SRINAGAR — Director Health Services Kashmir, Dr Mushtaq Ahmad Rather on Thursday chaired a meeting with health officials including Chief Medical Officers, NHM officials, Medical Superintendents of hospitals to discuss the Covid-19 scenario A spokesperson of the Directorate of Health Services said that the Director reviewed all the Covid-19 related arrangements and discussed measures being […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Thursday claimed to have solved Palhalan grenade attack case by arresting three militant associates of LeT/TRF in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. In a statement, the police said that Joint Parties of Baramulla Police, Army 29 RR and 2nd Bn SSB while on routine patrolling in the area established MVCP/ naka at […]
SRINAGAR — The three Kashmiri students of an Agra engineering college, who were arrested on charges of edition for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans following Pakistan’s victory in a 120 World Cup match in October, have approached the Allahabad High Court with shail plea. Arsheed isuf, Inayat Altaf sheikh and Showkat Ahmed Ganai were arrested on […]
SRINAGAR — UN human rights body OHCHR “betrays” a complete lack of understanding of the security challenges in Jammu and Kashmir due to cross-border militancy, India said on Thursday for its adverse comments on situation in region, Press trust of India reported. Arindam Bagchi, the spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), said authorities […]
SRINAGAR — Police along with the civil administration on Thursday sealed an office of NGO, allegedly involved in sale of Covid orphans. An official told that office of Global Welfare Charitable Trust in Samboora area of Pampore in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. He said that a team of police and tehsil administration raided the office […]
POONCH — Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said he does not see his party getting 300 seats in the next Lok Sabha elections as things stand currently. Azad said only Supreme Court, where the matter is pending, and the Centre can restore Article370. Since the BJP-led central government abrogated Article 370, it […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir and Ladakh continued to reel under sub zero temperatures with famous Pahalgam resort remaining the coldest place in the Valley on Thursday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar recorded minus 1.8°C against previous night’s minus 2.5°C which was lowest temperature recorded this season. Qazigund recorded minimum temperature of minus […]
SRINAGAR — Body of a 23-year-old youth was found in a field at Bagwani Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday. A police official told that some passersby spotted the body in the field and informed the men in uniform accordingly. A scooty bearing registration number JKO3F-9340 also found there, he said. The […]
JAMMU — Four people were arrested for allegedly trying to sell in the black market 1,390 kgs of iron bars stolen from the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), police said. Acting on specific information regarding a bid to sell stolen SAIL iron bars, police teams conducted raids at a yard in Narwal and found […]
NEW DELHI — Militancy related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir dipped by over 41% during a period of 841 days after revocation of Article 370 as compared to the same time span prior to the abrogation, wire agency PTI reported. As per the PTI report, the militancy related cases dipped to 496 from the 843 […]