Srinagar, Dec 8: Amid rain and chill, three Budgam families staged a protest here in Kashmir capital Srinagar seeking release of their loved ones who have been arrested by Special Cell of Delhi Police yesterday. Five men, three from Kashmir and 2 from Punjab were arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police from Shakarpur […]
Srinagar, Dec 8:: Three employees of Sher-i-Kashmir University of Agriculture Science and Technology (SKAUST) at Shalimar Srinagar suffered minor injuries in a blast in Xerox machine on Tuesday, officials said. The trio, working in the Registration Section of the varsity, were given medical aid for the minor injuries, the concerned Station House Officer told GNS. […]
New Delhi, December 08: United States has slapped financial sanctions and travel ban against 14 Chinese officials for undermining the autonomy of Hong Kong, AIR reported. According to the US State Department, the sanctions were imposed against members of the Chinese parliament’s standing committee. US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said, Beijing’s unrelenting assault against […]
Bandipora December 08: Widespread rain fall in the plains while snowfall in the upper reaches was witnessed in Kashmir. The snowfall started Monday evening as predicted by the weatherman and it has carpeted the Gurez valley. The light snowfall was witnessed in other hilly areas of this north Kashmir district too as the weather remains […]
Srinagar, Dec 8: Authorities on Tuesday closed Srinagar-Leh highway and Mughal Road, connecting Shopian and Poonch districts, following accumulation of snow. Official sources said that Srinagar-Sonamarg-Gumari highway (Srinagar-Leh) highway and Mughal road were closed due to snow accumulation. However they said that Jammu-Srinagar highway, connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the world, was open. […]
Srinagar, Dec 08: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said that she has been placed under “illegal detention” to prevent her from visiting Budgam where “hundreds of families were evicted from their homes”. Being a member of the PAGD, Mehbooba also tweeted a video in which she can […]
Srinagar, Dec 7: The High Court has closed proceedings against YouTube, Facebook and Twitter as regards the incident of alleged sexual assault in Bandipora district on May 8 last year. The court had asked the YouTube, Facebook and Twitter to remove all posts and publications which “tend to disclose the identity and name of the […]
Srinagar, December 7: Eleven travelers were among 280 fresh novel coronavirus cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir in last 24 hours, taking the number of people infected with the virus to 113568, the officials said, adding, the deadly virus claimed 10 more lives. While 166 cases were reported from Jammu Division, 114 were from Kashmir […]
Srinagar, Dec 07: National Conference (NC) on Monday called J&K governments review petition on Roshni Scheme a U-turn aimed to save its own face. After realizing that the major beneficiaries of the scheme were from BJP, RSS from Jammu, BJP wants a silent backtrack on its vitriol on Roshni Scheme, Party Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar […]
Jammu, Dec 07: The 4th phase of DDC elections recorded voter percentage of 50.08 percent across different constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. While Kashmir reported 31.95 percent voting, 69.31 percent was recorded in Jammu division, State Election Commissioner K K Sharma said addressing a presser. In Kashmir Division, he said Kupwara recorded voting […]
