Mughal road reopens after 12-hour closure
Jammu: Mughal road, connecting twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri with Shopian, reopened after remaining closed for 12 hours due to stone-slide at Shakargah. Official sources told GNS that the historic throughfare reopened for traffic a shortwhile ago. DySP Traffic Rajouri Poonch Range Aftab Bukhari confirmed it to GNS. Meanwhile authorities said that traffic was […]
LeT associate arrested in Baramulla: Police
Srinagar: Police on Monday said that it along with Army arrested a Lashkar-e-Toiba militant associate in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. In a handout GNS, The police said that based on a specific input, an operation was carried out on 18.12.22 by joint parties of police and 32 RR, leading to arrest of one militant associate […]
Terror incidents came down up to 168 pc in J&K since 2014: Anurag Thakur
NEW DELHI: Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur on Monday said, the terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir have reduced by 168 per cent due to zero tolerance approach adopted by the Modi government against terrorism since 2014. India follows zero tolerance policy against the terrorism and the Government has left no stone unturned to formulate […]
Kashmir, Banihal, Ladakh shiver in sub-zero temperatures
Srinagar: Sub-zero temperatures continued in Kashmir Valley with Pahalgam recording a low of minus 4.8°C on Monday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3.1°C against the previous night’s minus 3.2°C. While the mercury was 1.6°C below normal during this time of the year, it was five notches […]
Stone-slide closes Mughal road
Srinagar: Mughal road, connecting twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri with Shopian was blocked due to stone-slide at Shakargah along the throughfare. Official sources while confirming it to GNS said that efforts are underway to clear the historic throughfare for traffic. Meanwhile authorities said that traffic was plying on Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link […]
Messi does it for Argentina
La Selección defeat France on penalties to win 3rd World Cup crown
Doha: Argentina lifted their 3rd World Cup crown as Emi Martinez saved crucial spot kicks as Lionel Messi finally exorcised the demons of the 2014 World Cup final as La Selección defeated France 4-2 on penalties at the Lusail Stadium on Sunday. Messi and Mbappe had both scored in Extra Time as France completed another […]
Police refutes reports of acid attack in Srinagar
Srinagar: Police on Sunday trashed rumours about acid attack on a girl in Srinagar city. In a handout, police said that there is an “unverified news doing rounds about an acid attack”. It said around 4 pm at Nawab Bazar, a minor girl (name withheld), who was accompanied by her aunt in the market area, […]
Surrendered terrorist arrested for drug trafficking in Doda: Police
Jammu: A “surrendered terrorist” was arrested on Sunday for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking in Doda district, police said. His associate, “also a surrendered terrorist, however, escaped on seeing the police during an operation in the Gandoh area of the district,” a police official said. He said the “two surrendered terrorists, Adil Iqbal of […]
AMCC inaugurated at Shopian
Shopian: An Automated Milk Collection Center (AMCC) was inaugurated today by Jammu & Kashmir Rural Livelihoods Mission (UMEED) at Keshwa Chitragam Shopian as Women Dairy Cooperative. The inauguration was done in presence of Branch Head JK Bank Chitragam Umar, Sajad Ahmed, JKMPCL, District Programme Managers from NRLM Irfan Basheer & Uzma Mehraj in a centralized […]
Price of life cannot be set in monetary terms: LG on Rajouri incident
Announces Rs 5 lakh relief for each affected families
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Saturday said that the incident in Rajouri, in which two civilians were killed, was unfortunate and also announced relief of Rs 5 lakh for each family. Office of J&K LG, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) in a Tweet said the incident in Rajouri […]