POONCH — Two women were killed and a minor girl injured when a kaccha house suddenly collapsed in Poonch district on Saturday. Officials told local news agency GNS that at about 14:20 hours, one kachha house of Ashaq Hussain Son of Mohammad Sharief collapsed in village Mangnar, resulting in on the spot death of two […]
SRINAGAR — Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday said the number of people with high blood pressure has increased since Covid-19 pandemic. “The pandemic is causing a rise in blood pressure,” said DAK President and Influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. Quoting a study conducted on half a million adults published in the Journal Circulation, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police chief, Dilbagh Singh on Saturday said that only a few foreign militants are active in north Kashmir and that the militants are targeting policemen for protecting people. Talking to the media persons at slain Sopore cop’s home today, who was killed in an attack at Bandipora yesterday, Director General […]
JAMMU — The minority cell of National Conference on Saturday passed three resolutions, which among others called for return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrant Pandits in the valley and their political empowerment. The resolutions, which also demanded passage of a bill for managing the affairs of temples and shrines of the community, were presented at […]
BANDIPORA — Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar Saturday said that lone Pakistani militant is involved in the carrying out the attack. This was stated by IGP during a joint review meeting in Bandipora. Official sources told that GOG Kilo Force visited to Bandipora, inspected scene of militant attack They said that IGP […]
SRINAGAR — Severe cold conditions continued in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Saturday as Srinagar had coldest night of the season with mercury plunging to minus 3.6°C. A meteorological department official here told GNS that the minimum temperature in Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, was more than two degrees Celsius than the normal […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir delimitation commission has called a meeting with its associate members on December 20 in New Delhi to share the progress made in the delimitation of the 90 Assembly constituencies in the Union Territory. The meeting has been called following an uproar by many politicians over the alleged uncertainty created […]
RAMBAN — An advocate has been arrested after his video with a lady client in compromising position went viral on social media sites. As per police sources, a complaint was lodged by a man with Police Station Ramban stating that a video of advocate namely Rahul Katoch, son of Puran Chand of Kot Shalghad, Pogal […]
SRINAGAR — Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid Srinagar has strongly reacted to the imposition of restrictions on Jama Masjid Srinagar for the 18th consecutive Friday, the spokesman said in a statement. The spokesman said that authorities have been preventing the Muslims to perform important duties as Friday prayers, terming it as “deplorable and condemnable”. “Today, once […]
SRINAGAR — On International Human Rights Day, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has said that for the past three decades the abysmal human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir has shown no sign of improvement. In statement, APHC said that since August 5 2019, with unprecedented lockdowns, detentions and communications gags, human rights are […]