Kotrana, Budhal blast cases solved; two LeT operatives arrested: Police
Jammu: Two persons were arrested as police claimed to have solved Kotrana and Budhal blast cases. Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit was behind the recent series of explosions in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, police said on Tuesday, claiming to have solved the case with the arrest of two of its operatives while the search is […]
Son dies in road accident; father suffers heart attack, dies too
Srinagar: One person died in a road accident in Shangus area of Anantnag district and as the news reached his home, his father suffered a massive heart attack and also died before reaching hospital. Sources said Arif Ahmed son of Abdul Rehman, a resident of Panchalthan Chittergul was driving a motorcycle bearing registration number PB07AK-1407. […]
Two migrant workers die after falling from roof of SIDCO building
Pulwama: Two migrant workers died after falling from the roof top of a cold store of SIDCO in Lassipora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said here on Tuesday. An official told KNO that two persons fell off from the roof of cold store of SIDCO late last night. They were rushed to a […]
J&K UT inks MoU with IIT Jammu on capacity building of IT infrastructure & e-Services
LG pledges to make public services face-less, paper-less, easy, effective and efficient
Jammu: The Government of Jammu and Kashmir Monday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu to jointly work on the capacity building of IT infrastructure and e-Services. The MoU was signed between Prema Puri, Commissioner Secretary to the Government, Information Technology Department, and Prof. Manoj Singh Gaur, Director IIT […]
Two LeT militants killed in ongoing Kulgam Gunfight
Srinagar: Two militants affliated with Lashkar-i-Toiba have been killed in a gunfight at Nowpora-Kherpora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Monday. A senior police officer told GNS that two LeT militants have been killed in an ongoing encounter. However identity of the slain militants couldn’t be established as of now. Earlier gunfight broke out […]
Gunfight breaks out in Kulgam village
Srinagar: A fierce Gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Nowpora-Kherpora area of in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Monday. According to Kashmir Police Zone, they wrote on twitter, “Encounter has started at Nowpora-Kherpora, Trubji area of Kulgam. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details shall follow,”. #Encounter has started […]
Follow Covid appropriate behaviour to arrest surge in Covid cases: Director SKIMS
Srinagar: Top infectious diseases expert in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday asked people in the union territory to follow Covid appropriate behaviour in the wake of the rise in coronavirus cases. “The rising numbers call for adoption of measures like use of masks and frequent hand washing in exercise of abundant caution for prevention of […]
Handwara: Body of teenage boy drowned in pond retrieved
Srinagar: Body of the 17-year-old boy drowned in a pond in Rajwar Handwara of Kupwara district was retrieved this morning. Altaf Ahmad Tanchi, son of Mohammad Shafi Tanchi, resident of Bowen Watsar, as reported by GNS, drowned in a pond while taking bath yesterday afternoon. The other boys accompanying him raised an alarm following which […]
Police arrest three persons with 50Kg Trillium Govanianum in Handwara
Srinagar: Police on Monday said that they arrested three persons along with an endangered Trillium Govanianum medicinal herb in Qalamabad of North Kashmir’s Handwara. In a statement issued to GNS, the police said that on June 26th, a police party of Police Station Qalamabad while on naka checking duty at Lach, Qalamabad, stopped one vehicle […]
Terrorist arrested in Doda: Police
Jammu: A terrorist was arrested and arms and ammunition seized from his possession in Doda district, police said on Monday. They said he was “tasked by Pakistan-based handlers to attack policemen” in the district. As security has been heightened in the Jammu region in the wake of the Amarnath Yatra, a police party at a […]
