SRINAGAR — Rights activists and relatives of the three men killed in the Hyderpora encounter last month have asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to make public the report of a magisterial probe into the incident. “It has been more than a month since the government had ordered a magisterial probe into the fake encounter […]
SRINAGAR — Soon after the Delimitation Commission proposed six additional seats for the Jammu region and one for the Kashmir division, the Kashmir-based politicians have condemned the move and termed it an “agenda of the Bhartiya Janta Party”. National Conference Vice president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday called the […]
SRINAGAR — All Parties Hurriyat Conference on Monday expressed serious concern at the Jammu and Kashmir authorities’ decision to privatize assets of the JK Power Department and merge it with the Power Grid Corporation of India. “At no other place in India has such kind of a merger taken place as the authorities are doing […]
SRINAGAR — Admitting that the people have suffered immensely in the last two days due to the strike called by the Power Development Department (PDD) employees, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said that 100 per cent electricity across Jammu and Kashmir will be restored by tomorrow. He, however, said that some people don’t want […]
PULWAMA — Police on Monday claimed to have arrested two militant associates of the Jaish-i-Muhammad outfit in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Pulwama police with the assistance of 55 RR and 182 Bn CRPF arrested two militant associates of outfit Jaish-i-Mohmmad involved in providing shelter, logistics, and other support to the militants as well as in […]
JAMMU — The Jammu University has cancelled all (UG) Undergraduate and (PG) Post-Graduate exams due to power crisis amid on-going strike by (PDD) Power Development Department employees in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory. According to notification by Jammu University, “due to strike by the Power Development Department personnel in J&K-UT, all UG/PG examinations (both offline/online) […]
SRINAGAR — The Delimitation Commission on Monday proposed six additional seats for Jammu region and one for Kashmir division. The panel in its draft presented before the associate members, has proposed nine seats for Scheduled Tribe and seven for Scheduled Caste as well. Sources privy to the development told that all the associate members were […]
SRINAGAR — Driver of a vehicle was killed while nine persons onboard it were injured in a road accident at Tanghdar area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday. Reports reaching GNS said that a scorpio vehicle (JK01W-5979) skidded off the road at Neeti Galli Nawagabra area of Tanghdar and fell into a gorge, resulting […]
SRINAGAR — A day ahead of Chillai-e-Kalan— the 40-day long chilliest part of the winter season—J&K and Ladakh continued to reel under intense cold conditions with Srinagar recording a low of minus 5.8°C on Monday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that the mercury in the summer capital was two notches up from previous […]
KULGAM — A residential house, housing nine families, was gutted in a blaze which broke on Sunday evening in Dudkuchan DK Marg in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Reports reaching GNS said that the fire broke out this evening and soon spread to take the whole structure in its grip. Even as Fire and Emergency Department […]