Sao Paulo, May 8: Five more people were killed by storms ravaging south Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 90, the state’s civil defense agency said Tuesday. In the state bordering Uruguay and Argentina, record rainfall, flooding and mudslides have left 132 people missing and...
Srinagar, May 7: In a significant move to revitalize the industrial landscape of Jammu and Kashmir, the Industries and Commerce Department convened a high-level interactive session on Tuesday with representatives from prominent industrial associations under the leadership of Commissioner Secretary, Industries & Commerce, Vikramjeet Singh (IPS). The session witnessed active engagement with representatives from prominent...
More than 13000 KP voters to exercise their franchise in 23 polling stations in Jammu Jammu, May 07: With just six days left in formal polling for the Srinagar parliamentary constituency, the authorities today sent 473 postal ballots of Kashmiri Pandit voters to Returning Officer (RO) in Srinagar. These postal ballots belong to Kashmiri Pandits...
Srinagar, May 07: Continuing its crackdown against absconders, Police in Baramulla on Tuesday said to have arrested two absconders who were evading their arrests from three decades. A Police Party of Police Station Kunzer arrested two absconders namely Showkat Ahmad Shah son of Ab Majeed resident of Wagenpora Srinagar & Showkat Ahmad Makhdoomi son of...
Srinagar, May 07 : Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo Tuesday inaugurated State Bank of India (SBI) developed e-Corner outside legislative assembly complex inside the campus housing it along with Civil Secretariat here. The corner is a smart space housing the Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) of the bank besides having the facility to extend different products like...
Budgam, 07-05-2024: In order to promote & encourage voter literacy & participation of voter in the electoral process, District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Budgam, under the Aegis of JKLSA organized awareness programme at ADR Center Budgam under Sveep (Systematic Voter’s Education and Electoral Participation). The programme was organized by District Legal Services Authority at ADR...
New Delhi, May 7 : The Foreign Minister of Maldives Moosa Zameer will be on a day-long visit to India on May 9, Thursday, during which he will hold talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on bilateral and regional issues of mutual interest. Maldives is India’s key maritime neighbour in the Indian Ocean Region...
Srinagar, May 7 : Inspector General of Police, Kashmir V K Birdi on Tuesday stressed upon conducting extensive area domination, taking preventive measures to maitain law and order situation and adhering strictly to the standard operating procedures for making election incident free. This he said during a review meeting in Budgam district of central...
Gaza, May 7 : At least 20 people have been killed in Israel’s continuous attacks on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip since Tuesday morning, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. Israel targeted at least four residential buildings in Rafah, injuring dozens of people, according to the report. The Al-Qassam Brigades,...
Srinagar, May 7: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday urged youths to vote for her party’s candidates and tell New Delhi that decisions taken in August 2019 are unacceptable to people of Jammu and Kashmir. While campaigning in favour of party’s youth leader Waheed Parra who is contesting...
Srinagar, May 7 : In a major success, the most wanted local militant commander was among two ultras killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Tuesday, police said. Basit Ahmed Dar, a resident of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, was the top commander of “The Resistance Front’ (TRF), an organisation believed...
New Delhi, May 7 : Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of promoting hatred for political gains and urged the voters to vote for Congress for a bright future. In a video message posted on X, the Chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) said, “Today, in every corner...
Poonch, May 7: A tractor driver was killed in an accident in Balnoi area of this mountainous district on Tuesday, officials said. They told GNS that that the accident occurred at around 1230 hours and the driver identified as Mohammad Zahir son of Mohammad Shabir of Ghani died on the spot. Soon a police party...
Srinagar, May 07: Two militants have been killed in an encounter at Redwani Payeen area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Tuesday. A top police officer told GNS that two militant bodies are visible at the encounter site while searches are still underway. The identity of the slain militants will be established after completion of...
Srinagar, May 07: In its objective to ensure free, fair and transparent electioneering, the Election Commission of India has instructed all registered political parties, on National and State level, and their respective representatives to ensure responsible and ethical use of social media platforms amid prevalence of Model Code of Conduct. The ECI in a dispatch...
‘Constable also held for facilitating commission of offence’ Srinagar, May 07: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday said to have trapped and arrested Naib Tehsildar Khrew, Pulwama while a Constable was also held for allegedly facilitating the offence. As per a statement issued to the news agency, the spokesman said J&K Anti Corruption Bureau received a...
Srinagar, May 7: Mainly dry and “hot” weather has been forecast over Jammu and Kashmir till May 10. “Mainly dry and hot weather is expected in Jammu and Kashmir,” said meteorological department here in a statement for the forecast during the next 24 hours and subsequent two days. However, the MeT department has said that...
37 women to undertake holy pilgrimage without Mahram this year Srinagar, May 07: A total of 7008 Hajj pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir will be embarking on the holy journey to Mecca and Madina this year, with first flight scheduled to leave Srinagar International Airport on May 09, officials said. Executive officer of the J&K...
New Delhi, May 7 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah appealed to the people voting for the third phase of Lok Sabha election on Tuesday, to vote for a corruption-free, caste-free, and dynasticism-free system. While voting, Shah urged the people to elect a government that has experience in public welfare and a blueprint for a...
Srinagar, May 07: Police on tuesday said that it have attached properties of seven Militant Handlers based in Pakistan worth lacs in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. In a handout to GNS, the Police said that in Baramulla after obtaining attachment order passed by Additional Sessions Court Baramulla attached properties (13 Kanals) land worth lacs belonging...
Quito, May 7: An Ecuadorian navy helicopter crashed on Monday in the southwestern coastal province of Santa Elena, killing two pilots onboard. The Bell 430 helicopter was on a planned mission when it crashed at approximately 2:30 p.m. local time (1930 GMT) in the Juntas del Pacifico commune in Santa Elena, the navy said in...