SRINAGAR — At least 31 couples tied a knot on Wednesday in a simple mass marriage function held at Babademb area of Srinagar City. The couples from different districts tied the knot in a mass marriage function, organised by ‘The Helping Hand’s foundation, a local NGO. President of NGO, ‘Helping Hands foundation’, Umer Ahmad told […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested four over ground workers of militants and recovered four hand grenades from them in Srinagar. “Today evening during a Naka checking at Bemina chowk, one OGW namely Zubair Sheikh son of Altaf Sheikh of Elahi Bagh Soura was intercepted by police party and on his search […]
SRINAGAR — At least seven persons including three policemen, two traffic cops, a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) man and a civilian were injured in a grenade attack at Rainawari area of Srinagar on Wednesday. Official sources said that unidentified persons lobbed a grenade towards a naka party in Rainawari area this evening. The incident […]
SRINAGAR — A youth was arrested with a grenade during a naka checking in Bemina area of summer-capital Srinagar on Wednesday evening, police said. A police officer told GNS that one Zubair Altaf Shiekh son of Mohammad Altaf Shiekh, a resident of 90 Feet Soura Srinagar on way towards Hamandia Colony was intercepted by a […]
SRINAGAR — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday morning flagged off ‘Spring Run for Drug- Free Srinagar’ on the Boulevard on the banks of Dal Lake. As per an official, around 1500 youth participated in the run and pledged to eradicate drug menace from the society. The event was a part of IEC activities of […]
NEW DELHI — Parliament on Wednesday approved the Rs 1.42-lakh-crore budget for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for 2022-23, with Rajya Sabha returning the relevant bills to the Lok Sabha. The Lok Sabha had passed the bills on March 14. The upper House returned the bills — The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill, […]
NEW DELHI — Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said after abrogation of Article 370, militant related activities have declined in Jammu and Kashmir, and an environment for investment has been created. Replying to a discussion on Budget for Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the Minister said people are benefiting after implementation of 890 […]
ANANTNAG — A student died of electric shock at Government Degree College Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district this afternoon. Reports reaching GNS said that a student namely Umar Farooq son of Farooq Ahmad Ganie, a resident of Dariegund received electric jolt, just outside the college premises, when he had gone to fetch volleyball. The […]
ANANTNAG — Jammu and Kashmir’s lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha Wednesday said that in the next four years the UT will be power surplus and every house will get quality and reliable power. He said that a new transmission line is coming up from Ladakh that will be connected with Kashmir, Jammu and Punjab after which […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday said that Kashmir has recorded highest—ever tourist footfall in last six months and that a further increase in tourist arrivals was expects in the months ahead. After inaugurating Tulip festival at Asia’s largest Tulip garden, Chief Secretary AK Mehta told media persons that Kashmir in the month […]