SRINAGAR — Divisional Commissioner Kashmir P K Pole on Monday said that by tonight all trucks stranded on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway will be cleared and that there were natural reasons for halting of trucks on the highway. Talking to the news agency Kashmir News Observer, Pole said that all trucks including fruit-laden trucks will […]
JAMMU — As many as 2,783 underground bunkers have been completed for the safety of civilians along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. District Development Commissioner, Rajouri, Vikas Kundal chaired a meeting of the officers concerned to review the progress on the border bunkers being […]
JAMMU — In a major political development mayor and deputy mayor of Jammu Municipal Corporation on Saturday resigned from their posts. Sources told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that JMC mayor Chander Mohan Gupta and deputy mayor Advocate Purnima Sharma resigned today after facing opposition from own councillors. They said that there was infighting […]
JAMMU — Two mortar shells were found in the forward villages along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. A live mortar shell was noticed by villagers at Pragwal in Akhnoor sector on the outskirts of Jammu this morning, they said, adding the bomb disposal […]
UDHAMPUR — At least four persons including three sisters died after drowning in a Nallah at Chetredi village of Tehsil Ramnagar in Udhampur district on Friday, an official said. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that at about 1430 hrs, an information was received that four people including three sisters who had […]
JAMMU — The Jammu-Srinagar national highway will remain closed for traffic for four hours daily till September 27 to undertake repairs in various landslides prone areas, officials said. Traffic would be halted from 3 am to 7 am during the repair work, according to the direction issued by Chief Secretary A K Mehta. To carry […]
JAMMU — The notification of J&K Waqf Board issued in 1985 in which over 500 Kanals of land were notified as Waqf property in Poonch district was challenged in the high court in 2018 and because of the deliberate delay being caused by the concerned deputy commissioner in replying the court notices, the case is […]
SRINAGAR — The Indira Gandhi National Open University Regional Center in Jammu is playing an important role in imparting education to remote villages from Jammu. Those who do not have the finances to pursue formal education or who do not get regular admission in degree colleges are taking admission in IGNOU to make their dream […]
SRINAGAR — In May this year, the General Manager of Northern Railways made a statement declaring that Kashmir will be connected with the rest of the country through the railway link by the end of 2023. As this year is approaching an end, and with the current pace of work it is evident that the […]
POONCH — Body of man was found hanging from a tree at Dara Sangla village of Surankote area in this district on Wednesday. Official sources and locals told GNS that body of the man identified as Mohammad Shakeel son of Gulzar Ahmed Lohar of Baird Fazlabad was found at a distance of nearly 2 kilometers […]