SRINAGAR — Shivering cold conditions continued unabated in J-K and Ladakh as Srinagar recorded minus 6.0°C for the second consecutive night on Sunday, officials said. It remained lowest temperature of the season so far and was minus 4.5°C below normal for this time of the year, a meteorological department official told GNS. The mercury has […]
SRINAGAR — An active militant of The Resistance Front outfit (Offshoot of LeT) was arrested by police at KP road in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. A senior Police officer told GNS that on a specific information Police along with army and CRPF arrested an active militant of TRF near Al Noor Masjid at KP Road. […]
SRINAGAR — A militant was slain in a brief gunbattle between government forces and militants at Harwan Darbagh Dhara area of Srinagar city on Sunday. Earlier, a Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) was launched by a joint team of government forces in the area following the inputs about presence of militants in the area. During operation, one militant […]
SRINAGAR — Weatherman on Saturday modified earlier forecast, now predicting “no” major snowfall in both J&K and Ladakh next week. “Mostly Dry and cold weather most likely to continue till December 22 forenoon in both J&K and Ladakh,” an official of the meteorological department official said in a statement to GNS, adding, “There’s a modifications […]
SRINAGAR — With India reporting 101 cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19 so far, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday has reiterated its demand to set up a genetic testing lab in Kashmir. “That would help detect and track the new variant of Covid-19,” said DAK President and Influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. The […]
SRINAGAR — Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said they don’t have any faith on delimitation commission as “it has been formed to pitch majority and minority community against each other and to help BJP politically “. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a party function in Rajouri, […]
SRINAGAR — Taking a strong exception to the recent changes in land use laws announced by the Jammu and Kashmir Government, Apni Party President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Saturday demanded immediate rollback of the decision that he said ‘is loaded with far reaching consequences’. Referring to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s parliament speech, Bukhari […]
SRINAGAR — A PDD lineman who fell from an electric poll at Rajpora area of Pulwama district died after battling for life for 11 days at a hospital here on Saturday, officials said. A father of five daughters and a son, the 50-year-old lineman identified as Bashir Ahmad of Yusmarg died at SMHS Hospital here […]
SRINAGAR — At least sixteen sheep were mauled to death even as over half a dozen left injured by a leopard in Ashmuqam Nowgam last night. Owner of the sheep Ghulam Mohuiddin Mir told GNS that a leopard barged inside his built shed at around 3 AM. “On hearing the noise I tried to save […]
JAMMU — The Power employees in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have resolved to go on indefinite pen down and tools down strike from this midnight as the Lt Governor’s Administration has allegedly failed to resolve their pending issues. A spokesman of the Coordination Committee of the Power Employees, including all the unions […]