SRINAGAR — National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday raided the residence and office of Human rights activist in Kashmir capital Srinagar. Official sources told that sleuths of NIA carried out searches at the residence and office of prominent human rights activist Khurram Parvaiz here in Srinagar, in connection with case already registered at NIA. They […]
SRINAGAR — Freezing weather conditions continued unabated in Kashmir Valley as Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, experienced the coldest night of the season with temperature dropping as low as minus 1.6°C on Monday, the Met office said. A meteorological department official here told GNS that minimum temperature in Srinagar was minus 1.7°C below normal […]
JAMMU — A suspected fraudster was arrested from Delhi for allegedly duping a Jammu businessman of Rs 70 lakh three years ago, police said. The accused, Saleem Qureshi of Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district, was arrested by a special team of the Jammu and Kashmir Police from Delhi’s Mundka, a spokesperson said. He said Jagdish Raj […]
GANDERBAL — Two girl students of Central University of Kashmir (CUK), hailing from Poonch district of Jammu division, were on Sunday found unconscious at their rented room in Saloora area of Ganderbal district. An official told that two girl students of CUK were found unconscious in their rented room in a residential house at Saloora […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir School Education Department has terminated the services of four teachers for their unauthorized absence. The Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) in four separate orders said that the employees were found absent unauthorizedly and their services were removed. According to one of the DSEK orders, a teacher (Name Withheld) […]
NEW DELHI — The sale of marijuana on the Amazon e-commerce portal is not a new and first offence of Amazon, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) said in a statement. Earlier in 2019, the chemicals for making the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) which were used in the Pulwama terror attack resulting in the […]
SRINAGAR — The relatives of the slain Amir Ahmad Magray, who was killed in an alleged gunfight of Hyderpora on Monday last week, have been offered to have a last glimpse of their kin without handing over the body to the family for the proper burial. Amir’s father Muhammad Lateef Magray said that the Superintendent […]
SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday lead a protest rally from Gupkar Road to the Raj Bhavan in Srinagar to protest against the recent killings of ‘civilians’ during an operation of the security forces in the capital’s Hyderpora area. Ms. Mufti and her […]
BANIHAL — Ramban District Development Council (DDC) chairperson Shamshad Shan on Saturday warned of protests if the authorities did not decide on handing over the body of Amir Magray, the third person killed in the Hyderpora encounter whose kin claim he was innocent, to his family members. Shan, however, welcomed J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha’s […]
SRINAGAR — Freezing weather continued in Kashmir valley with famous Pahalgam resort remaining the coldest on Sunday. Quoting a meteorological department official, news agency GNS reported that Srinagar recorded minus 1.3°C against 1.5°C on the previous night which was the coldest night temperature witnessed so far this season. Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, recorded […]