SRINAGAR — Two private security guards, presently deputed at LD hospital in Srinagar, have been arrested for allegedly taking bribes from the attendants. Official sources said that two private security guards who have allegedly taken bribes from the attendants at LD Hospital, a video of which has also gone viral on social media platforms, have […]
Jammu & Kashmir
Locals ferry pregnant woman on shoulders, horse through knee-deep snow in Kupwara
KUPWARA — Villagers in Budnamal area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district were “forced” to carry a pregnant woman on their shoulders to some distance and then on horse to the hospital in knee-deep snow on Saturday. Reports reaching GNS that several villagers shouldered the woman in a cot due to closure of roads for vehicular […]
Ambulance carrying corpse of man stuck in Poonch
POONCH — An Ambulance carrying a dead body of man who died is Saudi Arabia has been stuck on the road due to heavy snowfall near BDO office Balakote in this mountainous district, reports said. Locals alleged that administration failed to clear road at BG despite advanced weather forecast. “No snow cutter/ JGBs machine has […]
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s death anniversary: 10 PDP members booked
SRINAGAR — Ten PDP members including former minister of erstwhile state Abdul Rehman Veeri and senior party member Sartaj Mandi were booked on Saturday for ‘violating’ COVID rules as the party organised a rally in Bijbehara on Friday on the 6th death anniversary of former CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. “Regarding the subject it is to […]
Four people injuried in a Ganderbal road accident
GANDERBAL — Four persons received minior injuries after a vehicle skidded off the road in Margund Kangan area in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Saturday morning . According to reports received, four persons received minor injuries after an innova vehicle bearing registration number JKO1T 6834 were traveling towards Kangan skidded off the road at Margund […]
86 passengers stranded at Sita Ram Passi in Ramban rescued
JAMMU — Authorities in a midnight operation rescued 86 people stuck near Sita Ram Passi on Jammu Srinagar National Highway which continued to remain close for second day on Saturday with traffic police have issued a fresh advisory to people not to travel on highway. Deputy Commissioner Ramban Musarrat Zia said that 86 passengers who […]
Kashmiri journalist Sajad Gul arrested, charged for ‘criminal conspiracy’
SRINAGAR — A Kashmiri journalist has been arrested by the police days after he posted a video of family members and relatives raising anti-India slogans after the killing of their kin, a militant, in a gunfight in Srinagar. Sajad Gul, a journalism student who has been contributing to various publications and had recently joined The […]
Moderate to heavy snowfall in Kashmir, Jammu receives heavy rainfall
SRINAGAR — Kashmir Valley and part of Jammu division received moderate to heavy snowfall while winter capital of J&K received over 80mm of rainfall since overnight, officials said. The weatherman has forecast more snowfall in next few hours and has issued an orange color weather warning. An official of the MeT department told GNS that […]
Massive fire in two commercial buildings destroy goods worth crores in Anantnag
ANANTNAG — Two commercial buildings annexed together with nine shops in ground floor were gutted in massive fire overnight at Nai Basti area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said on Saturday. Goods worth crores of rupees were destroyed in the fire which also caused substantial damage to a load carrier—Tata Mobile (JK03H-1628) as well […]
Snowfall: Exams postponed, land and air traffic affected
SRINAGAR — Due to fresh snowfall in Kashmir valley, the universities have postponed all the examinations scheduled today, further land and air traffic has been badly hit. The Kashmir University and Cluster University has postponed all the examinations scheduled to be held today due to inclement weather conditions. The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway has also been […]









