UNITED NATIONS: Millions of people around the world risk dying of hunger, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday, adding that climate change and Covid-19 had worsened the threat. “Without immediate action, millions of people will reach the brink of extreme hunger and death,” Guterres told the Security Council during a meeting on the links […]
The BJP on Friday appointed MLA Madan Kaushik as its Uttarakhand state president, replacing Banshidhar Bhagat who may be inducted as a minister in the government headed by Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat. Kaushik is a fourth-term MLA from Haridwar constituency, and is one of the senior most legislators of the party in the hilly […]
Srinagar: Parts of Kashmir received fresh snowfall while the rest of the valley witnessed moderate to heavy rainfall for the third consecutive day on Friday, officials said. Higher reaches of Kashmir including Gulmarg, Keran and Macchil have received snowfall since Thursday night, they said. The officials said Karnah and Keran areas received two-and-half feet of […]
The central government has allowed several foreign delegations to Kashmir post abrogation article 370, on August 5, 2019. Erase the apprehensions among the diplomats about the ground situation in Kashmir, these visits were organized by the government and these diplomats were allowed to meet several delegations in Kashmir valley in order to understand the ground […]
SRINAGAR, MARCH 11: The J&K Tourism Department in collaboration with the Association of Kashmir Tour Operators. held another road show at Indore as part of its promotional campaigns across the country to attract tourists. Assistant Director, Dr. Javed-ur-Rahman and Tourist Officer, Jammu, Rajesh Raina represented the J&K Tourism who were accompanied by the office bearers […]
Jammu and Kashmir reported 75 fresh covid-19 cases, including 22 travellers, even as one more person succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said Thursday. They said 65 of the fresh cases were reported from Kashmir and ten from the Jammu division, taking the total case tally to 127363. Among the fresh […]
West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, who was on Wednesday injured during her visit to Nandigram, said in a video message while lying on her bed at the SSKM hospital in Kolkata, that she might have to use a wheelchair for addressing her party’s electoral rallies but she would not give […]
Srinagar: Gulmarg and other reaches of Kashmir Valley received fresh snowfall while rains continued to lash plains amid weatherman’s prediction for “light to moderate rain and snowfall for next 36 hours. A meteorological department official told GNS that Gulmarg, the world famous skiing resort, received 7.6 centimetres fresh snowfall in last 24 hours till 0830 […]
Media circles have started talking about the DDC elections and the protests by the DDC members about their perks and ranks. Most of the mainstream political parties have extended their support to these members and have said that before the elections the government said that they will get all the power but now their wings […]
Two militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit were killed in an overnight encounter at Kanidpora area of Bejbhera in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thrusday. Official sources told GNS, that two militants were killed in an encounter, however identity of the slain militants is yet to be ascertained. On Wednesday operation was suspended due to darkness to […]