The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir administration to respond to a petition seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against the Union Home Secretary and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary for allegedly not setting up a committee to review curbs on the Internet in the Union Territory. In its May 11 […]
Even after the Supreme Court intervention asking the government to decide the space for freedom of expression and national security while giving its verdict on the continuous ban on 4G internet services in Jammu and Kashmir since August 5, last year. People of Jammu and Kashmir have been facing a lot of difficulties in different […]
Kokernag Woman Tests Positive Posthumously, Days After Hundreds Participated In Her Funeral Srinagar, July 16: Kashmir Valley reported three more covid-19 related deaths, taking the fatality count due to the virus to 211, officials said on Thursday. Two of the fatalities were reported from SKIMS Soura and include a 65-year-old man from Khajabagh Baramulla and […]
An army man sustained minor injuries in a low-intensity explosion possibly due to an anti-personnel landmine in Kalal area of Nowshera sector of Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Thursday. They said that a team of army soldiers was on routine duty along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kalal when a […]
Jammu and Kashmir reported its highest rise in Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday with the virus claiming 13 lives, youngest being a 22-year-old woman from southern Anantnag district of south Kashmir. The fresh deaths take the fatality count due the virus to 208 in J&K. Official sources told GNS that among the deaths, 11 were reported […]
Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala on Wednesday said if dissident leader Sachin Pilot is not joining the BJP, he should stop accepting that party’s ”hospitality” in Haryana. The reference was to reports that MLAs close to the rebel leaders are holed up in hotels in Gurgaon in Haryana, where the BJP is in power. He […]
Police On Wednesday said it “rescued” BJP’s Vice President Municipal Committee Watergam Baramulla, Meraj ud Din Malla who was allegedly abducted by some unknown persons in the north Kashmir district. “The person has been rescued by police,” Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar told a local news agency, GNS. However, he declined to divulged […]
SRINAGAR, JULY 15: A public delegation led by Sh. Mohd. Ashraf Mir, former Minister, called on the Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu at Raj Bhavan here today. The members of the delegation apprised the Lt Governor about the issues concerning the people engaged in mining and quarrying works and sought his intervention in resolving the […]
SRINAGAR, JULY 15: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan today appealed to people asking them to wear masks in public places and observe social distancing norms. He said that in view of the recent spike in number of Covid-19 cases across J&K it is obligatory for all irrespective of age, gender and profession to […]
The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress (JKPCC) today welcomed the decision to defer the Mayor election for three months. They Party also said that situation was not conducive for holding the election due to the Pandemic. According to statement issued to KNS reads, Commenting on the deferment of Mayor Elections in Srinagar Municipal Corporation, the […]