SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police Saturday said to have rescued at least thirty four nomadic tribe members belonging to several families in separate rescue operations in upper reaches of Budgam and Shopian districts amid ongoing rains and snowfall. District Police Budgam as per a statement to GNS said that it rescued four families comprising […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission chairman B R Sharma on Saturday said that J&K Combined Competitive (Preliminary) examinations scheduled for tomorrow stands as of now. “We will see,” Sharma said when asked about the demands by aspirants regarding postponing of the examinations in view of the severe weather conditions associated with snowfall […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurating international flights and medical colleges were cosmetic steps that will not address the “actual” problem in Jammu and Kashmir. She said ideally the home minister’s visit should have been preceded by a follow up on assurances given to leaders of […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir Police on Sunday established helpline services 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 — Amid incessant rains, the ground floor of JVC Hospital in Bemina has got water-logged even as several low lying areas in outskirts of summer-capital Srinagar are witnessing inundation. GNS received several calls from attendants at JVC Hospital who unequivocally maintained that ground floor of the hospital has got inundated even as more water […]
JAMMU — A rape convict ‘judge’ was sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000 on Saturday by a fast track court in Jammu and Kashmir. Two days after convicting a judicial officer for rape and cheating a woman who had sought legal help in 2018, a fast track court […]
POONCH — Authorities here on Saturday afternoon rescued 12 persons, who were stuck near Pir Ki Gali on Mughal road, which has been closed by the authorities in wake of the snowfall. Those who were rescued include shopkeepers and workers of a shrine, located at Pir Ki Gali, officials told. Officials said that Mughal Road […]
BUDGAM — Police on Saturday rescued four families comprising 16 members of nomadic community along with their herd of sheep stuck in heavy winds and snowfall at Nagbal Yousmarg in the higher reaches of central Kashmir’s Budgam. A spokesman of Budgam police said that following a distress call, a team of police from Police Post […]
SRINAGAR — General Secretary J&K Congress and Senior leader Surinder Singh Channi has expressed deep grief and Sorrow over the demise of three members of a nomads family at Noorpora, Awantipora. Incident took place today after temporary residential shelter disintegrated under the debris of soil avalanche due to inclement weather. Channi expressed deep sympathy and […]
SRINAGAR — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday reviewed the security situation and steps taken to combat militancy in Kashmir Valley in the wake of a spate of attacks on civilians, particularly non-local labourers and minorities. Shah reviewed the security scenario at a meeting held at the Raj Bhawan here and attended by top […]