NEW DELHI — An angry Supreme Court bench on Thursday warned that it could stay the Centre’s decision to fix the income limit of Rs 8 lakh for availing reservation under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category if the rationale behind the decision was not disclosed. A bench headed by justice D Y Chandrachud was […]
MAKKAH — After the Saudi government relaxed COVID-19 restrictions pertaining to holy sites, Muslims are flocking to the Grand Mosque in Makkah today to offer Jumma (Friday) prayers en masse. Today’s will be the first Friday prayer to be offered in months at the Grand Mosque with a full strength of worshippers allowed by Saudi […]
SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Friday ruled out any militant related angle in the death of mentally unsound non-local in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. In a statement, the police said that today at around 12:20 hrs, an unidentified dead body was found under the jurisdiction of police station Anantnag. The […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have jointly put in place an “aerial surveillance cover” for the areas where minority community members are living and also the city Centre Lal Chowk to prevent further attacks by militants on the eve of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to […]
SRINAGAR — Traffic department issued an advisory on restriction of vehicular movement from BadyariChowk to Nishat and Gupkar on October 23 to 25. “The Boulevard Road Srinagar from Badyari to Nishat and Gupkar Road will remain closed for general traffic in connection with visit of VVIP from 23rd to 25th October,” SSP Traffic City said […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district have decided to close the 84-km-long Bandipora-Gurez road for the vehicular movement from Friday afternoon in view of an adverse weather forecast. News agency KNO quoted an order issued by Sub-Divisional Magistrate Gurez saying that in view of weather advisory issued by Meteorological department, the traffic on […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths Friday raided multiple locations in Kashmir Valley in connection with case FIR no- RC-29/2021/NIA/DLI “hatching of conspiracy for undertaking violent terrorist acts in J-K and other major cities, by cadres of proscribed terrorist organisations Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Al Badr and their affiliates.” Reliable sources […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir is all set to receive fresh spell of rains and snowfall for at least three days. “Currently, weather is partly cloudy in most places. There is possibility of light rain/snow over higher reaches most likely in the late evening/night today,” an official of the local meteorological department told GNS. […]
ANANTNAG — An elderly woman died after she was hit by a truck in K P road area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday morning. Sources told that an accident took place at around 09:30 am when a truck (JK04A-6858) passing through near Car Plaza K P Road hit the woman identified as Haseena […]
SRINAGAR — Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address a mega public rally, flag off the first Srinagar-Sharjah direct flight, lay foundation stones of two medical colleges and chair a high level security review meeting during his three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir which will begin on Saturday. This will be Shah’s first visit to […]