while opposing any “unilateral actions” that could complicate the situation as Prime Minister Imran Khan held talks with the top Chinese leadership, including President Xi Jinping. Khan […]