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 […]
Jammu & Kashmir
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 […]
Snowfall hampers flight operations at Srinagar airport, 10 cancelled so far
SRINAGAR — A number of flights to and fro Srinagar ‘international’ airport were cancelled and others delayed as continuous snowfall reduced the visibility at the airport on Saturday. The officials told GNS that at least six flights of Indigo— 5079 To Delhi, 2015 To Delhi, 2364 To Delhi, 6738 To Jammu, 137 To Delhi and […]
Get united or no land will be left for our youth: Mehbooba Mufti to people
SRINAGAR — It is time for all of us to join hands against the government’s move to provide land of Jammu and Kashmir to outsiders, otherwise there will be no land left for the local youth, Former Chief Minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on the eve of death anniversary of former Chief Minister […]
Kashmir witnesses 13 encounters in last two weeks
SRINAGAR — Kashmir valley has witnessed 13 encounters in last two weeks resulting in killing of 26 militants. As per the data, 26 militants including 15 Jaish militants were killed in these 13 encounters which includes at least 07 non local militants. On 24 December, a local hizb militant namely Shahzad Ahmad Seh from Sehpora […]
Negligence of Biscoe school puts students, families in COVID risk
SRINAGAR — Srinagar’s private institute Tyndale Biscoe and Mallinson School Sheikhbagh has put hundreds of students and their families in trouble, as three students on tour to Gulmarg turned COVID-19 positive forcing the school authorities to cancel the visit midway, but the school turned negligent by not informing families of the students. Many parents told […]
Anjuman Auqaf expresses ‘deep regret’ over shutting of Jamia Masjid by authorities
SRINAGAR — Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid Srinagar in a statement issued here has expressed “deep sorrow and regret over the fact that even on the first Jummat-ul-Mubarak of the year 2022, the authorities, while demonstrating their dictatorship and arbitrariness, hurt the people’s sentiments by preventing them from fulfilling their religious obligation of praying at the […]
Lady doctor beaten up ‘mercilessly’ after terminally ill patient dies, police files case
SRINAGAR — A lady doctor at CD hospital here was “mercilessly beaten” by the relatives of a man who died being “terminally ill”. Subsequently, based on the complaint by the doctor, police has registered a case. In her complaint, the female doctor (name withheld), as per GNS, has stated that she was beaten up mercilessly […]
Inclement Weather: Kashmir University Postpones Exams Scheduled On January 8
SRINAGAR — Due to inclement weather, Kashmir University has postponed all the exams scheduled to be held on 8th of January, 2022. In a notification, Kashmir University said, “It is notified for the information of all the concerned that due to inclement weather conditions, all UG/PG/Professional exams of Kashmir University scheduled on 8-01-2022 stand postponed.“ […]
Mehbooba Mufti, PDP workers offer prayers to late Mufti Syed
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti today said that people of Jammu, Kashmir belonging to any ethnicity, should resist the new laws being imposed by the central government in Jammu and Kashmir. She said that people should awaken and challenge the government on giving land to outsiders in summits. Mehbooba was speaking to reporters in […]









