SRINAGAR — Weatherman on Thursday forecast “moderate rain and snow at scattered places of J&K” in next 48 hours and dry weather thereafter till February end. “As expected, rain/snow decreased significantly since last night but weather is overcast in Kashmir, cloudy in Jammu and partly to generally cloudy in Ladakh,” said a meteorological department, adding, […]
SRINAGAR — Many passengers were left stranded at the Srinagar International airport as flight operations were hit adversely on Thursday morning due to poor visibility which has delayed many departures or arrivals so far. Director, Airports Authority of India, Srinagar, Kuldeep Singh told GNS that delays are occurring “due to visibility issues”. Reportedly one flight […]
SRINAGAR — The High Court of J&K and Ladakh Wednesday ordered a complete ban on inter-district appointments, postings, and transfers of district cadre staff members of J&K and Ladakh. “There will be a complete ban on inter-district appointments, postings, and transfers of district cadre staff member of J&K and Ladakh and no request in this […]
SRINAGAR — Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh Wednesday ordered constitution of teams of well-trained officers for handling cyber-crime investigation in Jammu and Kashmir The circular forwarded to special DGP Crime, J&K, ADGP, Jammu Zone and IGP Kashmir reads that form teams of well-trained officers to handle cyber-crime investigations in their each unit or wing. […]
SRINAGAR — Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Wednesday said that all the essential services are being restored on a war footing basis for the convenience of the general public. He informed that plain areas of South Kashmir received 2 to 3 feet snow while Central Kashmir received 1 to 1.5 feet snow and North […]
SRINAGAR — In view of heavy snowfall, the concerned authorities of Srinagar district on Wednesday deferred preparation of reopening of schools in Kashmir valley. The authorities earlier had asked the concerned school authorities to start preparations for reopening of schools from February-24. The official has said, “The Heads of all schools of district Srinagar were […]
SRINAGAR — Nearly half a dozen residential houses and two sheds were damaged while two ladies also suffered injuries due to heavy snowfall in Kashmir that started last evening. Reports said that several families had a narrow escape today; the residential houses collapsed due to heavy snowfall today. Two ladies from South Kashmir’s Pulwama district […]
SRINAGAR — Even after passage of seven decades, Kashmir’s power infrastructure continues to remain far behind compared to other parts of the country as seen on Wednesday. The night-long spell of heavy snowfall did not only result in power breakdown in entire Valley but took the lid-off of Power department’s tall claims of improving power […]
SRINAGAR — Joint forces have claimed to have arrested two Lashkar militant associates in South Kashmir’s Shopian district. PRO Defence Srinagar in a statement said “On the intervening night of 22-23 February 2022, based on specific intelligence of presence of war like stores in Villages Awaneera and Shed Chak of Shupiyan District, Army & JKP […]
JAMMU — The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, today approved the Policy for Promotion of Foreign Investment in the industrial sector in Jammu and Kashmir- 2022. Farooq Khan and Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisors to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&K, and […]