Poonch, Nov 23: The Mughal road, connecting Shopian and Poonch districts, has been closed amid fresh snowfall along the thoroughfare, officials said on Monday. DySP Surankote Mohammed Khaliq Choudhary said that the road has been closed as it was snowing in the area. “The road would be opened depending upon weather conditions”. Sources said that […]
Srinagar, Nov 23: Army and BSF were engaged in a brief gunfight after some suspicious movement was observed in Machil sector along Line of Control in Kupwara district, officials said on Monday. They said that the joint forces fired several round last night after observing the suspicious movement. “BSF observed some movement on the […]
Srinagar, November 23: Riding high on the overwhelming response in nomination filling by candidates, J&K election commission has charted a communication plan for maximum voter turnout under the slogan ‘aapka vote aapka Haq’. Official sources said that CEC (Chief Election Commisioner) has stressed on the increase in voter turnout from earlier elections and Significant decrease […]
Shopian, Nov 22: The old building of District Hospital Shopian in South Kashmir was gutted in a fire incident that broke out Saturday night. Reports reaching to Kashmir News Service said that the fire broke out at around 3:00 am and it engulfed whole building. Soon after the fire broke out a team of fire […]
Srinagar, Nov 22 (KNS): Advising the Government to fix meat prices in consultation with mutton dealers, the Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) said that the unilateral decision has raised fears of black marketing. Reacting to the fixing of meat prices by the provincial administration, Farooq Ahmad Dar, co-chairman of the KEA, said that the traders involved […]
Poonch, Nov 22: An army soldier committed suicide at a post along Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu, officials said on Sunday. They said the soldier belonged to army’s 39RR and was posted at Nambal post in village Salootri. The soldier has been identified as Havaldar Rajender Singh. While confirming the incident, Police […]
Srinagar, Nov 22: Srinagar, the summer capital of the J&K, experienced the coldest night of this season as the mercury plummeted to minus3.7 degree Celsius, officials said on Sunday. A meteorological department official told GNS that today’s minimum temperature was three degrees below the normal for this time of the year. However, he said, Gulmarg […]
Poonch, Nov 22: An alert has been sounded along Line of Control in Poonch district after a flying object was spotted in the mountainous district’s Mendhar sector on Sunday morning. Official sources told GNS that the object was probably a drone and army has even reported hit it with a shell. SDPO Mendhar Z A […]
Srinagar, Nov 21: In a significant development, the administration of Jammu & Kashmir has constituted a high-level committee to examine the issue of enhancement of retirement age of teaching faculty in government colleges in the Union Territory. The seven-member committee headed by advisor of High Education Department will examine the need for increasing retirement age […]
Kabul, November 21: At least 14 rockets landed in various parts of Kabul on Saturday morning just one hour after two IED explosions in the city. The Interior Affairs Ministry said three people were killed and 11 more were wounded in the rocket attacks. The rockets landed in Wazir Akbar Khan and Shahr-e-Naw areas in […]
