Srinagar, Mar 25: At least two firefighters were injured and three residential houses gutted in a massive fire in Batmaloo Srinagar. An official told GNS that a fire broke out from a house in a Baranpather Batamaloo locality in area this evening. “The raging flames spread to other houses in proximity, prompting the Fire and...
Says he doesn’t see any contest against him on Udhampur-Doda LS seat Jammu, Mar 25: Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) candidate for Udhampur -Doda Lok Sabha seat Dr. Jitendra Singh has said that 10 years of Modi government has united people and has put an end to the divisive policy of previous regimes. “We have tried to...
Srinagar, Mar 25: Basant Rath, the former Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Jammu and Kashmir Police, has once again made headlines, this time by announcing his intention to campaign for joint candidates of Congress, PDP, and National Conference in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Rath, who lost his Indian Police Service (IPS) job amidst controversies,...
Srinagar, Mar 25: Preparations for the annual Amarnath Yatra have commenced as health certificates are being arranged in ten districts of Jammu division, allowing pilgrims to initiate their journey from the specified date. A total of 112 doctors have been designated to issue Compulsory Health Certificates (CHC) from health centers across the region, a prerequisite...
BJP, Congress move towards hills; Ramban the first stop Jammu, Mar 24: The election campaign for Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha seat has taken pace and the two main contesting candidates Dr. Jitendra Singh and Choudhary Lal Singh have started moving out of plains towards hills. As the BJP candidates and MoS in PMO Dr. Jitendra Singh...
Kupwara, Mar 25: Ahead of the Lok Sabha Elections, the District Election Authorities (DEO) Kupwara have asked the political parties to seek three-day prior permission for holding any political rally or convention in the district. The instructions have been issued in line with the guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to ensure...
Srinagar, Mar 25: The repeated changes in the examination schedule for class 8 students have stirred frustration among 1.75 lakh students, disrupting their preparations and casting uncertainty over their academic endeavors. According to the news agency, initially slated to commence on March 5, the exam’s commencement was rescheduled to March 13, only to encounter further...
Property worth Rs 1362.38 crore damaged, reveals RTI Budgam, Mar 25: Information obtained under the RTI Act has revealed that 486 people have lost their lives and 510 others sustained injuries in fire incidents over the past six years in Jammu and Kashmir. According to details obtained by the news agency, the Fire & Emergency...
Moscow, Mar 25: The European Union has no evidence that would suggest Ukraine’s connection to the deadly terrorist attack in Russia, following the information that the perpetrators tried to escape to Ukraine after committing the attack, European Commission foreign affairs spokesman Peter Stano said on Monday. “We reject this. There is nothing to indicate or...
Srinagar, Mar 25: Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, Justice N.Kotiswar Singh administered the Oath of office to Justice Mohammad Yousuf Wani as Additional Judge of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh on Monday. The oath of office was administered in the Chief Justice’s Court Room...
Srinagar, Mar 25 : Kashmir’s territory care hospital Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science (SKIMS) Soura will introduce the online payment system at all counters of the hospital through QR Code facility. The Secretary of Health and Medical Education had recently directed all hospitals of the valley to have a QR Code system at payment counters...
Srinagar, Mar 25: Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Special Investigation Unit(SIU) on Monday produced a charge sheet in a terror funding case against three militants and an associate in a court in Pulwama. A police spokesman said the chargesheet was produced in the case of Pulwama Police Station under sections, 20, 38, 39 & 40 UAPA...
Srinagar, Mar 25 : Kashmir’s Chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday emphasised the need to ensure women’s access to mosques. Addressing a gathering, after laying the foundation stone for a new mosque in Atthwajan, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Mirwaiz said “We should not keep our women folk away from the mosques as we...
Pulwama, Mar 24: A court here on Monday sentenced a Pulwama resident to ten years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed Rs 1 lakh fine on him, a week after convicting him for possessing huge quantity of contraband including over a quintal of “Bangh leaves” and 1.2 kgs Charas,. “convict namely, Abdul Hamid Bhat S/o Mohammad...
Srinagar, Mar 25: Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Daljit Singh Chawdhary, IPS, undertook a comprehensive 2-day visit to the Kashmir Valley to assess the operational preparedness of SSB deployments ahead of the General Parliamentary Elections (GPE) 2024. During his visit, the Director General inspected various key locations, starting with the Sector Headquarters (Spl-Ops)...
Lucknow, Mar 25: The Uttar Pradesh government lead by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath completed its 7-year tenure on Monday. On this occasion, the CM expressed his gratitude to the people of the state by posting on social media platform X. He has written that his government is working with commitment to fulfil every dream...
Srinagar, Mar 25 : At least four residential houses were gutted in two separate fire incidents across the Kashmir valley overnight. Fire and Emergency service officials on Monday said that fire broke out in a double storey residential house at Nowpora area of Srinagar late Sunday and it engulfed another house causing extensive damage...
Paris, Mar 25: The French government decided on Sunday to raise the national security alert system Vigipirate to its highest level to deal with the potential threat the country is facing after Friday’s deadly terrorist attack in Russia’s capital Moscow. French President Emmanuel Macron convened a defense and security meeting Sunday night at the Elysee...
Dublin, Mar 25 : Irish Higher Education Minister Simon Harris was named leader of the governing Fine Gael party in an uncontested election, paving the way for him to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Leo Varadkar who formally resigned last week, Irish media reported. The 37-year-old politician is expected to become the youngest prime minister, or...
Washington, Mar 25: Israel agrees to the terms proposed by the United States for the exchange of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli hostages held by Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip and is awaiting a response from the movement on this matter, CNN reported, citing a source. The proposal was put forward by CIA Director...
Aden, Mar 25: Fierce clashes erupted between Yemeni pro-government forces and Houthi militants on Sunday in the country’s northeastern Marib province, resulting in a total of nine fatalities among both sides, a military official told Xinhua. The local military official, who asked to remain anonymous, said heavy artillery fire was noticed during pre-dawn armed confrontations...