Poonch: In yet another incident of its kind, a 20-year-old youth died after slipping off a slope while cutting grass at Loran area of this district in Jammu division on Saturday. Official sources told GNS that police station Loran was informed by some person that on Saturday morning, one Zaker Hussain son of Nazir Hussein […]
New Delhi: Just before the government ended special status to Jammu and Kashmir in August last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave no indication of the move during a meeting, Farooq Abdullah said today. “Nobody can trust the government of India anymore. There is not a day when they don’t lie,” said the National Conference […]
Banihal/Jammu: The 270-km Jammu-Srinagar National Highway reopened on Saturday after remaining closed for the past two days owing to multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains, officials said. The highway got blocked at over a dozen places between Udhampur and Banihal on Thursday, leaving thousands of vehicles stranded. “The highway was cleared for one-way traffic around 10 […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported nine more covid-19 related deaths since overnight, taking the fatality count to 612 in J-K. Among those who succumbed to the virus include five from Kashmir Valley including a 56-year-old pharmacist and four others from Jammu division. Reports said that a 60-year-old woman from Kishtwar, a 70-year-old man Marh in […]
While calling the abrogation of Article 370 as an unconstitutional move, the signatories of Gupkar declaration, which include, among others, Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti, G A Mir, Yousuf Tarigami, Muzaffar Shah and Sajad Lone, on Saturday issued a joint statement, said they will strive for the restoration of Articles 370 and 35A, the Constitution of […]
People feel that administration in Jammu and Kashmir after being directly controlled by Union Home Ministry is not listening to common voices and have tried to insulate themselves from common masses. Recently KCCI in a long statement while blaming the government for muzzling the economy under its feet said that the officers of the administration […]
One militant has been killed in ongoing gunfight between militants and the government forces in Saloosa area of Kreeri of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday. Unnamed official sources told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS) that, one militant has been killed in the ongoing operation, however his identity couldn’t be ascertained yet. […]
Chandigarh: Two suspects were shot dead by BSF troops along the India-Pakistan border at Dal border outpost in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district in the wee hours of Saturday, a BSF official said. After noticing suspicious movement at BOP Dal near the Indo-Pak border, the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel opened fire at around 4:45 am, he […]
A driver has been injured in a road accident in this border town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district this morning. A Mahindra camper van bearing registration number JKOIM-6349 was on way to Uri from Baramulla when it skidded off the road near Rajarwani, Uri and fell on the banks of River Jhelum, reported a local […]
Inspects quarantine and Covid care centers, assesses facilities Says measures afoot to establish more testing centers in the districts BUDGAM, AUGUST 21: Development Commissioner Handicraft, Union Ministry of Textiles and Nodal Officer Covid-19 for UTs of J&K and Ladakh, Shantmanu, accompanied by a team of senior doctors representing Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare […]