Srinagar, Nov 30 : Inspector General of BSF, Kashmir Frontier, Ashok Yadav on Saturday said that security forces have stepped up efforts along the Line of Control (LoC) to thwart infiltration attempts by militants before snowfall blocks the mountain passes. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of BSF’s Raising Day celebrations at Humhama here,...
Ziyarat-e-Kabba Tour and Travels Opens New Franchise at Vailoo Kokerna Anantnag: The renowned Hajj and Umrah service provider, Ziyarat-e-Kabba Tour and Travels, inaugurated its new franchise at Vailoo Kokernag today. The event was graced by Chief Guest Tehsildar Kokernag, Mr. Sheikh Ensar Hussain, along with Mr. Muhammad Omer Choudary. The occasion witnessed the presence of...
Srinagar, Nov 30 : J&K Peoples Conference President and MLA Handwara Sajad Lone said the party will knock the doors of the Supreme Court next week to challenge the “existing police verification system in Jammu and Kashmir.” He said his party’s legal team, led by former law secretary Ashraf Mir and represented by Advocate...
Srinagar, Nov 30 : Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh union territories received a rainfall deficit of 69 percent this November. The Meteorological Department said with a normal value of 35.3 mm only 10.9 mm of rainfall was observed in the subdivision during the month of November. According to the data prepared by the local...
Srinagar, Nov 30: A day after two government employees were sacked for their alleged anti- national activities , Kashmir separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq urged Omar Abdullah government to reinstate all employees terminated in the last few years. Two employees Zahir Abbas, a school teacher from Kishtwar district of Jammu and Abdul Rehman Naika,...
Srinagar, Nov 30: Indian Army successfully conducted Territorial Army (TA) recruitment drive across the valley in this month. Srinagar based defence spokesman said the event witnessed unprecedented participation that provided the opportunity and engagement to the aspiring candidates across the region, who dream of serving the Nation. He said the drive was held in...
Srinagar, Nov 30 : The higher reaches in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora received light snowfall on Saturday amid the prediction of more light rain and snow during the next 24 hours, officials said. They said the Razdan top along the Bandipora Gurez road received light snow. As a precautionary measure, the administration has suspended...
Srinagar, November 30: Police on Saturday morning conducts raids in Batamaloo and HMT areas in a case related to unlawful Activities in Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district. In a handout to GNS, the Police said that in Srinagar it conducted searches at various places in Batamaloo and HMT areas of Srinagar city in furtherance of investigation...
Jammu, November 30: One woman was killed in a road accident near Shiva Bridge on Kishwar-Doda NHI in Doda district on Saturday. Officials told GNS that a Alto car bearing registration number JK06B-2993 met with an accident near Shiva Bridge and fell into Chenab River. Soon a team of Police and locals rushed to the...
Srinagar, Nov 29: Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) leader and Pulwama MLA Waheed Para on Friday urged Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to establish Vande Bharat Express stop at Awantipora Railway station in south Kashmir. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to inaugurate Vande Bharat train in January 2025 and it would directly connect Kashmir...
Srinagar, Nov 29 : All Parties Hurriyat Conference Chairman and Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said the surveys of religious places is an extremely disturbing and serious issue for the Muslims. Speaking at the Friday congregation, at the historic Jamia mosque in Srinagar, Mirwaiz said, there seems to be a deliberate...
Jammu, November 29: An army porter was injured in a landmine blast in Shahpur Sector of Poonch district on Friday. Officials told GNS that today an army porter accidentally stepped over an landmine blast resulting injuries to his left foot. He was immediately evacuated to militarily hospital was advanced treatment, they said. He has been...
Srinagar, Nov 29: Two employees, one of them a teacher and another pharmacist, were sacked by invoking Article 311 of the Indian constitution by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, officials said on Friday. While numerous employees have been terminated post 2019 in terms of sub-clause (c) of the proviso to clause (2) of Article 311 of...
03 arrested, ₹4 Lakh recovered Srinagar, November 29: Cyber Police Station Kashmir Zone Srinagar takes cognizance upon receiving a written complaint from a senior citizen of Srinagar city, who was allegedly defrauded of ₹21 lakh in digital arrest scam wherein the fraudsters impersonated officials from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Central...
Srinagar, Nov 29: Kashmir Valley is bracing for a fresh snowfall as night temperature improved but stayed below freezing point at most of the weather stations on Friday, officials said. The Meteorological Centre office said a feeble Western Disturbance (WD) is likely to hit and can bring light snowfall over the higher catchments and...
Jammu, November 29: Security forces on Thursday busted a hideout by recovering an Improvised Explosive Device and materials in Mankote Sector of Mendhar area in Poonch district. Official sources told GNS that security forces busted a hideout during searches and recovered explosives and other materials in the Mankote Sector. 1/2 Kg of RDX, two IEDs,...
Jammu, Nov 29 : Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested two associates of terrorist outfits in Udhampur and Doda districts. A police spokesman here on Friday said that acting tough against terror supporters, police have detained and lodged in jail a hardcore terror associate under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA) in...
Srinagar, Nov 28: In a significant development under the 2025 Hajj policy, the Haj Committee of India (HCOI) has announced the allocation of 500 Haj seats in India under the ‘Mehram Quota’ for Haj 2025. Notably, as per the officials during the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage, 49 such female pilgrims who applied under the Maharam quota...
Casual vacancies have be filled within 6-month period: RPA law Srinagar, Nov 28: The by-election for two vacant seats of Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly would be held before April 20, 2025 as per the law governing the electoral exercise. Officials told news agency Kashmir News Observer, that Election Commission of India has to hold...
Total construction cost for key highways in J&K reaches Rs 13,813.42 crore, reveals Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Srinagar, Nov 28: The total toll revenue collected from national highways in Jammu and Kashmir has surpassed Rs 1,800 crore since the commencement of toll collection, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Jairam Gadkari informed the...
Srinagar, Nov 28 : Former Chief Minister and People Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday expressed serious concern over the “plight” of contractual lecturers in Jammu and Kashmir and demanded equal salary like being paid to their counterparts of Union Territory of Ladakh. Mehbooba termed the treatment of contractual lecturers as “unjust...