POONCH — Seven persons were injured in a head-on collision between an army vehicle and video coach bus near Tota Gali in Poonch district on Tuesday. Official sources told GNS that there was collision between army vehicle and the video coach (JK02BH-5393 )at Tota Gali. The injured include Ajaz Ahmed (14) son of Alif Din […]
POONCH — State Bank Of India, Mendhar Branch here in this mountainous district was closed after some staff members tested positive, officials said on Tuesday. The staffers tested positive during covid-19 testing and Dr Parvaiz Ahmed Khan, Block Medical Officer Mendhar, confirmed to GNS that some staffers tested positive. A senior official said that subsequent […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday constituted a committee of senior officers regarding the issue of commemoration of Dogra Maharaja Hari Singh’s birthday and its observance as a public holiday. An order issued by the J&K administrative department said a 4-member committee headed by the principal Secretary General administration department will go into […]
JAMMU — Dr. Hina Shafi Bhat, Vice Chairperson J&K Khadi and Villages Industries Board (KVIB) today chaired a meeting of female employees of J&K KVIB, Jammu. The meeting was attended by Masroor Ahmad Shah Dy.CEO (Adm) / OSD to Vice Chairperson, Tilak Raj, Divisional officer (JD) and female employees of Jammu Division. During the meeting, […]
JAMMU — Congress has questioned the Govt over the failure to fix responsibilities and take action against those guilty of the painful tragedy at the holy shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi Ji over the eve of new years when over dozen pilgrims were killed and more than this number severely injured in the stampede. In […]
POONCH — Traffic on Jammu-Poonch highway was restored on Monday after remaining shut for couple of days due to heavy snowfall. Official sources said that the highway was cleared of snowfall and blockades between Jaranwali Gali A and Bimber Gali (BG) in Mendhar area of Poonch district. Police Post incharge BG ASI Abdul Gafoor Confirmed […]
JAMMU — A 32-year-old woman was killed and 13 others were injured when a bus turned turtle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Sunday, officials said. The accident took place at Galak village on the Dayalacheck road when the driver lost control over the vehicle at a sharp curve, they said. The bus was […]
JAMMU — A 37-year-old woman and her minor daughter were rescued by villagers from an avalanche in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday, officials said. Nasreen and her 11-year-old daughter Zaida Kousar had gone to fetch water from a natural source in their Tarwanja village of Behramgalla in Surankote area […]
POONCH — An Ambulance carrying a dead body of man who died is Saudi Arabia has been stuck on the road due to heavy snowfall near BDO office Balakote in this mountainous district, reports said. Locals alleged that administration failed to clear road at BG despite advanced weather forecast. “No snow cutter/ JGBs machine has […]
JAMMU — Authorities in a midnight operation rescued 86 people stuck near Sita Ram Passi on Jammu Srinagar National Highway which continued to remain close for second day on Saturday with traffic police have issued a fresh advisory to people not to travel on highway. Deputy Commissioner Ramban Musarrat Zia said that 86 passengers who […]