SRINAGAR — Intense cold conditions continued in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Sunday as Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3.0°C. A meteorological department official here told GNS that the minimum temperature in Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, was two degrees Celsius below the normal for this time of the year. However today […]
SRINAGAR — The government has denied the permission for youth convention of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) here at the fair view Gupkar residence and has put PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti under house detention in Kashmir Capital Srinagar. Executive Magistrate Ist Class South Srinagar in an official communication has ordered that “In view of the report […]
SRINAGAR — A newly recruited militant of Jaish-i-Muhammad outfit was killed in an encounter at Baragam area of Awantipora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday. A top police officer told that a militant of JeM, identifying him as Sameer Ahmad Tantray resident of Bargam Awantipora was killed in a gunfight. He had joined JeM […]
KOLKATA — In a rare judgment, the Calcutta High Court has asked the state government to pay a Nepali citizen Rs 5 lakh as compensation for keeping him behind bars for 41 years without trial. After the matter came to light because of a human rights organisation, the Calcutta High Court intervened and released the […]
BARAMULLA — National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah on Saturday said that GOI’s claim that everything is normal in Jammu and Kashmir is contrary to what is happening on the ground. Addressing a party Convention here at Baramulla Dak Bungalow, he busted the misinformation campaign on NC canvassing for polls. “Nowhere did I seek […]
SRINAGAR — The name of the Government Degree College, Hyderpora was changed during a name changing ceremony presided over by the Principal of the Institution. Several local residents and senior citizens participated in the event along with the staff members of the college. The college has been renamed after the eminent Poet, writer, folklorist, researcher […]
JAMMU — The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta chaired a meeting to review the functioning of the Revenue Department. The Financial Commissioner Revenue, Commissioner/Secretary, Revenue Department, Divisional Commissioners of Kashmir and Jammu along with concerned HoDs participated in the meeting. It was informed that under the Digital India Land Record Modernization Programme (DILRMP), the […]
POONCH — Two women were killed and a minor girl injured when a kaccha house suddenly collapsed in Poonch district on Saturday. Officials told local news agency GNS that at about 14:20 hours, one kachha house of Ashaq Hussain Son of Mohammad Sharief collapsed in village Mangnar, resulting in on the spot death of two […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM — Malayalam film director and Sangh Parivar fellow traveller Ali Akbar has announced that he and his wife were giving up Islam in protest against a section of social media users allegedly indulging in jubilation over the tragic death of Chief Defence Staff Bipin Rawat and his wife in a helicopter crash, reported PTI. […]
SRINAGAR — Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday said the number of people with high blood pressure has increased since Covid-19 pandemic. “The pandemic is causing a rise in blood pressure,” said DAK President and Influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. Quoting a study conducted on half a million adults published in the Journal Circulation, […]