Srinagar freezes at -8.8°C

Srinagar freezes at -8.8°C

Cold wave like condition continues in Srinagar as Sringar freezes at Minus 8.8 Degree centigrade, breaks the previous record of minus 8.4 degree centigrade which was recorded in this month of January. Pertinently this is the lowest temperature recorded in Srinagar in last 30 years. However official statement is yet to come.(GNS)

76 fresh covid-19 cases reported in J&k

76 fresh covid-19 cases reported in J&k

Jammu and Kashmir reported 76 fresh covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. They told GNS that among the cases, Srinagar reported 27, Baramulla 4, Budgam 3, Pulwama 9, Kupwara 1, Anantnag 4, Bandipora 3, Ganderbal 5, Kulgam, Shopian 1, Jammu 8, Udhampur 1, Rajouri 0,Doda, Kathua 0, Samba 0,Kishtwar 0, […]

IG CRPF’s bulletproof vehicle damaged in blaze on Gupkar road

IG CRPF’s bulletproof vehicle damaged in blaze on Gupkar road

A bulletproof Ambassador car of Inspector General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was partially damaged in a mysterious fire incident at Gupkar road in Srinagar on Saturday afternoon. Sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a vehicle bearing registration number AP23AA4862 parked at Gupkar road near Hotel Lalit mysteriously caught fire resulting […]

Bangladesh moves thousands of more Rohingya to remote island

Bangladesh moves thousands of more Rohingya to remote island

CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh authorities on Friday moved more than 1,750 Rohingya Muslims to a controversial island in the Bay of Bengal despite complaints made by refugees already there. Officials said over 3,000 Rohingya would be taken by boat to Bhashan Char island on Friday and Saturday from congested camps on Bangladesh’s border with Myanmar. A Navy […]

Babar lauds Fawad, spinners for tremendous victory

Babar lauds Fawad, spinners for tremendous victory

KARACHI: The expressions of rival captains — Babar Azam of Pakistan and his South African counterpart Quinton de Kock — during their virtual media conferences on Friday depicted the mood in the respective camps. Babar, who is rated shy when it comes to speaking, singled out the quality of Pakistan spinners as the reason of […]

Suffering jolts

Suffering jolts

The Horticulture industry of Kashmir has suffered a series of jolts especially after the abrogation of article 370 as the transport sector was also disrupted here and the growers could not send out their produce to different markets. The latest threat to the Kashmir apple has emerged from Iran as on a daily basis in […]

Leopard hides, musk deer pods, bear gallbladders recovered in south Kashmir

Leopard hides, musk deer pods, bear gallbladders recovered in south Kashmir

Wildlife officials and police arrested one person and recovered a number of leopard and other forest animal hides and body parts from his possession in Anantnag district of south Kashmir on Saturday. A local news gathering agency Global News Service (GNS) quoting unnamed officials reported that a team of wild officials along with police party […]

Cold wave conditions persist in Kashmir

Cold wave conditions persist in Kashmir

Srinagar:Cold wave conditions continued in Kashmir on Saturday as the mercury stayed several degrees below freezing point across the valley, officials said. Srinagar city – the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir – recorded a low of minus 7.2 degrees Celsius marginally up from minus 7.7 degrees Celsius the previous night, they said. Qazigund the […]

Lt Governor visits family of Krishan Dev Sethi, offers heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members

Lt Governor visits family of Krishan Dev Sethi, offers heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members

JAMMU, JANUARY 29: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today visited the family of Late Krishan Dev Sethi, former MLA and father of Law Secretary J&K, Achal Sethi. The Lt Governor offered his heartfelt condolences to the family members on the passing away of Krishan Dev Sethi. He prayed for eternal peace to the departed soul and […]