Srinagar: Jammu-Srinagar Highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with the rest of the world, remained closed on Monday and shall continue to be shut for “at least” five more days, officials said. The thoroughfare was closed due to the sudden collapsing of the retaining wall of an important bridge at Kela Morh, Ramban […]
Srinagar: A special TADA/POTA court today framed the charges against separatist leader Muhammad Yasin Malik in the case of Rubiya Sayed kidnapping. Official sources told that 3rd Additional Sessions (Special judge TADA/POTA) Jammu, framed the charges against Malik regarding Rubiya Sayeed kidnaping case. Earlier, on March 16, last year presiding officer of TADA court in […]
Srinagar: Security forces on Monday claimed to have arrested two ‘militant associates’ from Awantipora in south-Kashmir’s Pulwama district. A media handout received by GNS reads that “Awantipora Police along with 42 RR & 130 Bn CRPF arrested two ‘militant associates’ of proscribed outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad from Awantipora area.” The duo as maintained in the handout are […]
Srinagar: ‘Mausiqui Studios’, Mumbai today said that they were overwhelmed by the response they get from the music lovers from Kashmir as scores of youth amid chilly condition are thronging at Hotel Radisson M.A .Road here in Kashmir capital Srinagar to participate in the auditions of mega talent hunt program being conducted by them. A […]
Srinagar: The University of Kashmir has postponed Undergraduate examinations which were scheduled to be held on January 12 and 13. Prof Irshad Ahmad Nawchoo, Controller of Examinations at Kashmir University said that the varsity’s undergraduate examinations scheduled to be held on 12 January 2021 (Tuesday) and 13 January 2021 (Wednesday) are postponed. The revised date-sheet […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir is set to receive first batch of COVID-19 vaccine by today or tomorrow with officials saying that 1st doses will be given to health care workers. “In coming two days, we will get our 1st batch of Covid-19 vaccine and vaccination will be started on 16th January across the country for […]
Shopian: The District Hospital Shopian administration found itself in an embarrassing spot while conducting a dry run for COVID19 vaccination rollout. The flex banners put up by the hospital staff announcing the event carried glaring spell errors. The words like “vaccination” and “district” were misspelled as “vacinaion” and “dictrict”. Although the word “district” was corrected […]
Kupwara: A thief was caught red-handed while stealing goods from a provisional store at Ganipora market in Kupwara district of North Kashmir late last night, officials said on Monday. Wearing a Camo jacket, the thief was caught by locals and police around midnight, concerned Station House Officer Zahoor Ahmad to GNS. A police official identified […]
Bandipora: A Private School teacher died of a sudden cardiac arrest on Monday morning in Ajas area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Reports reaching news agency Kashmir Dot Com said that a teacher identified as Mohammad Ramzan Rather son of late Aarif Rather, resident of Sheikh Mohalla Ajas, suffered a massive cardiac arrest on Monday […]
Srinagar: Year 2020 has seen sharp decrease in militancy related incidents and civilian casualties in J&K, a Ministry of Home Affairs’ report has revealed. As per the report title ‘Major activities of MHA during 2020 – A summary of important developments during the year’ the number of militancy incidents in 2020 “decreased by 63.93 percent […]