SRINAGAR — Police on Saturday said that it has produced a charge sheet before the court of JMIC Sumbal for judicial determination against a journalist from north Kashmir for allegedly “trying to disrupt peace and tranquility” of the region, saying that he is “involved in tweeting fake news” in order to provoke people against the […]
SRINAGAR — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Saturday called for the immediate release of journalist Sajad Gul who was arrested by Jammu and Kashmir police. CPJ in a tweet said, “#Kashmir: CPJ is deeply disturbed by reports that Kashmiri journalist @SajadGUL_was arrested days after posting a video of a protest on social media. […]
SRINAGAR — Two private security guards, presently deputed at LD hospital in Srinagar, have been arrested for allegedly taking bribes from the attendants. Official sources said that two private security guards who have allegedly taken bribes from the attendants at LD Hospital, a video of which has also gone viral on social media platforms, have […]
KUPWARA — Villagers in Budnamal area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district were “forced” to carry a pregnant woman on their shoulders to some distance and then on horse to the hospital in knee-deep snow on Saturday. Reports reaching GNS that several villagers shouldered the woman in a cot due to closure of roads for vehicular […]
POONCH — An Ambulance carrying a dead body of man who died is Saudi Arabia has been stuck on the road due to heavy snowfall near BDO office Balakote in this mountainous district, reports said. Locals alleged that administration failed to clear road at BG despite advanced weather forecast. “No snow cutter/ JGBs machine has […]
SRINAGAR — Ten PDP members including former minister of erstwhile state Abdul Rehman Veeri and senior party member Sartaj Mandi were booked on Saturday for ‘violating’ COVID rules as the party organised a rally in Bijbehara on Friday on the 6th death anniversary of former CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. “Regarding the subject it is to […]
GANDERBAL — Four persons received minior injuries after a vehicle skidded off the road in Margund Kangan area in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Saturday morning . According to reports received, four persons received minor injuries after an innova vehicle bearing registration number JKO1T 6834 were traveling towards Kangan skidded off the road at Margund […]
JAMMU — Authorities in a midnight operation rescued 86 people stuck near Sita Ram Passi on Jammu Srinagar National Highway which continued to remain close for second day on Saturday with traffic police have issued a fresh advisory to people not to travel on highway. Deputy Commissioner Ramban Musarrat Zia said that 86 passengers who […]
NEW DELHI — The Election Commission will announce the dates for assembly polls in five states at 3.30 pm Saturday. The poll body has convened a press conference in which it will declare the schedule for the polls in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur While the term of the current Uttar Pradesh assembly […]
SRINAGAR — A Kashmiri journalist has been arrested by the police days after he posted a video of family members and relatives raising anti-India slogans after the killing of their kin, a militant, in a gunfight in Srinagar. Sajad Gul, a journalism student who has been contributing to various publications and had recently joined The […]