SRINAGAR — Kashmir and Ladakh continued to reel under sub zero temperatures with famous Pahalgam resort remaining the coldest place in the Valley on Thursday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar recorded minus 1.8°C against previous night’s minus 2.5°C which was lowest temperature recorded this season. Qazigund recorded minimum temperature of minus […]
SRINAGAR — Body of a 23-year-old youth was found in a field at Bagwani Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday. A police official told that some passersby spotted the body in the field and informed the men in uniform accordingly. A scooty bearing registration number JKO3F-9340 also found there, he said. The […]
JAMMU — Four people were arrested for allegedly trying to sell in the black market 1,390 kgs of iron bars stolen from the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), police said. Acting on specific information regarding a bid to sell stolen SAIL iron bars, police teams conducted raids at a yard in Narwal and found […]
NEW DELHI — Militancy related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir dipped by over 41% during a period of 841 days after revocation of Article 370 as compared to the same time span prior to the abrogation, wire agency PTI reported. As per the PTI report, the militancy related cases dipped to 496 from the 843 […]
SRINAGAR — The cases of HIV AIDS are increasing with the passing year as 5534 patients including 324 kids have been tested HIV positive in J&K so far. Officials told that so far 1261 HIV positive patients have died while 2989 patients are alive on Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) while 691 patients have left follow-up. They […]
SRINAGAR — An online news article regarding alleged illegal adoption and ‘sale’ of Covid orphans has today come to the notice of Mission Director, ICPS J&K, in which serious allegations have been made against two people by an NGO. In this connection, Mission Director ICPS has directed the concerned authorities and FIR has been lodged […]
ANANTNAG — Govt HSS Khanabal was renamed as Shri Ravi Jee HSS at a ceremony held here. The ceremony was presided over by ADC Anantnag, Gh Hassan Sheikh. Speaking on the occassion, the ADC said that Shri Ravi Jee made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty. He said that academic institutions are formative […]
NEW DELHI — Meta, the newly-formed parent company of Facebook and its family of apps, on Wednesday said that it has removed over 18.8 million pieces of content in October on Facebook and Instagram in India, as it faces intense scrutiny over user data privacy. The social network giant acted on over 18.8 million pieces […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Bank on Wednesday refuted news reports regarding the appointment of 950 persons from Haryana and Punjab in J&K Bank, and terms it “false” and “fabricated”. In an official handout, the Jammu & Kashmir Bank said, “All allegations regarding ‘appointment’ of 950 persons from Haryana and Punjab in the bank are […]
JAMMU — Five cycle tracks with state-of-art facilities will become a reality soon as the Jammu Smart City Limited has expedited the pace of the project and awarded the work to the contractor, an official said on Wednesday. Jammu, the city of temples, was selected in round-3 of the Centre’s Smart Cities Mission in June […]