Suspected militants on Sunday fired upon a BJP activist in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Official sources told news agency GNS that the militants fired upon a BJP activist, identified as Ab. Hamid Najar (38) son of Jamal Najar resident of Moheindpora. They said the militants fired upon him near railway station when he was out […]
A 70-year-old man from central Kashmir’s Budgam district become another victim of covid-19, fourth since last night and 469th so far in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. They said that the septuagenarian was battling cancer and had been operated recently. “He had metastasis and was admitted to the hospital recently,” a doctor at […]
J&K Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam’s remark that “not a single soul cried” over the detention of mainstream political leaders after the abrogation of J&K’s special status has triggered a row, with political leaders across the divide asking why he does not join politics if he is so keen on making political statements. “The […]
Srinagar: One year has passed since the Centre declared Jammu & Kashmir a Union Territory, but it has been 12 months without any business, and the private sector and tourism are in a shambles. 5August this year was no different from the previous year. Strict lockdown of 48 hours with announcement of curfew in Srinagar kept […]
A gunfight broke out between militants and the security forces in Sighanpor area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Sunday. Officials told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that a joint team of Police, army’s 34 RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Sighanpora on yesterday. As the joint team of forces approached […]
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Saturday said the unconstitutional dismissal and detention of Sher-e-Kashmir Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah in 1953 marked New Delhi’s backtracking of convictions and commitments strengthening the bonds of accession, saying the wide spread alienation in J&K is the ghastly fallout of the New Delhi’s indefensible, and undemocratic measures taken on 9th […]
Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference on Saturday lashed out at the Chief Secretary and termed his utterances as delusions of grandeur. In a statement to KNS, party spokesperson Adnan Ashraf Mir said that the Chief Secretary needs to speak within his pay and grade. “Kashmir has this problem where people get delusions of grandeur. It […]
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 08: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today said that the Rakhi Arth Bemina would be created as separate Municipal Committee for its fast track development. The Div Com said this while chairing a meeting of officers to review pace and progress of development works presently under execution. He directed the concerned […]
JAMMU, AUGUST 08: On day 76 of resumption of routine domestic operations in Jammu and Kashmir, 24 domestic flights with 3,349 passengers on board today arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports. A total of 1018 passengers aboard 09 regular commercial flights arrived at the Jammu Airport while 15 domestic flights with about 2331 passengers on […]
JAMMU, AUGUST 08: The Government on Saturday informed that 463 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 81 from Jammu division and 382 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 24390. Also 10 COVID-19 deaths have been reported 07 from Kashmir […]