Srinagar: The skyrocketing prices of vegetables and other stuff due to closure of Srinagar-Jammu Highway have levied an additional burden on the people of Kashmir who have already suffered heavily since August 2019. Local citizens told News Agency Kashmir News Trust that vegetable prices have gone beyond their purchasing capacity while the continuous shut down […]
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Amazon delivery person rides horse in snow-covered Srinagar to drop off order
Srinagar: After heavy snowfall blanketed Kashmir, an Amazon delivery person in Srinagar made waves on social media after using a horse to deliver packages. In a video, the delivery person was filmed travelling on horseback to deliver packages as roads were snowed under. The unique delivery came to light after photojournalist Umar Ganie tweeted the […]
Signal, Telegram grab 40 lakh new users in India amid WhatsApp row
New Delhi: As WhatsApp started sending notifications to over 400 million users in India last week asking them to either accept its new policy or see their accounts removed from February 8, it came as a blessing in disguise for its rivals as Signal and Telegram saw over 40 lakh new users signing up within […]
Coldest night recorded once again in 26 years, Srinagar freezes at minus 7.8°C
Srinagar, 13 Jan: Cold wave conditions returned to Kashmir on Wednesday as the minimum temperatures in most parts of the Valley fell below minus 5-degree Celsius. As per Kashmir Weather, an independent weather forecaster, Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 7.8°C – which is season’s lowest temperature and also lowest since 1995. He said, […]
PAGD Stronger Than Ever Before: Farooq Abdullah
Srinagar: People’s Alliance for Gupkar Deceleration is stronger than ever before on account of DDC poll outcome in its favor, Farooq Abullah, president of National Conference said on Tuesday. PAGD is an alliance of several political parties for restoration of Article 370 and 35A. “The National Conference firmly believes in people to be the fountain […]
Two women die of cardiac arrest in Kashmir
Srinagar: Two women hailing from two separate places in Kashmir have died of massive cardiac arrest on Tuesday at Bandipora and Budgam district. According to KNO Mubeena Begam, 30-year-old from Besbal Sumbal suffered a massive cardiac arrest at her relative’s home in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. She was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, where […]
Coaching Centres in North Kashmir’s Sumbal don’t have uniform fee structure, Allege parents
Bandipora: Parents Tuesday alleged there is no uniform fee structure in Coaching Centres located in Sumbal area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. A delegation of parents from Sumbal and Hajin Blocks of the district told News Agency Kashmir News Trust there are several coaching centres in Bandipora district but none among them has uniform fee […]
Ex-Branch Manager Mendhar Cooperative Bank Arrested for Misappropriation Of Rs 3Cr Public Money
Poonch: Former Branch Manager Mendhar, Jammu Central Corporative Bank, has been arrested by police for alleged misappropriation of public money to the tune of approximately Rs 3 crores. The former Branch Manager Abdul Karim of Uchad Mendhar was arrested after a complaint against him by one (name withheld) from Thera Mendhar that money deposited by […]
18-year-old youth killed in Bandipora road accident
Bandipora: An 18-year-old motorcyclist was killed on Tuesday after he was hit by a passenger bus near in Chortung Morh in Ajas area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. An official told that the motorcyclist was critically injured after being hit by the passenger bus. He said that the injured motorcyclist was immediately shifted to CHC […]
2 army porters injured after slipping from hill in Uri
Uri: Two army porters were injured after they fell from a hill in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. Official sources told GNS the porters slipped from the hill when they were taking some load uphill at a forwarded post of the army in village Nawarunda Uri and got injured. The injured […]