SRINAGAR — A Kashmiri girl student from central Kashmir’s Budgam district allegedly died of cardiac arrest in Bangladesh on Tuesday evening following which family has appealed to the Lt Governor to help get her body back home. Reports said that the deceased student was identified as Seema Zehra daughter of Ghulam Mohammad, a resident of […]
SRINAGAR — With the detection of 5 cases of Omicron in Kashmir valley, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday advised people to take precautions to protect themselves from the new variant of Covid-19. “Simple precautions would help prevent the spread of the variant,” said DAK President and Influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. Dr Hassan […]
SRINAGAR — Expressing concern over the incurring losses, the Kashmiri fruit grows on Wednesday appealed Government of India (GoI) to ban the import of Iranian apples in the Indian markets. Addressing a press conference President of Kashmir Valley Fruit Growers Dealers Association and New Kashmir Fruit Association Bashir Ahmad Bashir said the supply of Iranian […]
KULGAM — A 35-year-old man was found dead in mysterious conditions at Buchroo area in south Kashmir’s Kulgam on Wednesday afternoon, an official said. An official said that the body was spotted at around 12:30 pm this afternoon. “A police team recovered the body and shifted to hospital Kulgam for postmortem,” an official said. The […]
SRINAGAR — “I am fed up,” wrote DDC chairperson Srinagar Malik Aftab on Tuesday after the members created a rumble in the council whose meeting was held yesterday. The Deputy Commissioner Srinagar called a meeting of the DDC council on Tuesday at his office and asked the members to choose chairpersons for different committees of […]
SRINAGAR — Intense cold conditions continued in J&K and Ladakh as Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3.6°C on Wednesday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that the minimum temperature in Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, dropped from previous night’s 0.2°C and was 1.5°C below the normal for this time of the year. […]
NEW DELHI — India added 1,94,720 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,60,70,510 which includes 4,868 cases of Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The active cases increased to 9,55,319, the highest in 211 days, while the death toll climbed to 4,84,655 with 442 […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja on Tuesday said that he would make a proposal to the International Cricket Council (ICC) about holding a Four Nations T20I series comprising both India and Pakistan to be held every year. Raja has voiced his opinion that he wants to see India, Pakistan, Australia, and […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday imposed restrictions on the movement of people in famous Patnitop tourist destination in Udhampur district in the wake of a spike in Covid cases, officials said. An order in this regard was issued by the district disaster management authority (DDMA) and the district magistrate Udhampur. All […]
Junaid Gulzar SHOPIAN — MRM wing of RSS South Convenor Mohd yousuf Mir on Tuesday visited various areas of shopian district including Dachoo & Nagbal where he met with numerous public delegations. In a statement issued here, Mohd Yousuf Mir said that numerous public delegations apprised about their existing issues besides they also expressed satisfaction […]