Srinagar: Authorities on Friday suspended the train services from Srinagar to Banihal for a “security measure” in wake of the killing of three militants in south Kashmir’s Tral. “We have suspended train services in South Kashmir for security reasons,” a railway official said. However, trains continued to chug on Srinagar-Budgam in central Kashmir to Baramulla in […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah Thursday engaged in a ‘Twitter war’ with both sides accusing each other of taking political advantage of militancy in the state. Mehbooba Thursday said Governor Satya Pal Malik should issue directions to security forces not to harass the families of terrorists while fighting […]
Srinagar: The Kashmir Meteorological Department Friday forecast widespread rain and snow during the next 48 hours in Jammu and Kashmir as the minimum temperatures dropped further in the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region. The weathermen have said that moderate rains and snow is likely to occur in parts ofJammu and Kashmir from Friday evening. They said that […]
SRINAGAR: The Enforcement squad of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) Thursday recovered Rs 8100 fine from 21 shopkeepers for violating the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. As per an official handout issued here, a market checking squad headed by Assistant Director Enforcement North and South zones inspected 78 business establishments in Hawal, Kak-Sarai, Karan […]
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 […]
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 […]
Srinagar: The residents of Srinagar continued to experience respite from intense cold, but the rest of Kashmir reeled under sub-zero temperatures, a meteorological department official said Thursday. The city recorded a low of 0.2 degrees Celsius on Wednesday night, an increase of 0.2 degrees from the previous night, the official said. Qazigund in south Kashmir […]
