Kashmir continues to reel under cold conditions
Srinagar: Kashmir Valley continued to reel under cold conditions with minimum temperature remaining below sub-zero level in most places on Monday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that mercury settled at 0.0°C against previous night’s minus 0.9°C which was the coldest this season. The today’s minimum temperature is below minus 1.2°C than the normal […]
Marsh powers Australia to maiden T20 World Cup title
Dubai: An injury-ravaged Mitchell Marsh finally found his night of reckoning and glory as he led Australia to their maiden T20 World Cup title with his stroke-filled 77 that fashioned his team’s comfortable eight- wicket win over New Zealand, here on Sunday. A target of 173 in a global final is never easy but Marsh […]
Two person dead as speedy truck ran over vehicles at Magarkot
Banihal, Nov 14: A man and his three-year-old daughter died on Sunday and his wife was critically injured when a truck rammed several vehicles on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, police said. The Kashmir-bound truck hit four cars coming from the opposite side near Magerkote in Ramban district, they said. The deceased were identified as Jatinder […]
Apni Party President Altaf Bukhari bereaved
Srinagar, Nov 14: Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari’s father Syed Mohammad Iqbal Bukhari passed away here on Sunday, family sources said. He was 89. Bukhari, the chairman of FIL Industries, passed away after a brief spell of illness at SKIMS hospital, Soura, they said. Bukhari’s funeral prayers were held at Ladoora in Rafiabad area of […]
Soldier shoots himself dead in Rajouri
Jammu: A soldier ended his life by committing suicide with his service rifle in Rajouri district on Sunday. Belong to elite Para unit of the army and posted with Romeo force in Rajouri district, the soldier identified as NK Deepak Singh fired upon himself with AK-47 rifle at the unit where he was posted. A […]
Kashmir freezes as Srinagar records season’s first sub-zero night
Srinagar: Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, recorded the first sub-zero night of the season while other parts of Kashmir valley continued to endure below freezing point temperature on Sunday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that mercury settled at minus 0.9°C against previous night’s 0.1°C °C. The temperature is below minus 2.1°C […]
Private school teacher hangs self to death in Khrew Pampore
Pampore: A 32-year-old private school teacher allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself to death on Sunday in Khrew hamlet of pampore area in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. An official told the news agency –Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a youth (name with held) who was working as teacher in a local private school village allegedly […]
3 JKRTC employees terminated for ‘dereliction of duties’
Jammu: Three employees of the Jammu and Kashmir Road Transport Corporation (JKRTC) were on Saturday terminated from service for alleged dereliction of their duties. Managing Director of JKRTC Angrez Singh Rana issued the orders for termination of conductors Abdul Majid Dar and Sham-us-Din besides helper Rouf Ahmad Shah, an official spokesman said. Earlier, on October […]
Lawyers’ protest in Jammu
Jammu: The J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu (JKHCBA-J) staged a sit-in here on Saturday in support of their various demands including revocation of an order of shifting debt recovery tribunal to Chandigarh. The protest led by JKHCBA-J president M K Bhardwaj in the district court complex, Janipur demanded creation of five benches of central […]
Leopard falls into water tank in Anantnag village, Rescued
Leopard falls into water tank in Anantnag village, Rescued Srinagar: A semi-adult leopard, which had fallen into a nearly 10-ft deep water tank in Brakpora in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district was rescued by Wildlife Department on Saturday morning. Reports reaching GNS said that a leopard was spotted by locals of Brakpora, stuck inside a water […]
