SRINAGAR — The Government Degree Colleges in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir shall observe winter vacation from December 27, 2021, the government announced on Thursday. According to an order issued by Principal Secretary to the Government Higher Education Department, Rohit Kansal, all Government Degree Colleges of the Union Territory of J&K shall observe […]
SRINAGAR — The families from north Kashmir’s Bandipora on Thursday staged a protest against the arrest of their beloved, demanding their immediate release. The protesting families alleged that their beloved have been detained before two months for no reason. The wife of one among the detained person, Muhammad Salman Gojar, said, “My husband has been […]
LUDHIANA — Two people have died in a blast inside a court complex in Ludhiana in Punjab. Four people have also been reported to have suffered serious injuries in the explosion. The blast is reported to have taken place around 12:22 pm in a bathroom on the second floor of the building. The intensity of […]
SRINAGAR — Crime Branch Kashmir has produced a charge-sheet against five persons including Executive Engineer R&B Division Pulwama for fraudulently preparing a fictitious family pension case in which daughter-in-law was shown as the wife of the deceased man. An official of the Crime Branch Kashmir said that the chargesheet in the case (FIR No. 09/2017) […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities on Thursday suspended traffic movement on Mughal, Bandipora-Gurez and Sonamarg-Zojila roads due to fresh snowfall in upper reaches of Kashmir valley. The historic Mughal Road connecting Poonch district of Jammu province with Shopian in south Kashmir has been closed for all kinds of vehicular traffic, owing to fresh snowfall in upper reaches […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Thursday claimed to have averted a major tragedy by destroying an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Wanpora village on Newa-Srinagar road. Police in a statement said, “an IED (approx 5kg) was detected by joint team of 50 RR, 183 BN CRPF, and Pulwama Police along roadside in a container at Wanpora […]
SRINAGAR — Upper reaches of Kashmir Valley received snowfall while rains started in plains on Thursday. Amid overnight cloud cover, minimum temperature rose considerably across the J&K and Ladakh, with most places in Kashmir Valley recording above-sub-zero temperature. Almost 4 inches of snowfall were reported from parts of north Kashmir as authorities closed Bandipora-Gurez road. […]
JAMMU — Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said his party would continue to press for the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir after the winter months to provide a popular government to the people of the Union Territory. He alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is happy with its “proxy rule” […]
SRINAGAR — District administration Srinagar on Wednesday refuted rumours about detection of any omicron case in this summer capital. When contacted, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Mohammad Aijaz Assad told GNS that the rumours doing rounds are absolutely false. “There is no omicron case in Srinagar”, he said, adding,” “Three cases have been sent for genome sequencing. […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A civilian and an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) were shot dead by suspected militants in two different attacks in Kashmir valley on Wednesday evening. The first attack was reported from Srinagar city where a civilian was shot dead by suspected militants outside his residence at Mirjanpora Nawakadal area of Srinagar. He has been […]