SRINAGAR — Special Investigation Unit in its continuous investigation in different ULPA cases, after Pampore and Kulgam districts, conducted searches in the suspected houses in Srinagar district on Saturday. In a statement, a spokesperson said that searched were conducted in Sheeraz Colony Ganie Near Ration Ghat Soura & Shalbaf Mohalla New Colony Jinab Sahab Anchar […]
SRINAGAR — A 21-year-old female student from north Kashmir’s Bandipora district was found hanging in a university hostel in Rajasthan, officials said here on Saturday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the girl student from Naidkhai village of Bandipora, who was pursuing Radiology at Mewar University in Rajasthan was found hanging […]
SRINAGAR — In what could be a major boost to the tourism sector in the Kashmir Valley, the government is likely to install “Srinagar Eye” on the pattern of famous “London Eye” inside the world-famous Dal Lake in Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district. Sources told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that like “London Eye”, the […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) department on Saturday forecast mainly dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain mainly in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Meanwhile, Srinagar registered 8.6 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 5.3 and Gulmarg 4 degrees as the […]
KUPWARA — A Special Police Officer (SPO) succumbed to his injuries after hit by a vehicle at Drugmulla village in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday evening, official sources said. They told GNS that two persons were injured after hit by an unknown vehicle along Kupwara-Srinagar highway last evening. The injured duo, they said, was […]
SRINAGAR — The 6.5 km Z-Morh tunnel between Gagangir and Sonamarg on the Srinagar-Leh highway will be thrown open for traffic by November 15, an official spokesperson said on Friday. He said Divisional Commissioner for Kashmir P K Pole gave directions in this connection to the officials concerned during a high-level meeting at Sonamarg, which […]
SRINAGAR — On the eve of Eid Milad-Un-Nabi (ﷺ), the authorities here on Friday issued a traffic advisory, asking people to follow the route plan in order to ensure the devotees will not face hardships. The traffic advisory reads that a large number of devotees are expected to assemble at Asari Sharief Hazratbal for the […]
KULGAM — Two female cricketers from south Kashmir’s Kulgam district have set the doors open for aspiring female cricketers of Kashmir region after being selected for the Jammu Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) tournaments. Zeenat Ramzan (21) from Qaimoh Tehsil in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district has been selected for the Senior Women’s tournament while Khushbo Aftaab […]
SRINAGAR — Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), an infectious viral disease of cattle continues to infect more cattle due to which the farmers are very much worried. The residents of Chotigam Shopian told news agency Kashmir News Observer that around 35 cows have got affected in the last three days and two have already died but […]
SRINAGAR — The southern Kashmir district of Pulwama was declared as the best performing district of J&K under the “Good Governance” Index on Friday. Details available with news agency Kashmir News Observer reveal that composite score of 20 districts was computed at UT level by aggregating the scores of 10 sectors i.e agriculture & allied […]