Author: KIMS Kashmir

SRINAGAR — District administration Srinagar on Wednesday refuted rumours about detection of any omicron case in this summer capital. When contacted, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Mohammad Aijaz Assad told GNS that the rumours doing rounds are absolutely false. “There is no omicron case in Srinagar”, he said, adding,” “Three cases have been sent for genome sequencing. […]

SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A civilian and an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) were shot dead by suspected militants in two different attacks in Kashmir valley on Wednesday evening. The first attack was reported from Srinagar city where a civilian was shot dead by suspected militants outside his residence at Mirjanpora Nawakadal area of Srinagar. He has been […]

SRINAGAR — With Jammu Omicron cases having no travel history or contact with any positive case of the new variant, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday said this could be an indication of possible community spread of the new variant. “It is possible these cases could be an instance of community spread of Omicron,” said […]

SRINAGAR — Stoking a fresh controversy, BJP unit of J&K Wednesday said that the delimitation commission worked with “dedication and transparency” and that it was for the first time that Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste categories have got their due rights. Addressing a press conference in Jammu party headquarters, BJP J&K President Ravinder Raina said […]

URI — A 20-year-old girl has lost her foot in a landmine blast along Line of Control in Hathlanga village in Uri on Wednesday afternoon, officials and reports said. Reports reaching GNS said that a girl identified as Masooma Bano, 20, daughter of Juma Chachi lost her left foot injury in a landmine blast. The […]

SRINAGAR — J&K Peoples Conference President Sajad Gani Lone has said that NC’s U-Turn to participate in the delimitaion commission meeting has legitimized the ‘grossly unfair delimitaion commission proposa’l. “Will somebody please enlighten them (PAGD). This report cannot be challenged in court. It is legally unchallengeable. Heavens sake. Stop lying through your teeth”, Sajad Lone […]

SRINAGAR — Anand Dutta one of the six convicted in the Kathua rape case of 2018 has been granted bail by Punjab & Haryana High Court, Bar and Bench reported. A Bench of Justices Tejinder Singh Dhindsa and Vinod S Bhardwaj suspended the remaining sentence of Dutta, and ordered that he be released on bail […]

SRINAGAR — A woman died under mysterious conditions at her in-laws house in Koot Kapren area of Dooru in South Kashmiris Anantnag district. Official sources said that a woman identified as Mahjabeena, wife of Rouf Ahmad Shah died under mysterious circumstances at her in laws house. Meanwhile, Station House Officer (SHO) concerned said that investigation […]

SRINAGAR — Barring Pahalgam and Qazigund, the minimum temperature recorded further rise across J&K and Ladakh amid cloud cover on Wednesday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K recorded a low of minus 1.8°C against last night’s minus 2.8°C. It was after several days that the mercury rose […]