JAMMU — Panic gripped the border area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district for a brief while Friday evening after BSF troops detected a big hole in a farmland near the International Border (IB), presuming it to be cross-border tunnel, sources said. However, it turned out to a hole or pit caused by rains, they […]
SRINAGAR — A driver sustained injuries after the truck he was driving in skidded off the road and fell into the deep gorge on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway near Shalgadi Chamelwas area on Saturday morning. Reports reaching to GNS said that a truck bearing registration number HR38U 4552, was on its way from Jammu towards Srinagar, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Awami Action Committee (AAC) Friday paid tributes to the Martyrs of Gawkadal on their 32nd anniversary and said that despite the passage of more than three decades, the families of the martyrs are still awaiting justice. AAC in a statement said that there are dozens of such incidents where innocent […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday claimed to have arrested a man from South Kashmir’s Anantnag district for allegedly carrying out a scandalous online campaign against Kashmiri students studying outside. Police in a tweet said that the online campaign against Kashmiri students studying outside is causing anguish to students and parents. Police said […]
SRINAGAR — The administration of Jammu & Kashmir is acquiring additional 272 kanal (34 acre) of land for establishment of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The J&K Government’s Revenue department has notified that the land is being acquired for public purpose i.e. establishment of AIIMS. […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities on Friday afternoon imposed restrictions on the non-essential movement of people across Jammu and Kashmir as a 64-hour lockdown began in the J&K in view of upsurge in covid-19 cases, officials said. Reports reaching GNS that police vehicles fitted with public address systems announced the restrictions at several places across the Kashmir […]
SRINAGAR — Director Handicrafts and Handloom Kashmir, Mahmood Ahmad Shah held an extensive web meeting with Dr Suyash Chavan Consulate General of India (CGI), Germany. The online meeting dealt exclusively in reviewing the scope of developing end-to-end export linkages to provide quality handicraft products of Kashmir to the German Market in particular and rest of […]
PULWAMA — A policeman was crushed to death by a train in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday, police said. A police official said that a Head constable Mohammad Hussain Dar (48) was hit by a train while he was performing his duties near GRP (Panzgam), resulting in his on the spot death. They said […]
SRINAGAR — A trooper died of brain hemorrhage in Srinagar hospital today. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a CRPF Head Constable suffered a brain hemorrhage. He was taken to SMHS Hospital Srinagar where he expired. Sources identified the trooper as Vijay Narayan, a resident of Allahabad Uttar Pradesh. The deceased was affiliated […]
JAMMU — Two persons are feared dead in river Chenab in Ramban district, officials said on Friday. They said the truck, they were travelling in, is parked on Jammu-Srinagar and the duo was seen by someone drowning. The person subsequently raised the alarm and massive searches headed by SSP Ramban Mohita Sharma and SHO Ramban […]