JAMMU — The Kashmiri Pandit (KP) employees serving in valley sat on a dharna here with placards carrying their demand, ‘only solution relocation’, as their strike entered 180th day Thursday. They said that they are not only protesting the “selective and targeted killings” in Kashmir but also against “ignoring their plight” by Lieutenant Governor administration. […]
POONCH — A 40-year-old woman and her 12-year-old daughter were killed and two male members of their family were injured after a landslide hit their house at Baffliaz area on DKG road in Poonch on Friday. Official sources told GNS that the landslide occurred during wee hours and swept away the house of one Mohammad […]
POONCH — The army on Thursday foiled an infiltration bid and gunned down a militant in an encounter along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. ”At about 1000 hours today, alert soldiers of the army observed suspicious movement of some individuals along the Line of Control in the Poonch […]
SRINAGAR — Union minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Thursday expressed gratitude to the Union Home Minister Amit Shah for granting ST status to Pahari community in Jammu and Kashmir. Taking to Twitter, the minister said that this could have been possible only in a government headed by PM Narendra Modi. “Thanks HM Sh @AmitShah ji […]
SRINAGAR — The widening of Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, would be completed by 2025, an official said. Project Director and Regional Officer National Highway Authority of India Purshottam Kumar told news agency Kashmir News Observer that there are different packages in the national highway […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday ordered transfers and postings of five JKAS officers in the intrest of administration. According to an order, Ms. Kusum Badyal, JKAS, Secretary in the Industries & Commerce Department is transferred and posted as Secretary in ARI & Trainings Department. Ms. Nitu Gupta, JKAS, Additional Commissioner, State […]
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 […]
SRINAGAR — Four police officers from Jammu and Kashmir were among those who were awarded with Union Home Minister’s Special Operation Medal for the year 2022z According to a list, DIG Jammu, Vivek Gupta, SSP Jammu, Chandan Kohli, SDPO Gandhi Nagar Sachit Sharma and SGCT Vicky Kumar were among those who were awarded with the […]
JAMMU — Four persons including a policeman were killed and nine persons were injured as rescue operation following two landslides at Ratle power project in Drabshalla area of Kishtwar concluded on Sunday. Official sources told GNS that last evening there was a landslide, trapping a JCB operator and few others at work in the Rattle […]
SRINAGAR — Two persons have been arrested in a case related to dropping of consignment via drone along the Line of Control in RS Pura on the intervening night of October 27 and 28, police said here. In a statement, a spokesperson said that on the intervening 27th and 28th October a suspicious movement of […]