JAMMU — The army has been deployed to restore essential services hit by the ongoing strike of electricity department personnel here, officials said Sunday. They said the deployment was made following a request by the administration. In a communication addressed to the army, Jammu Divisional Commissioner Raghav Langer said that due to the strike by […]
PULWAMA — A police man was shot at by unknown gunmen in Bandzoo area of Pulwama district on Sunday An official told that suspected militants fired upon one police man namely Mushtaq ahmad wagay son of Gh wagay resident of Bandzoo Pulwama. He said Mushtaq was presently performing his duties in DPL Pulwama as washerman […]
SRINAGAR — A court here has rejected anticipatory bail application of a man accused in a case involving selling off a piece of land that did not belong to him or co-accused person. The accused, Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Dar, in league with another accused Kanwal Khrishan Dhar alleged played fraud with one Azhar Hussain Bhat of […]
SRINAGAR — A CRPF trooper, part of a road opening party, sustained critical injuries after allegedly hit by an Alto car in Kadalbal Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district this morning. An official told GNS that one CRPF constable Shrawan Kumar of 130 Batallion was performing duty at highway as road opening party, when hit […]
JAMMU — The government forces in Rajouri district have arrested two persons for allegedly sharing secret information of vital security establishments. The duo, who belong to a single family are resident of Nowshera village. One of them was working as porter with Army. Officials told that on some specific, a joint team of Army and […]
SRINAGAR — Shivering cold conditions continued unabated in J-K and Ladakh as Srinagar recorded minus 6.0°C for the second consecutive night on Sunday, officials said. It remained lowest temperature of the season so far and was minus 4.5°C below normal for this time of the year, a meteorological department official told GNS. The mercury has […]
SRINAGAR — An active militant of The Resistance Front outfit (Offshoot of LeT) was arrested by police at KP road in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. A senior Police officer told GNS that on a specific information Police along with army and CRPF arrested an active militant of TRF near Al Noor Masjid at KP Road. […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday, December 17, 2021, asked the Delhi High Court to decide within three months a petition for an FIR to be registered and investigation started against BJP leaders who had allegedly made hate speeches capable of inciting crowds ahead of the 2020 Delhi riots. A bench comprising Justices […]
NEW DELHI — Some decisions made by the BJP-led central government might have been wrong but no questions could be raised about its intention, Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted on Friday. Addressing the annual general meeting of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Shah said no charges of corruption were […]
SRINAGAR — A militant was slain in a brief gunbattle between government forces and militants at Harwan Darbagh Dhara area of Srinagar city on Sunday. Earlier, a Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) was launched by a joint team of government forces in the area following the inputs about presence of militants in the area. During operation, one militant […]