After 17 days, Poonch highway reopened for traffic
Poonch: Authorities in Poonch district on Sunday have ordered opening of the stretch of national highway between Bhimber Gali to Jarran Wali Gali that was closed from last seventeen days due to ongoing anti-militancy operation at Bhata Dhurian. Officials told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that today morning, directions were received from higher authorities after […]
Man crushed to death by moving train in Budgam
Srinagar: A 50-year-old man was crushed to death by a moving train in Manchowa insha central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Sunday morning, officials said. They told GNS that one Yaseen Ahmad Wani, 50, from Baghi Mehtab in Srinagar was busy on his mobile phone when a moving train bearing registration number number 04614 on way […]
Husband injured, wife escapes unhurt in road accident in Uri
Uri: A man was injured while his wife escaped unhurt after a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said. They said A Baleno vehicle (JK05J-3523) skidded off the road and rolled down into gorge on Srinagar-Muzafferabad road at Tyre Mode Uri, resulting in […]
Night temp fall Kashmir, minus 3.2°C in Pahalgam
Srinagar: Night temperature dropped across Kashmir Valley with famous Pahalgam resort recording minus 3.2°C, officials said on Sunday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar recorded minimum temperature of 2.6°C against 2.9°C on previous night. Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, recorded a low of 2.2°C against previous night’s 2.8°C, the official said. […]
2 army personnel killed in landmine blast along LoC in Rajouri
Jammu: Two army personnel were killed and another was injured in a landmine explosion near a forward post along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. The army said the blast occurred when the troops were on an area domination patrol in Naushera sector. “On October […]
CS directs administering 5 lakh second doses within a week
Covid Containment Measures
Srinagar: Chief Secretary Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta Saturday chaired a meeting to review the public health response to COVID-19 and asked the divisional and district administrations to ensure coverage of 5 lakh people who have completed the mandatory interregnum period and are due to receive the subsequent dose with second COVID vaccination jab within a […]
Mufti writes to Modi over action against Kashmiri students after India-Pak cricket match, seeks his intervention
Police stop PDP workers from taking out protest march against arrests
Srinagar: Expressing shock at the punitive action against some Kashmiri students for allegedly celebrating Pakistan’s victory over India in a cricket match, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday and sought his intervention so that their future is not destroyed. She noted that such punitive actions will only further the […]
Agra lawyers refuse legal help to Kashmir students charged with sedition
Agra: Several lawyers’ associations of Agra have decided to deny legal help to the three Kashmiri students of an engineering college here, who were charged with sedition. The students were booked under the Act that dates back to the British era allegedly for posting a WhatsApp status praising Pakistan players after the team’s victory against […]
Search operation in forest belt of Poonch and Rajouri enters 20th day
Jammu: A search operation to track down a group of hiding militants entered the 20th day on Saturday in the forest belt of Jammu and Kashmir’s twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri, where nine soldiers were killed in two separate attacks, officials said. The operation in Bhatti Durrian in Mendhar along with Surankote forest […]
JKRTC terminates 15 employees for misappropriation of revenue
Jammu: Managing Director JKRTC, Angrez Singh Rana has issued orders for termination of 15 conductors, who have misappropriated the corporation revenue. “All these conductors have committed more than ten offenses of misappropriation of the corporation revenue for which they were given a number of opportunities to mend their ways. In order to make the corporation […]
