JAMMU: The Government today ordered constitution of Road Safety Fund Management Committee in the State.According to an order issued by the General Administration Department (GAD), the Committee will be headed by the Administrative Secretary, Finance Department. Members of the Committee include Administrative Secretary Housing & Urban Development Department or representative not below the rank of Special […]
Shopian: Reviving her practice of 90’s, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday visited the family of a slain militant in Safnagri area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. The action of Mehbooba prompted her bete noire Omar Abdullah to take a dig on her on his Twitter handler. This was the second time […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday hit out at another former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti and said that she was using dead militants to try yo appease the voters. Omar said that the architect of “Operation All-out” and the overseer of the operations that killed hundreds of militants […]
Srinagar: In Jammu and Kashmir last year alone, 908 people have been killed in 5,529 road accidents across the state till November. Another 7,250 were injured. As per the records for the last eight years, on an average, 15 accidents take place every day. A person gets killed in an accident every seven hours while someone […]
Srinagar: An army personnel who was injured in a gunfight with militants in Gulshanpora area of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district has succumbed to injuries. Sources said that the soldier identified as Sepoy Nehminlan Haokip of 42 RR was airlifted to Udhampur where he succumbed to injuries. A police officer also confirmed to GNS about […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday arrested Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairperson Muhammad Yasin Malik Thursday. A JKLF spokesman said that a police party raided the Abi Guzar office of Malik and detained him. “Malik sahib was taken to Kothi Bagh police station,” he said. Pertinently, the JRL, of which Malik is […]
Srinagar:The Jammu-Srinagar Highway has been reopened for vehicular traffic Thursday after a day-long closure due to snowfall. The highway has been reopened and stranded vehicles at Udhampur and Jammu have been allowed to move towards Kashmir, officials said. Over 500 vehicles were stranded at various places in Jammu and Udhampur due to closure of the […]
Srinagar: Three Hizbul Mujahideen militants and an army personnel has been killed in an ongoing encounter in Gulshanpora area of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district Thursday. Police sources confirmed to The Kashmir Press that three militants have been killed and their bodies have been retreived from the encounter site. However, he said that the identification […]
Srinagar: Government forces achieved major success in Jammu and Kashmir in 2018 as they eliminated top militant commanders including Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Naveed Jatt and also 260 ultras but nearly 100 soldiers had to lay down their lives in the line of duty. The number of militants killed in 2018 was around 260 which is higher than […]
Poonch: An army soldier was killed and another injured after an avalanche hit an army post in Sawjian sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Official sources told GNS that an army post of 40 RR came under an avalanche today morning at KK Galki, forward area in Sawjian sector along the […]
