MeT forecasts cloudy weather with light rain towards evening till May 5
Srinagar: Night temperature recorded an increase amid cloud cover but continued to hover below normal in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. A meteorological department official here told GNS Srinagar recorded a low of 7.8°C against 5.7°C on the previous night and it was 1.9°C below normal for the summer capital of JK for this time […]
Siblings die in Khudwani road accident
Kulgam: Two siblings were killed after hit by a truck in Khudwani area along Jammu—Srinagar national highway in south Kashmir’s Kulgam on Friday, officials said. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that two persons riding on a motorcycle died after being hit by truck. The deceased have been identified as Adil Ahmad Dar […]
Bhupinder Kumar appointed Director Census Operations
Srinagar: The government on Thursday appointed Bhupinder Kumar as the Director of Census Operations in the UTs of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. “Consequent to the approval of the Competent Authority in the Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India, Shri Bhupinder Kumar, IAS (AGMUT:2011) is hereby appointed to the post of Director of […]
Northern army commander reviews anti-infiltration grid in Kashmir
Srinagar: Northern Army Commander Lt Gen M V Suchindra Kumar reviewed the anti-infiltration and counter-terrorism grid in the Kashmir Valley, the Army said on Thursday. “#LtGenMVSuchindraKumar, #ArmyCdrNC accompanied by #ChinarCorps Cdr visited frontline units along #LineofControl in Gurez Sector and the hinterland forces to review anti infiltration and Counter-terrorism grid,” the Northern Command said on […]
Police attach properties of drug peddler in Baramulla
Srinagar: Police have attached properties including a residential house and land of a “notorious drug peddler”, a police spokesperson informed Thursday. He said land measuring nine Marlas land and a double-storied residential house worth approximately Rs 50 lakhs belonging to a drug peddler Shabir Ahmad Sofi, son of Abdul Khaliq, resident of Mazhama, Magam was […]
Collection of documents: Schedule issued for Haj Pilgrims
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Haj Committee today issued a schedule for all the selected Haj Pilgrims of Haj – 2024 embarking from Srinagar International Airport for collection of their travel documents. The schedule can be accessed on the official website of the J&K Haj Committee viz. www.jkshc.org. Meanwhile, the pilgrims are accordingly advised to […]
8 drug peddlers held across Kashmir
Srinagar: Police have arrested eight drug peddlers and recovered contraband substances and cash from their possession, a police spokesperson informed Thursday. He said at Choon Crossing in Budgam, Bilal Ahmed Wani, son of Mohammad Sultan Wani, and Showket Ahmad Wani, son of Ghulam Hassan Wani, both residents of Thokerpora, were arrested after poppy straw-like substance […]
Daily-wager with PDD electrocuted to death, mechanic hospitalised in Mendhar Poonch
Poonch: A daily-wager with PDD was electrocuted to death and another employee of the department was shifted to hospital in unconscious state as they came into contact with live wire while repairing a power line in Mendhar area of the Poonch district on Thursday, official said. They told GNS that the incident occurred at Gursai […]
One person killed, 11 injured in road accident in Ramban
Banihal: One person was killed and eleven others injured when a vehicle collided with a truck on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district, officials said. The accident occurred late on Wednesday when a tempo traveller on its way to Srinagar from Jammu collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction in the Shabanbass […]
LS Polls-2024: Omar Abdullah files nomination papers for Baramulla seat
Says will emerge victorious with thumping majority Baramulla: National Conference Vice President and former chief minister of the erstwhile J&K state, Omar Abdullah on Thursday filed his nomination papers for the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat. Omar as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) was accompanied by a senior party leaders and functionaries and filed […]
