SRINAGAR — Body of an elderly mentally challenged woman was found in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday evening. A police official told that the body was spotted by some passersby in Rajpora, following which a team visited the site and took the body into its possession. Identifying the deceased as Azi Begum, 65, wife […]
SHEIKH NADEEM ANANTNAG — Army’s 19 Rashtriya Rifles conducted a 45 days cutting and tailoring course for the poor students which concluded today at Larnoo, a remote village of Anantnag district. The trainees who participated in the 45 days course were provided free sewing machines and certificates after completion of course. On the occasion, CO […]
JAMMU — The government of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday posted Atul Kumar Goel, who was DIG Jammu-Kathua-Samba ranges, as DIG Criminal Investigation Department against an available vacancy. As per an order, Atul Kumar Goel, DIG, Jammu-Kathua-Samba (JKS) Range is transferred and posted as DIG, CID, against an available vacancy, while Vivek Gupta, DIG Rajouri-Poonch […]
JAMMU — Former Chief Minister and President Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ms Mehbooba Mufti on Monday lambasted the callous attitude of the administration towards farmers who have suffered massive losses caused due to recent adverse weather conditions. “I am told that the government has assured peanuts to the farmers of RS Pura, […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Monday claimed to have busted a fake SIM card racket by arresting three accused in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. The police in a statement said that police Baramulla busted a fake SIM card racket who were issuing fake SIM card after managing forged documents for issuance of SIM card. The statement […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir Valley continued to reel under cold conditions with minimum temperature remaining below sub-zero level in most places on Monday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that mercury settled at 0.0°C against previous night’s minus 0.9°C which was the coldest this season. The today’s minimum temperature is below minus 1.2°C than the […]
SRINAGAR — The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has produced a charge sheet against former Block Medical Officer (BMO) Uri, Baramulla and 16 others for fraudulent withdrawal of arrears. ACB said that a charge sheet was filed in Case FIR No: 47/2015 Police Station Vigilance Organization Kashmir (now Anti-Corruption Bureau) against accused public servants namely Sheikh […]
SRINAGAR — Over 55 couples belonging to underprivileged sections from various districts of the Kashmir Valley tied the knot at a simple ceremony in Srinagar on Sunday. The Jaffri Council, the organisers of the ceremony, said it is the biggest such event held in Kashmir. Dozens of people witnessed the ceremony which was held at […]
JAMMU — Accusing the BJP of weaponising the pain of Kashmiri Pandits to garner votes and further its “divisive politics”, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said Kashmiri Muslims have to work harder on seeing the return of their Hindu brethren in a dignified manner. She said some BJP-linked persons, who are sitting in the studios in Delhi […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on Sunday paid glowing tributes to Pt. Jawharlal Nehru on his 132nd birth anniversary. JKPCC also recalled the great contributions of first Prime Minister to inclusive development of Modern India. Srinagar District Congress Committee in a function at Srinagar Party Office paid floral tributes to […]