Meer Irfan SHOPIAN — Ali Mohammed (name changed) of Shopian’s Kral Chek area is getting ready for the sixth surgery of his daughter scheduled for Friday at a private hospital in the Ompora area of Budgam in central Kashmir. The physically disabled father has spent lakhs of rupees to ensure that his daughter gets well, […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Thrusday claimed to have arrested a hybrid militant of outfit The Resistance Front an offshoot of LeT in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. In a statement to GNS, the police said that today on 3rd February, Bandipora police and security forces came to know the suspicious movement of TRF militants in Chandergeer […]
LG expresses anguish, extends condolences to bereaved families SRINAGAR — At least six persons were killed in a road accident that took place at Keshwan area in Kishtwar district of Jammu region on Thursday, officials said. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kishtwar Ashok Kumar Sharma said that five people died on the spot while one is being […]
CHANDIGARH — The bail application of main accused Sanji Ram, sentenced to undergo a life imprisonment for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomad girl in Kathua, has been posted for hearing on February 24 by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The application came up for hearing on Thursday before a division bench […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmiri Pandits Thursday demanded the inclusion of 2.5 per cent of Jammu and Kashmir’s annual budget for resettlement and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants as recommended by the office of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a statement, Satish Mahaldar, chairman of reconciliation and rehabilitation of migrants, an influential organisation of Pandits, said: “Finance department […]
SRINAGAR — Drivers ferrying tourists from one place to another in Kashmir Valley Thursday staged a protest accusing traffic cops in rural areas of harassment. They sought remedial measures saying that tourists too face a lot of inconveniences when are they are being repeatedly stopped and harassed at every checkpoint in rural areas. “The rural […]
SRINAGAR — A 24-year-old youth was found hanging with tree on Thursday morning at Zonipora area of Nowgam in Srinagar. Official sources said that a youth identified as Tawheed Ahmad Sandra, son of Ghulam Muhammad Dandra of Zonipora Nowgam, a Generator Mechnic was found hanging today morning with tree. Station House Officer (SHO) Nowgam police […]
KULGAM — Unknown thieves stole two dozen sheep from a tin shed in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. This cattle theft incident occurred during the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday at Lassipora Khrewan village of the district. The owner of the livestock, Muhammad Yaqub Bhat told news agency Kashmir News Trust that thieves have cut […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir is likely to have more Sainik Schools under the Society of Ministry of Defence. It has been leant that the Ministry of Defence has sought cooperation from the Jammu and Kashmir government in supporting and arranging maximum publicity and sensitizing all schools, educational bodies in this regard. According to the […]
SRINAGAR — Several parts of Kashmir Valley received fresh snowfall since overnight even as night temperature recorded an increase on Thursday, officials said. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Gulmarg had 19 cms of fresh snowfall till 0830 hours today even as it recorded a low of minus 6.0°C against minus 8.0°C on […]