SRINAGAR — At least two girls were wounded after robbers in a bid to attempt robbery held a family hostage in Mominabad locality in central-Kashmir’s Srinagar district this afternoon. A close relative of the victimized family told GNS that the incident took place around 1 PM when male members of the family were out for […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry in J&K and Ladakh on Friday as the Meteorological Department (MeT) forecast same weather conditions to continue during the next 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain dry in J&K and Ladakh during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department told IANS. Srinagar had minus 2.2, Pahalgam […]
SRINAGAR — Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has filed a graft case against corrupt Kashmiri separatist leaders weeks after they were charged by the Jammu and Kashmir Police’s SIA for allegedly selling MBBS seats in the neighbouring nation to Kashmiri students and using the money to allegedly spread unrest in the valley. The FIA has […]
SRINAGAR — The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCC&I) Thursday welcomed the step of Jammu and Kashmir government for launching the Geographical Indication (GI) for the famed Hand-knotted Kashmiri Carpets by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. As per a statement, the QR Code based on GI can help in checking the cheating and misbranding that […]
SRINAGAR — The Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) on Thursday asked the Chief Education Officers to submit the details of government schools that have a recorded poor performance in recently announced annual regular results of 12th standard. Top officials at Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) said that the Chief Education Officers (CEOs) in […]
SRINAGAR — The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired a meeting to launch Digital JK, Digital Districts and Digital Panchayats campaign to bring in various e-governance initiatives on a single platform towards promoting ease of living in Jammu and Kashmir. Administrative Secretaries of departments of Health & Medical Education, School Education, Revenue, Rural […]
BANDIPORA — The Jammu and Kashmir BOSE Tuesday declared the result of class 12th exam of Kashmir division with an overall percentage of 75. GHSS Bandipora emerged as the top institute in the district to register 159 distinctions, 107 first divisions and 39 students have qualified the exams with second division. As per the figures […]
SRINAGAR — A minor girl from Srinagar was killed in road accident in Awantipora area of Pulwama district on Thursday. An official said that a vehicle bearing registeration number JK18B-6101 met with an accident at Chersoo in Awantipora area in which a minor girl received critical injuries. He said that the girl was shifted to […]
SRINAGAR — Three pistol-borne gunmen looted over Rs 1.59 lakhs from a petrol pump in Shopian district of south Kashmir while burglars broke open donation box at venerated shrine of Hazrat Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani in Khanyar area of Srinagar and decamped with unknown amount of cash last night, officials said on Thursday. A […]
SRINAGAR — Night temperatures dropped below freezing point in Kashmir with Gulmarg recording a low of minus 10.4°C on Thursday, officials said. A meteorological department official here told GNS Srinagar, the summer capital of the J&K, recorded a low of minus 0.1°C against last night’s 0.6°C, he said. Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, witnessed […]