SRINAGAR — At least four cowsheds were damaged in a massive blaze, which broke out on intervening Friday and Saturday night, at Tulbagh Shangus in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Reports reaching GNS said that four cow-sheds belonging to Mohammad Rafiq Khan and Abdul Majeed Khan, sons of Abdul Ayoub Khan, were gutted in a massive […]
CHANDIGARH — The Border Security Force has shot down a drone that entered from Pakistan in Punjab’s Amritsar district, officials said on Saturday. The troops fired at the drone after they noticed it sneaking into the Indian territory near Daoke village, 34 km southwest of Amritsar city, on Friday evening, the BSF said. During the […]
SRINAGAR — Night temperatures dropped below freezing point in the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region during the last 24 hours. The MeT office on Saturday forecast dry weather during the next 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain dry in J&K and Ladakh during the next 24 hours. Night temperatures again dropped below the freezing […]
SRINAGAR — Provisional Selection List of the candidates for the posts of Junior Assistant/Cashier/Clerk/Store Attendant/Cadrex Clerk/Computer Cum Junior Assistant/Welfare Organizer of various Departments for UT Cadre, Divisional Cadres and various Departments for UT Cadre, Divisional Cadres and various District Cadres, advertised vide Notification No. 04 dated 16.12.2020, No. 05 dated 24.12.2020, No. 06 dated 29.12.2020 […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference (JKPC) President Sajad Lone said that it will be difficult to ally with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of state into two union territories three years ago. The sole reason I would go into elections today would be to get […]
SRINAGAR — A 3-year-old girl died after slipping into Mawar Nallah in Naugam Handwara in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Reports reaching GNS said that one Aaliya Rafiq, daughter of Mohammad Rafiq Chechi, was alongside her sister, when she accidently fell off a bridge into Mawar Nallah. The minor girl was evacuated from the water source […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu & Kashmir has registered an increase of 7,72,872 voters during the special summary revision exercise conducted by the Election Commission of India this year, Jammu & Kashmir’s joint chief electoral officer Anil Salgotra said on Friday. The joint CEO today said that there has been net increase of 772872 electors in the […]
RAMBAN — Police found an improvised explosive device (IED) in a mini-bus that was carrying around 20 passengers on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district on Friday, officials said. “We received specific information that a matador is carrying a suspicious object. The vehicle was search and a suspected object was found at 12 pm,” […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency on Friday filed a supplementary chargesheet against a Jammu and Kashmir resident in a case related to criminal conspiracy of carrying put militant attacks at different places in Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country. In a statement, a spokesperson said NIA filed supplementary chargesheet against an accused […]
SRINAGAR — Following the proposal of winter vacations, the School Education Department has decided to announce the closure of schools in a phased manner in Kashmir and winter zones of Jammu division from December-05 to 19. Top officials in the administration informed the news agency Kashmir News Observer that it has found it appropriate to […]