SRINAGAR — A non-local driver was killed after a heavy shooting stone hit a apple laden vehicle along Mughal road this afternoon, officials said. They told GNS that one Toffiq Ahmad son of Qurban Ali, resident of Sitapur Uttar Pradesh, died on spot after a truck bearing registration number UP32MN 1224 he was driving was […]
SRINAGAR — The government of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday ordered transfers and postings of several IAS, JKAS officers in the Union Territory in the interest of administration. According to an order, Mr. Narinder Singh Bali, IAS, Secretary in the Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment, is transferred and posted as Mission Director, Mission Dairy […]
SRINAGAR — The NIA on Tuesday arrested chairperson of Al-Huda Educational Trust (AHED), a frontal organisation of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), Mohammad Ameer Shamshi as the agency carried out searches in eight districts of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. The searches were conducted at 18 locations in Rajouri, Poonch, Jammu, Srinagar, Bandipora, Shopian, Pulwama […]
SRINAGAR — The President of India on Tuesday appointed Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. According to an order, justice Magrey’s term will start the day he assume charges of his office. “In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was partly cloudy in J&K during the last 24 hours. The MeT office said on Tuesday that mainly clear sky with possibility of light rain at isolated places is likely during next 24 hours. “Mainly clear sky with possibility of light rain at isolated places is likely in J&K during the next […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday conducted raids at multiple locations across Jammu and Kashmir including the residence of rector Darul Uloom Raheemiyyah Bandipora, Moulan Rehmatullah Qasmi. An official told the news agency Kashmir news observer that the NIA with the assistance of police and paramilitary personnel carried out the raids at Poonch, […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Altaf Ahmad Shah passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi early on Monday night, just days after he was diagnosed with late stage renal cancer that had spread to other parts of his body, his family said. Shah’s daughter Ruwa Shah confirmed the […]
SRINAGAR — Chief Post Master General of Jammu and Kashmir, Niraj Kumar on Monday said that India Post is soon going to launch Parcel Packaging Service at Srinagar GPO and Jammu and Leh HOs for the convenience of the people. Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, Kumar said that as the world is celebrating World […]
SRINAGAR — Around ten thousand trucks, including 8820 laden with fruit have moved from Srinagar to Jammu through Jammu-Srinagar national highway from last 24 hours, officials said. A top traffic official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that from last 24 hours (down traffic movement), a total number of 10074 Heavy Motor Vehicles crossed […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) department said on Monday that Jammu and Kashmir will likely witness partly cloudy weather with light rain during the next 24 hours. The weather was partly cloudy in the union territory during the last 24 hours. “Partly cloudy weather with light rain at isolated places is likely during the next […]