NEW DELHI — The situation along the Line of Control remains stable after the armies of India and Pakistan agreed to observe a ceasefire in February last year, the defence ministry said on Monday. Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt, replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, said the Army has been keeping a […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Monday said that in the past many decades no serious effort was made to prevent power losses with the result the UT continues to face huge Transmission and Distribution (T&D) losses to the tune of Rs 3400 Crore a year. He also announced that Jammu areas […]
KUPWARA — Four persons were injured while as at least eight persons including four females were rescued on Monday after a vehicle they were travelling in was hit by an avalanche in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Officials said that four among the eight persons have also sustained injuries and were rushed to the hospital. A […]
KUPWARA — Four residential houses were gutted in a fire at Ganai Mohalla area in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday. An official of fire and emergency department told GNS that soon after receiving the information about the blaze, fire engines were rushed to the area. Four houses, one of them three-storey and others two-storey, […]
SRINAGAR — The sky remained partly cloudy in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh with light rain on Monday, according to the Met Department. “Weather is likely to remain dry with generally clear sky in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh during the next 24 hours,” a Department official said The minimum temperature on Monday in Srinagar, […]
NEW DELHI — The Rajya Sabha on Monday will discuss the 2022-23 budget for Jammu and Kashmir. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present ‘The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill, 2022’ and ‘The Appropriation Bill, 2022’ for consideration in the Upper House of Parliament. On March 14, the union territory’s budget was presented and passed by […]
SRINAGAR — Advisor to LG of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Khan on Sunday evening submitted his resignation to the Ministry of Home Affairs to take up an important political assignment in view of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Khan confirmed that he has put in his papers. Sources disclosed to KNO that Khan submitted […]
POONCH — An elderly woman, who was among seven persons injured in a scuffle between two families over a land dispute in Sakhimadan area of Mendhar in Poonch district died on Sunday, officials said. They said that a clash had taken place between families of Mohammad Shafi and Shah Mohammad near Ziarat Chota Badshah over […]
ANANTNAG — Two tourists from UP were injured when a vehicle they were travelling in tilted near Langanbal area of Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Sunday. Official sources told GNS that the vehicle (Inova—JK02AE-6996) skidded off the road and tilted near langanbal. Two among the tourists travelling in the vehicle, coming from Anantnag […]
BUDGAM — A 14-year-old girl was injured after she slipped and fell from a temporary bridge over nallah Doodganga at Surasyar area of Chadoora in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Sunday. Official sources said that a girl fell down while crossing a temporary bridge made of wooden trees over Nallah Doodhganga at Check i Surasyar. […]