Srinagar: A gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Hokarsar area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Tuesday evening. Reports said that a joint team of Police, army’s two Rashtriya Rifles and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched a cordon and search operation in Hokarsar . As the joint team of forces approached […]
Food Corporation of India (FCI), the state grain procurement agency, buys rice and wheat from growers every season at guaranteed prices but farmers fear that those purchases may end under new agricultural laws at the centre of recent protests. Farmers say the new laws will shut the regulated wholesale markets they depend on to take […]
WEST BEACH: After delaying for nearly a week and under pressure from all sides, US President Donald Trump finally signed a massive $900 billion stimulus bill on Sunday, in a long-sought boost for millions of Americans and businesses battered by the coronavirus pandemic. The package “providing coronavirus emergency response and relief” is part of a […]
New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for throwing the ball towards Pakistan batsman Faheem Ashraf “in an inappropriate and/or dangerous manner”, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Tuesday. The 25-year-old had breached Article 2.9 of its code of conduct on Monday, the third day […]
The much-hipped DDC elections held in several phases are over and now political opponents have started making their own assumptions about this election. There is no denying the fact that BJP dispatched central ministers to Jammu and Kashmir and there were many occasions when PAGD candidates were not allowed to move outside for campaigning. Mehbooba […]
All Kashmir University examinations scheduled today (29.12.2020) will be held as per schedule. “However if some candidates are not able to appear due to snowfall, their examination will be conducted later on, separately,” Controller of Examination Dr M Y Bhat said to KNS. (KNS)
Hundreds of truck drivers including oil tankers who got stranded on 270-kilometer long Srinagar – Jammu highway amidst fresh snowfall at Patnitop, appealed IGP Traffic to evacuate them and safeguard their lives. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS) over phone, a truck driver namely Sajad Ahmad Khatana said that there are around 2500 trucks stranded […]
Jammu: Four flights to and from the Jammu airport were cancelled and seven more delayed as dense fog engulfed the region on Tuesday, a day after high-altitude areas, including the Vaishno Devi shrine, received the season’s first heavy snowfall, officials said. Jammu Airport Director Pravat Ranjan Beuria said flight operations were yet to begin due to […]
Six cases of a mutant strain of Corona that first surfaced in the UK, have been detected in India, reported NDTV. The new strain is believed to be 70 per cent more infectious, but doctors have said there is no reason yet to believe that it is more lethal or will not be controlled by […]
Law enforcement agencies have cautioned against calls from fraudsters asking for Corona vaccine registration. “Fraudsters are calling and asking for COVID-19 vaccine registration. They ask for Aadhar, email id etc. Subsequently to authenticate Aadhar, they ask for OTP. The moment OTP is given, money is siphoned off from Aadhar linked Bank account,” they told KNS.(KNS)