Jammu and Kashmir is going to remain union territory for some time more as during the latest session of parliament the BJP led central government has shown no inclination to bring any bill for the restoration of statehood. Similarly the assembly elections even for the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir are to be held […]
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 16: The Jammu and Kashmir Government today sanctioned the transfer of functions and functionaries regarding several divisions of Jal Shakti Department to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) as mandated under 74thConstitutional Amendment. In this regard an order issued here today by the Jal Shakti Department accorded the transfer of Jal Shakti (PHE) City Division-I […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 58 fresh covid-19 cases, twenty of them travellers, in the last 24 hours, taking the total case tally to 125463, officials said on Tuesday. Among them, they said, 47 cases were reported in Kashmir Valley and 11 in Jammu division.
Srinagar: National Conference leader Hilal Lone has been arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for allegedly delivering a hate speech at a rally during last year’s district development council elections in Bandipora, a senior police official said on Tuesday. Lone, the son of NC’s Member of Parliament Mohammad Akbar Lone, was arrested on Monday from […]
The former chief minister and National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah in series of tweets has claimed that he has been locked up in his home and other family members were also being detained in the house by the authorities without any reason. Government of Jammu and Kashmir has not reacted officially to the allegations […]
Suspected militants triggered off a low-intensity improvised explosive device (IED) in Bijbhera area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday, officials said. However, they said there was no loss of life or injury reported in the explosion which took place at Pazalpora area of the Bijbhera. A senior police officer told GNS that the small […]
Srinagar: A seventeen-year-old boy committed suicide on Monday evening by hanging himself to death in Habba Kadal area of Srinagar. Official sources told a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the boy was identified as Suhail Ahmad son of Mukhtar Ahmad Badyari hanged himself on Monday evening at his home near Sona Masjid […]
Jammu and Kashmir reported 64 fresh covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total count to 125405. Among the fresh cases, officials told GNS that 53 cases were reported from Kashmir and 10 from Jammu. They said Srinagar reported 35 cases, Baramulla 3, Budgam 3, Pulwama 5, Kupwara 0, Anantnag 1, Bandipora 1, […]
Lieutenant governor (LG) of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha has said the region has a development deficit of 73 years and there would be challenges to fill the gaps, but his administration is fully prepared to deal with it, Press Trust of India reported. He also said the aspirations and dreams of the people of […]
Srinagar: The body of a man was on Monday found at Dal Colony Bemina in Srinagar, officials said. Officials told a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a man identified as Manzoor Ahmad Sheikh, son of Ghulam Nabi of S R Gunj Srinagar aged about 48/50 years was found today at Dal Colony […]