Meer Irfan SHOPIAN — Ali Mohammed (name changed) of Shopian’s Kral Chek area is getting ready for the sixth surgery of his daughter scheduled for Friday at a private hospital in the Ompora area of Budgam in central Kashmir. The physically disabled father has spent lakhs of rupees to ensure that his daughter gets well, […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Thrusday claimed to have arrested a hybrid militant of outfit The Resistance Front an offshoot of LeT in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. In a statement to GNS, the police said that today on 3rd February, Bandipora police and security forces came to know the suspicious movement of TRF militants in Chandergeer […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmiri Pandits Thursday demanded the inclusion of 2.5 per cent of Jammu and Kashmir’s annual budget for resettlement and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants as recommended by the office of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a statement, Satish Mahaldar, chairman of reconciliation and rehabilitation of migrants, an influential organisation of Pandits, said: “Finance department […]
SRINAGAR — Drivers ferrying tourists from one place to another in Kashmir Valley Thursday staged a protest accusing traffic cops in rural areas of harassment. They sought remedial measures saying that tourists too face a lot of inconveniences when are they are being repeatedly stopped and harassed at every checkpoint in rural areas. “The rural […]
SRINAGAR — A 24-year-old youth was found hanging with tree on Thursday morning at Zonipora area of Nowgam in Srinagar. Official sources said that a youth identified as Tawheed Ahmad Sandra, son of Ghulam Muhammad Dandra of Zonipora Nowgam, a Generator Mechnic was found hanging today morning with tree. Station House Officer (SHO) Nowgam police […]
KULGAM — Unknown thieves stole two dozen sheep from a tin shed in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. This cattle theft incident occurred during the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday at Lassipora Khrewan village of the district. The owner of the livestock, Muhammad Yaqub Bhat told news agency Kashmir News Trust that thieves have cut […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir is likely to have more Sainik Schools under the Society of Ministry of Defence. It has been leant that the Ministry of Defence has sought cooperation from the Jammu and Kashmir government in supporting and arranging maximum publicity and sensitizing all schools, educational bodies in this regard. According to the […]
SRINAGAR — Several parts of Kashmir Valley received fresh snowfall since overnight even as night temperature recorded an increase on Thursday, officials said. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Gulmarg had 19 cms of fresh snowfall till 0830 hours today even as it recorded a low of minus 6.0°C against minus 8.0°C on […]
SRINAGAR — Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang Kondbarao Pole has clarified that there have been no changes in SRO-43 regarding providing government jobs to the beneficiaries. Pandurang Kundbarao Pole clarified to The Kashmir Walla that there was no change in SRO-43 as he said that it already has provisions of one-time compensation or government job to […]
SRINAGAR — The acid attack victim from Srinagar is unlikely to regain her eyesight, doctors treating her at the Srinagar’s Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital Srinagar Wednesday said, adding that “no conclusion can be, however, drawn at this point of time.” Medical Superintendent of SMHS, Dr. Kanwaljeet Singh said the victim’s eyes have suffered […]