SRINAGAR — Police across Kashmir Zone established helpline numbers to facilitate the general public seeking help during any emergency arising due to inclement weather, rain/snowfall. On the directions of IGP Kashmir, helpline numbers have been established at district levels of Kashmir valley as well as in the Police Control Room Kashmir. People are requested to […]
SRINAGAR — Weatherman on Tuesday issued an ‘orange alert’ as present weather system of snowfall is expected to “intensify”. The weather office has already issued an advisory for snowfall in J& till January 9. “As expected, weather is overcast in both J&K with widespread light rain/snow and moderate snow over higher reaches,” an official of […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir Valley received snowfall, leading to closure of several far-off roads besides delay in flights to and fro the Srinagar ‘international’ airport on Monday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that while it was snowing, Srinagar, recorded rain and snowfall of 7.1mm since overnight till 0830 hours today. The summer capital of […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Monday said that former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has “bitten the hand that fed him” and asserted that people of Jammu and Kashmir can “certify” his “untrustworthiness”. Omar Abdullah tweeted after Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “arrogant” […]
SRINAGAR — Dubai-based Emaar group will develop a shopping mall in Srinagar of 500,000 sqft, as per the agreement signed between the governments of Dubai and Jammu & Kashmir to facilitate investments into marquee projects, reported Economic Times. This will be the first significant FDI investment in Jammu and Kashmir. “UAE and India are comprehensive […]
NEW DELHI — The Centre on Monday suspended marking of biometric attendance for all its employees till January 31, as a precautionary measure to check the spread of coronavirus. Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said the decision has been taken in the interest of safety and health of the government employees. “Keeping in […]
PARIS — Five global nuclear powers pledged Monday to prevent atomic weapons spreading and to avoid nuclear conflict, in a rare joint statement setting aside rising West-East tensions to reaffirm a goal of a nuke-free world. “We believe strongly that the further spread of such weapons must be prevented,” said permanent UN Security Council members […]
ANANTNAG — Security forces on Monday recovered a cache of arms and ammunition in Nowgam Verinag area of Dooru in South Kashmir’s Annatnag. Official sources said the recovery was made during a search and cordon operation jointly conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir police, CRPF and Army’s 19 RR in Nowgam Verinag. They said that […]
SRINAGAR — In the recently held annual board exams of 10th and 12th standard, authorities for the first time have included competency based questions of about nearly 20 percent. According to the official documents, the principal secretary to government, School Education Department, B K Singh has said that the imitative was used to minimize the […]
SRINAGAR — A mass vaccination drive was today started in coaching centres of Srinagar District in which students participated with enthusiasm and interest. This campaign is a part of mass vaccination of children in the age group of 15 to 17 years throughout Jammu and Kashmir and the first phase of the drive was today […]