SRINAGAR — Journalist Sajad Gul has been booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) and was subsequently shifted to Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu, police said. Inspector-General of Police Kashmir zone, Vijay Kumar, on Sunday confirmed to The Kashmir Walla that Gul has been booked under PSA. Kumar on Sunday said, “He (Gul) has been booked under PSA […]
SRINAGAR — A civilian and a policeman were injured after the unidentified persons hurled grenade in Saraf Kadal area of Srinagar, official sources said on Sunday. They said that unknown militants lobbed a grenade towards joint team of police and CRPF at Saraf Kadal, resulting in injuries to two persons. The injured have been identified […]
NEW DELHI — The Editors Guild of India Sunday condemned the manner in which the office and the management of Kashmir Press Club (KPC) were “forcibly taken over” by a group of journalists with the help of armed policemen. A few journalists accompanied by policemen reached the KPC Saturday and claimed to be the “new […]
SRINAGAR — Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday re-imposed weekend lockdown and said that night curfew shall continue to remain in force in all districts from 9 pm-6 am with complete restrictions on non-essential movement in the Union Territory. “Night curfew shall continue to remain in force from […]
SRINAGAR — A massive fire has broken out inside ‘Sherwani Hall’ in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said that the fire broke out around 2:15 PM this afternoon inside the structure –used as banquet hall for political and social functions. A Fire and Emergency Department official confirming it told GNS that men and machinery were […]
SRINAGAR — As J&K braces up for light rains and snowfall till January 19, night mercury recorded an increase even as it stayed below freezing point with Srinagar recording a low of minus 1.2 °C on Sunday. A meteorological department official told GNS that the minimum temperature in the summer capital of the J&K was […]
SRINAGAR — After authorities withdrew registration of the Kashmir Press Club (KPC), a group of journalists on Saturday unilaterally formed an interim body in what several journalist bodies in the region said was “arbitrary” and “illegal” while many termed it a “state-backed coup”. The group of journalists entered the Kashmir Press Club premises earlier on […]
BUDGAM — Body of a Kashmiri MBBS student, who died in a Bangladesh College on Wednesday, reached her native village in Budgam on Saturday, officials said. An official said that the body of Seema Zehra, a resident of Zabar Mohalla in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district, reached her home on late Saturday evening where her last […]
SRINAGAR — The imposition of weekend lockdown without making any announcement has led to the sufferings of tourists as well as the losses to the traders; alleged trade bodies, stating that the unexpected decision has surprised all in the Valley. Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCC&I) president, Sheikh Ashiq said that it was surprising […]
Mudasir Maqbool PULWAMA — A 30-year-old man was missing in southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district from last 5 days has been traced by Police near Chinani Nasri tunnel at Udhampur and has been handed over to the family. We have traced the man and handed over to family on Satarday, an officials said. He was brought […]