Army personnel shoots self dead in Kupwara

Army personnel shoots self dead in Kupwara

Kupwara: An army personnel ended his life by shooting himself dead inside a camp in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, official said on Monday. They said that the army personnel of Havildar rank identified as Shinde Sandeep Arjun was posted at Drangyari Chowkibal when he shot himself with own service rifle at around 4:30 a.m. […]

Unabated cold wave in Kashmir, Ladakh

Unabated cold wave in Kashmir, Ladakh

Srinagar: Intense cold conditions continued in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Monday as Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3.5 degrees Celsius. A meteorological department official here told GNS that the minimum temperature in Srinagar, the summer capital of J-K, was 2.5 degrees Celsius below the normal for this time of the year. Today’s […]

Pakistan start as heavy favourites against virus-depleted Windies

Pakistan start as heavy favourites against virus-depleted Windies

KARACHI: If being shorn of their top players due to injury or otherwise wasn’t enough for the West Indies, Covid-19 has robbed them of three more players for the Twenty20 series against Pakistan starting from Monday. Pacer Sheldon Cottrell and all-rounders Roston Chase and Kyle Mayers all tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday night, reducing […]

Pandemic pushed 500 million people into poverty: WHO

Pandemic pushed 500 million people into poverty: WHO

GENEVA/VIENNA: More than half a billion (500 million) people globally were pushed into extreme poverty last year as they paid for health costs out of their own pockets during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation and the World Bank said on Sunday. The pandemic disrupted health services globally and triggered the […]

Tourism promotion

Tourism promotion

In this winter season the government is trying to get the tourists back to Kashmir valley and have been doing a lot of innovations. In this direction recently the tourism department of Jammu and Kashmir held a drawing competition at Pune. J&K government has said that they are trying to promote tourism through art and […]

Two militants killed in brief shootout in Srinagar

Two militants killed in brief shootout in Srinagar

Two militants were killed in a Brief Shootout in Rawalpora Rangreth area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Monday. Official sources told GNS that on a very specific input militants were intercepted and subsequently killed in a Brief Shootout. The identity and affliation of militants is yet to be ascertained, the officer added. As per […]

BJP Activist’s PSO Along With ‘Associate’ Go Missing With 2 Weapons In Kupwara

BJP Activist’s PSO Along With ‘Associate’ Go Missing With 2 Weapons In Kupwara

Srinagar, Dec 13: Personal Security Officer with a BJP activist and his “associate” are missing since last night in Kupwara district of north Kashmir and efforts are underway to trace them, officials said on Monday. Official sources told GNS that during intervening night of December 12 and 13, Saqib Ahmad Tantry (SPO) son of Sanaullah […]

Scooty rider killed in Pulwama road mishap

Scooty rider killed in Pulwama road mishap

Pulwama : Scooty rider was killed on Sunday in a road accident near Trich in South Kashmir’s Pulwama. As per reports the scooty rider identified as Rouf Ahmad Reshi son of Ab Hamid Reshi, a resident of Gooripora Awantipora was critically injured when a speedy tipper bearing registration number JK13G-5369 hit him near Trichal Pulwama […]