SRINAGAR — A 32-year-old “mentally unsound” man was seriously injured after being hit by a train around Mazhoom Pattan section in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. Official sources told GNS that the man identified as Nazeer Ahmad Dar of Aarampora village of the area lost both of his feet in the incident. He was […]
SRINAGAR — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Semthan village in Bijbehara town of Anantnag district in South Kashmir on Tuesday Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Semthan village in Bijbehara town of Anantnag district following the […]
BENGALURU — A special court in Bengaluru has jailed an engineering student for five years over derogatory Facebook posts about the Pulwama militant attack, police said. The Central Crime Branch (CCB) said on Monday that the resident of Kacharaknahalli in Bengaluru Faiz Rasheed has been in jail since his arrest in February 2019 after his […]
NEW DELHI — Twitter banned 52,141 accounts in India for promoting child sexual exploitation, non-consensual nudity and allied content between August 26 and September 25. The micro-blogging platform, now owned by Elon Musk, also took down 1,982 accounts for promoting terrorism on its platform in the country. Twitter, in its monthly report in compliance with […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was cloudy in J&K, and the MeT office said on Tuesday that rain and snow was likely during the next 24 hours. “Generally cloudy with possibility of light to moderate rain/snowfall (1-2 inches over middle and higher reaches). “No snow in the plains. On November 2 and 3rd it is partly to […]
SRINAGAR — The Srinagar-Leh road was on Tuesday closer for vehicular movement after fresh snowfall at Zoji La Pass, officials said. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the road has been closed keeping in view the slippery condition of the road. Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir police traffic on its official Twitter […]
BANIHAL — A newly-engaged couple was found hanging near their houses in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Monday, officials said. The man, Amresh Singh (26), was a resident of Jarnal Panchal while the woman Sapna Devi (20) hails from Barthyal Panchal in the district. They were found hanging under suspicious circumstances, they said. To […]
MUMBAI — All-rounder Hardik Pandya will captain India in the upcoming bilateral T20I series in New Zealand while Shikhar Dhawan will lead the ODI squad, with regular skipper Rohit Sharma being rested for the tour, which begins five days after the T20 World Cup final in Australia. Apart from Rohit, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul […]
ANANTNAG — Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday claimed to have solved mysterious death of a lady by arresting two accused persons including her elder son involved in her murder, who had a criminal conspiracy to snatch money from the deceased. A police spokesman in a statement said that on 21-10-2022, information was received by […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Monday claimed to have arrested two Jash-e-Mohammad Militants in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. In a handout, police said that Police in Pulwama alongwith Army (55RR) & CRPF (182Bn) arrested two militant associates of militant outfit JeM. They have been identified as Adnan Shafi Bhat son of Mohd Shafi Bhat resident of […]