JAMMU — Passengers of a minibus had a narrow escape after it caught fire in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said. The minibus, which was on its way from Jammu to Rajouri, suddenly caught fire on the Jammu-Poonch highway near the Kappa Galla area, they said. The officials said the driver […]
SRINAGAR — J&K Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Thursday said that police had specially focussed on wiping out foreign militants in Kashmir this year and 40 of them were killed with the result local militant recruitment also dropped significantly. “This year, our special focus was to eliminate foreign militants of various outfits operating […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Sunday said that exams conducted by the Service Selection Board (SSB) that were cancelled by the government and will be now held afresh in the month of November and selection will purely be based on merit. Addressing a function at SKICC here, Sinha said that gone […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was dry in J&K during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) office on Sunday forecast inclement weather during the first week of November. “During the 1st week of November from 1st to 6th, the weather is most likely to remain generally cloudy with possibility of light to moderate rain/snowfall over […]
JAMMU — Administration and police officers here trekked 14 km uphill to reach out to fire victims in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, an official said on Saturday. Twenty-three families in Chug-Gandhari village lost their houses in a fire in the early hours of Friday. Jammu Divisional Commissioner Ramesh Kumar, Doda-Kishtwar-Ramban Range Deputy Inspector General […]
JAMMU — Four people including a policeman are feared dead after back to back landslides hit a mega power project site in Kishtwar district on Saturday. A police Sub Inspector and a few other people were rescued in injured condition following the incident at Drabshalla- Ratle hydroelectric project this evening, official sources told GNS. They […]
URI — At least nine persons including four women and two children were injured in a road accident in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district this evening. Reports reaching GNS said that an Eco vehicle (JK05H 0602) on way to Uri town met fell down into Hajipeer Nallah near NS bridge, resulting into injuries […]
SRINAGAR — A youth was arrested for kidnapping and sexually assaulting minor girl (name withheld) in Srinagar, police said on Saturday. Police said that the accused youth namely Adil Shafi Hajam, 21, son of Mohammad Shafi Hajam, a resident of Syed colony, Nishat was arrested for kidnapping and sexually assaulting minor girl around 13 years […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) department on Saturday forecast mainly dry weather and hazy morning in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. “Dry weather with hazy morning is likely to continue in J&K during the next 24 hours”, said an official of the MeT department. Meanwhile, Srinagar recorded 2.6 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam minus […]
SRINAGAR — A man has been arrested for throwing a Quran Sharif into water at Gojwara locality of Srinagar, police said on Saturday. The sacrilege incident took place at Khan Masjid in Gojwara area of the city. Police said that the accused person namely Irshad Ahmad Mir of Maloora Srinagar was arrested in overnight raids […]