Jammu and Kashmir reported 113 fresh covid-19 cases, four of them travelers, taking the total tally of infections to 122538. Also one covid-19 death was reported—a 70-year-old man from Kupwara, taking the fatality count to 1910. Official sources told GNS that among the cases, 56 were from Jammu Division and 57 from Kashmir Division. They […]
Shopian (Kashmir):The Army Captain, who was involved in the alleged fake encounter in Shopian in July last year in which three youths were killed, had hatched a conspiracy along with two civilians with the motive for “grabbing” a reward money of Rs 20 lakh and also fired at the victims even before his men could […]
PAMPORE: Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested a militant associate of the LeT and busted a hideout at his residence in Chandhara village of Pampore area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. As per a police statement, Pampore police along with 50 RR and 110 Bn CRPF busted the hideout measuring 10×5×5 ft in the […]
Poonch: Police and army defused a “locally made” Improvised Explosive Device in Mendhar area of Poonch district on Sunday. Official sources said that an unclaimed bike with some “IED-type object” adjacent to it was found near Pankha, prompting authorities to close Mendhar-Gohlad road while Bomb Disposal Squad was rushed to the area. SDPO Mendhar Z […]
The Srinagar-Jammu national highway was reopened on Sunday after seven days in the wake of heavy snowfall last week, even as the city and some other parts of Kashmir received another spell of snowfall, officials said. The 260 kilometre-long highway — the only all-weather road connecting Kashmir with the rest of the country — was […]
Srinagar: Parts of Kashmir including Srinagar received very light snowfall overnight even as mercury remained blow sub-zero levels with Gulmarg remaining coldest in the Valley. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar received 2.5cm of fresh snowfall in the last 24 hours till 0830 hours. Qazigund, the gate town of Kashmir, received 0.7cm […]
SRINAGAR: National Conference on Saturday lambasted the J&K government’s decision to reduce the age of eligibility for civil service aspirants by five years terming the step a stab into the future of the youth here. In a statement, party spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said the situation in Kashmir had grossly narrowed the career opportunities’ of […]
On Saturday evening, Jammu and Kashmir police claimed to have arrested five Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant associates in the Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Spokesperson, in a statement, said that while acting on specific human/technical inputs, Sopore Police, other security forces arrested five Over Ground Workers (OGW) of LeT outfit along with incriminating materials. […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday reported 122 new COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 1,22,425. Out of the total cases, 1,18,422 have recovered so far. A total of 1,909 patients have died leaving a total of 2,094 active cases as on date, the government’s media bulletin reads. Of the cases reported today, 58 […]
A Para-military trooper died of heart attack in North Kashmir’s Sopore town. Sources told KNT that CRPF Head Constable Kuldeep Singh from 215 Battalion suffered heart attack and was taken to hospital where he breathed his last. The deceased was posted in Sopore and was the native of Madhya Pradesh State of India. (KNT)