BENGALURU — The controversy surrounding the wearing of ‘hijab’ in a college in Karnataka’s Udupi district has spread to more colleges in the state, causing concerns within the Education department as well as parents and students. The ‘hijab versus saffron shawl’ issue surfaced at Kundapur Pre-University College in Udupi district and M. Vishweshwaraiah Government Arts […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 1982 fresh covid-19 cases, lowest in 20 days, even as seven persons succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said. Official sources told GNS that 694 cases were from Jammu Division and 1288 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall infection tally to 442462. Regarding the fresh […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday hit out at the Centre alleging its slogan for educating girl child was “hollow” as Muslim girls were denied education for wearing hijab. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was reacting to media reports about a college in Karnataka denying entry to Muslim girl […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Thrusday claimed to have arrested a hybrid militant of outfit The Resistance Front an offshoot of LeT in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. In a statement to GNS, the police said that today on 3rd February, Bandipora police and security forces came to know the suspicious movement of TRF militants in Chandergeer […]
LG expresses anguish, extends condolences to bereaved families SRINAGAR — At least six persons were killed in a road accident that took place at Keshwan area in Kishtwar district of Jammu region on Thursday, officials said. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kishtwar Ashok Kumar Sharma said that five people died on the spot while one is being […]
CHANDIGARH — The bail application of main accused Sanji Ram, sentenced to undergo a life imprisonment for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomad girl in Kathua, has been posted for hearing on February 24 by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The application came up for hearing on Thursday before a division bench […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmiri Pandits Thursday demanded the inclusion of 2.5 per cent of Jammu and Kashmir’s annual budget for resettlement and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants as recommended by the office of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a statement, Satish Mahaldar, chairman of reconciliation and rehabilitation of migrants, an influential organisation of Pandits, said: “Finance department […]
COPENHAGEN — Two years after the outbreak of Covid-19, Europe could soon enter a “long period of tranquility” due to high vaccination rates, the milder Omicron variant and the end of winter, the WHO said on Thursday. “This period of higher protection should be seen as a ceasefire that could bring us enduring peace”, WHO […]
SRINAGAR — Drivers ferrying tourists from one place to another in Kashmir Valley Thursday staged a protest accusing traffic cops in rural areas of harassment. They sought remedial measures saying that tourists too face a lot of inconveniences when are they are being repeatedly stopped and harassed at every checkpoint in rural areas. “The rural […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu Kashmir Apni Party President Syed Muhammad Altaf Bukhari Thursday said that he will bear the entire expenses for the treatment of the acid attack victim girl on humanitarian grounds. Condemning the attack on the Srinagar girl, Bukhari said that his party and he will incur the entire expenditure on the treatment of […]