JAMMU — At least one person was killed while three others were injured after a vehicle carrying them skidded off the road in the Gambhir Mughalan area of Rajouri district on Thursday. Officials told GNS that a Tata mobile bearing registration number JK12A9878 was coming from Poonch and moving towards Rajouri when suddenly its driver […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Wednesday deferred till September 11 its order on the regular bail plea of Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid, who is in jail in connection with a militant-funding case. Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, defeated former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference leader Omar […]
PULWAMA — A total of 45 candidates are in the fray for assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district after the completion of the nomination process here. Pulwama district consists of four assembly consitutuencies. “The nomination process has been completed and all our candidates have been finalized in all the assembly constituencies,” Pulwama District […]
SRINAGAR — A scuffle broke out between two groups of inmates inside the Central Jail here on Tuesday, police said. Srinagar Senior Superintendent of Police, Imtiyaz Hussain, said a minor scuffle broke out this evening among the detainees at the prison located in Rainawari area of the city. He further said the situation was brought […]
JAMMU — A video has surfaced online showing some people raising “objectionable slogans” purportedly at a meeting of an independent candidate from Inderwal, with an official saying he has been served a notice and an FIR has been filed against unnamed persons. However, Ghulam Mohd Saroori said he was not aware about any such meeting […]
JAMMU — There was a brief gunfight between security forces and militants Tuesday evening at a village in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, security officials said. They said the exchange of fire occurred around 7.30 pm when police and Rashtriya Rifles personnel moved to the lower Karyote village of Thanamandi following information about […]
PULWAMA (KIMS) — The Health Department of NCC Limited, in collaboration with the Government Bone and Joint Hospital Srinagar, CPWD, and AIIMS Awantipora, successfully hosted a blood donation camp at AIIMS Awantipora in Pulwama district. This marks the third consecutive year the department has organized such an event. Faisal Alam Bhat, Incharge of the Health […]
SRINAGAR — In a much-needed relief to the horticultural sector, Director Horticulture Kashmir Zahoor Ahmad Bhat on Tuesday said that crop insurance for apple orchards will be available starting from March 2025. Speaking to reporters at Kulgam after visiting the orchards affected due to gusty winds and hailstorm, Bhat said that the crop insurance will […]
JAMMU — Amidst the preparations of the forthcoming assembly polls, the Election Commission conducted the training of the polling staff in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir while the administration tightened the security measures in the region. The training was conducted on Monday at the Government Degree College in Udhampur district. The Senior Superintendent of […]
SRINAGAR — A man and his mother were injured in a gas cylinder blast in Elahi Bagh area of Srinagar on Tuesday morning, officials said. An official said that the blast occurred this morning, leaving two Punjab residents injured. He said that soon after the incident the duo was shifted a nearby hospital for treatment […]