JAMMU — A 15 Year-old boy was killed due to electric shock in Mendhar area of Poonch district on Thursday. Officials told GNS that a boy came accidentally in contact with a live wire resulting severe injuries. Soon locals shifted him to Sub-district hospital Mendhar for treatment, however doctors there declared him brought dead. The […]
SRINAGAR — Higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Thursday as the minimum temperature improved with Srinagar city recording minus 0.5 degrees Celsius as the lowest temperature. Fresh snowfall occurred in Gulmarg, Sonamarg, Zojila Pass, Doodpathri and other places as the nightlong cloud cover brought up the night temperature. The Meteorological (MeT) department officials […]
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at 19 locations across five states as part of its ongoing investigation into a case linked to the radicalization of individuals associated with the proscribed terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed. The raids were underway since early morning at the hideouts of suspects in Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, […]
JAMMU — In an apparent case of suicide, an Army personnel allegedly shot himself dead using his service rifle in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Havaldar Indesh Kumar was on sentry duty inside his camp at the Anjanwali village in the Manjakote area when he fatally shot himself late Tuesday, the […]
SRINAGAR — A truck driver was killed while as it’s conductor was injured after the vehicle fell into deep gorge at Margan top area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Officials told GNS that a truck carrying bricks from Anantnag to Warwan lost its control at Margan top and fell into deep gorge. Soon a team […]
JAMMU — A Pakistani intruder was apprehended by the Army near the LoC in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, security officials said on Thursday. Mohd Sadiq (18) was allegedly attempting to sneak into the Indian side from across the border when he was intercepted by the alert troops at Noorkote, a village near […]
JAMMU — Three persons were killed and two others injured in two separate road accidents in Samba and Ramban districts of Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday, officials said. Two unidentified persons lost their lives when their load carrier plunged into a gorge near Nud-Mansar in Samba on Wednesday night, the officials said. They said the driver […]
JAMMU — The authorities in Jammu on Wednesday conducted an inspection of nearly two dozen ultrasound and imaging centres, and sealed one such facility for its failure to renew registration, an official spokesman said. The drive was conducted across various subdivisions on the directions of Jammu Deputy Commissioner Sachin Kumar Vaishya, the spokesman said. He […]
SRINAGAR — Senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and former minister Naeem Akhtar on Wednesday expressed grave concerns over the severe cash crunch affecting Jammu and Kashmir’s government treasuries. He warned that the crisis is leaving contractors, government employees, and pensioners in dire financial straits. In a statement, Akhtar highlighted the plight of pensioners, whose […]
JAMMU — The Army busted a major militant hideout in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition, officials said here. The Rashtriya Rifles troops busted the hideout during cordon and search operations in the forest area of Mahore, they said. According to the officials, […]