Budgam: A policeman was on Thursday morning found hanging from a tree in Kanihama Magam area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district, officials said. Locals spotted the body of the cop identified as Constable Muhammad Ashraf, son of Abdul Majeed Rather of Archanderhama Magam hanging by a rope on a tree in the village, an official […]
Omar Abdullah recently started the first public outreach programme in Drass said that whatever has been snatched from the people of Jammu and Kashmir would be taken back as this all has been done illegally and the decisions are being imposed by muscle and not by the public consent. Omar Abdullah said that people of […]
For more than 70 years, West Pakistan refugees (WPRs) who had arrived in Jammu from Pakistan during the turbulent times of the Partition were not eligible to participate in an electoral exercise of Jammu and Kashmir. But come November 28, they will be able to cast votes in the District Development Board polls. While they […]
The Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir along with Vice Chairman Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) today took an extensive tour of Dal and Nigeen Lake. On the occasion, the Divisional Commissioner took stock of manual and mechanical deweeding, Lily extraction in various sections. He was informed that about 54600 labours have been engaged for manual deweeding […]
Students of Islamic University of Science and technology Awantipura are up in arms against the varisty authorities for not providing them the bus service duirng examination. A number of students and teachers called KNS about the issue. They said they are facing hardships due to non availability of transport by the authorities. The university has […]
The forthcoming meetings of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) is scheduled to be held on Nov 7 in Jammu wherein deliberations about strengthening of movement for restoration of Article 370 will be deliberated upon, sources said. Sources who are part of the alliance told KNS that the meeting will be conducted at Dr Farooq […]
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking early hearing of a batch of petitions, challenging Centre’s last year’s decision to abrogate provisions of Article 370 saying that people of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir are suffering as repeated internet shutdown and restrictions were continually damaging the economy. The application said that […]
The Jammu and Kashmir poll panel on Wednesday announced an eight-phase election to 20 district development councils (DDCs) in the union territory beginning November 28, in the first major electoral exercise since the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year. The government had in October amended the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act to […]
Anganwadi workers and helpers from various districts staged protest here on Wednesday demanding release of salaries and enhancement in their honorarium. Scores of Anganwadi workers and helpers, under the banner of J&K Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Association Kashmir, assembled at Press Colony amid anti-government slogans demanding enhancement in their honorarium, regularization while they also alleged […]
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 04: The Government on Tuesday informed that 512 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 186 from Jammu division and 326 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 96700. Also 09 COVID-19 deaths have been reported; 07 from Jammu […]