The Centre on Saturday extended the lockdown in containment zones till June 30 and said all economic activities can restart in a phased manner outside those zones. The fourth phase of the nationwide lockdown, necessitated by the coronavirus outbreak, was scheduled to end tomorrow. The order said there will be strict enforcement of lockdown in […]
Srinagar, May 30 (GNS): Ten pregnant women were among fresh COVID-19 infections reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, taking the overall case count to 2333. Sources told GNS that 112 fresh cases were reported in J&K—67 among them from Kashmir division and 45 from Jammu division. They said among the fresh cases in […]
Srinagar: A 60-year-old man was “hacked to death” allegedly by his relatives over a land dispute in Surankote area of this district in Jammu division of J-K on Saturday. Police identified the victim as Mohammad Alam son of Mohammad Sadiq. Senior Superintendent of Police, Poonch, Ramesh Angral told a local news gathering agency that the […]
Srinagar, May 30, KNT: Burglars stole money from the donation box at the Jawahar Nagar Gurudwara in Kashmir capital Srinagar during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. Jaspal Singh, Chairman Guru Prabandakh Committee Srinagar told News Agency KNT that the theft took place between 12 and 1 am of the night. “Two persons who […]
Hizbul chief Syed Salahudin attacked in Islamabad, injured New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Unable to carry out Pakistan”s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) diktat of creating unrest in Jammu and Kashmir lately, terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin reportedly faced the ire of his masters when he was attacked by unknown assailants in Islamabad on May […]
Srinagar: The armies of India and Pakistan on Saturday exchanged gunfire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu division. Officials here told a local news gathering agency that at around 10 a.m., the Pakistan army resorted to “unprovoked” firing along Krini sector of Poonch. “The fire was retaliating befittingly,” they said. […]
Current spring season followed by summer has given only jolts to fruit growers in Kashmir. Tons of apples have rotten in the cooling centers as they could not transport to Delhi due to lockdown. Horticulture sector have suffered series of setbacks in Kashmir valley right from August 5, last year. When the government decided to […]
Srinagar: Two Hizb militants were killed in a gunfight with government forces in Wanpora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday. Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar (IPS) told GNS that two militants have been killed in the operation. However, he said, the identity of the slain militants was yet to be […]
Why, when the Chinese PLA comes bullying its way along the borders in Ladakh, am I invoking an outrageous American political satirist, P.J. O’Rourke? Among his finest pieces is his ‘A Brief History of Man’. You can find it in his collection Republican Party Reptile. In less than a thousand brilliant words, it spans the entire […]
Aijaz Ahmad believes that his 13-year-old son, Basim Aijaz would not have ventured towards the site of the gunfight if he had been able to reach home. The family lives in Karan Nagar, in Srinagar’s old city. It is about 2 km away from Nawakadal, where a gunfight between militants and security forces had started […]