SRINAGAR — The fresh snowfall across Kashmir has resulted in massive damage to the electricity transformers as well as 11 kilowatt feeders in the Valley. An official document reads that a total of 1031 11kv feeders had suffered technical snag across Kashmir while in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, all 171 11 kv feeders had got […]
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Police booked man under UAPA
SRINAGAR — Police on Saturday said that a case been registered against one person namely Muzzammil Ayyub Thakur under Section 13 UAPA (Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act besides under IPC sections including for promoting enmity between different groups and statements conducing to public mischief. “On 06/01/2022, Police Station Kothibagh reliably learnt that Muzzammil Ayyub Thakur through […]
Authorities unable to handle situation after snowfall: CPI(M)
SRINAGAR — Castigating the administration for its ill-preparedness to handle the expected snowfall, CPI (M) leader Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami has said the tall claims made by the authorities on their alertness have been exposed by the power breakdown, road blockades, sanctity of ration and other difficulties faced by the people. In a statement, the CPI […]
‘Aalways in search of anti-government news’, chargesheet filed against journalist Sajad Gul
SRINAGAR — Police on Saturday said that it has produced a charge sheet before the court of JMIC Sumbal for judicial determination against a journalist from north Kashmir for allegedly “trying to disrupt peace and tranquility” of the region, saying that he is “involved in tweeting fake news” in order to provoke people against the […]
CPJ seeks immediate release of journalist Sajad Gul
SRINAGAR — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Saturday called for the immediate release of journalist Sajad Gul who was arrested by Jammu and Kashmir police. CPJ in a tweet said, “#Kashmir: CPJ is deeply disturbed by reports that Kashmiri journalist @SajadGUL_was arrested days after posting a video of a protest on social media. […]
Two security guards at LD Hospital Srinagar arrested in bribery case
SRINAGAR — Two private security guards, presently deputed at LD hospital in Srinagar, have been arrested for allegedly taking bribes from the attendants. Official sources said that two private security guards who have allegedly taken bribes from the attendants at LD Hospital, a video of which has also gone viral on social media platforms, have […]
Locals ferry pregnant woman on shoulders, horse through knee-deep snow in Kupwara
KUPWARA — Villagers in Budnamal area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district were “forced” to carry a pregnant woman on their shoulders to some distance and then on horse to the hospital in knee-deep snow on Saturday. Reports reaching GNS that several villagers shouldered the woman in a cot due to closure of roads for vehicular […]
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s death anniversary: 10 PDP members booked
SRINAGAR — Ten PDP members including former minister of erstwhile state Abdul Rehman Veeri and senior party member Sartaj Mandi were booked on Saturday for ‘violating’ COVID rules as the party organised a rally in Bijbehara on Friday on the 6th death anniversary of former CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. “Regarding the subject it is to […]
Four people injuried in a Ganderbal road accident
GANDERBAL — Four persons received minior injuries after a vehicle skidded off the road in Margund Kangan area in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Saturday morning . According to reports received, four persons received minor injuries after an innova vehicle bearing registration number JKO1T 6834 were traveling towards Kangan skidded off the road at Margund […]
Kashmiri journalist Sajad Gul arrested, charged for ‘criminal conspiracy’
SRINAGAR — A Kashmiri journalist has been arrested by the police days after he posted a video of family members and relatives raising anti-India slogans after the killing of their kin, a militant, in a gunfight in Srinagar. Sajad Gul, a journalism student who has been contributing to various publications and had recently joined The […]







