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Election for Srinagar Mayor on November 25

Election for Srinagar Mayor on November 25

Srinagar, Nov 19: After deferring the polls in wake of COVID-19 pandemic, the authorities have finally decided to hold the mayoral elections for Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) on November 25. According to a notification, issued by Secretary SMC under number SMC/CS/5027-5116, dated 19-11-2020, the polls will be conducted on November 25 while forms of nomination paper […]

Amid Afghan Peace talks, Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan Arrives in Kabul to Meet Afghan Leaders

Amid Afghan Peace talks, Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan Arrives in Kabul to Meet Afghan Leaders

Kabul, November 19: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived in Kabul on Thursday in his first official visit to meet with President Ghani and other Afghan leaders to discuss the Afghan peace process and bilateral ties. This is Imran Khan’s first visit to Afghanistan since assuming office in August 2018. He is accompanied by Pakistan’s […]

Gunfight sparks protest in Pulwama Parigam hamlet

Gunfight sparks protest in Pulwama Parigam hamlet

Pulwama, Nov 19 After a gunfight broke out between militants and Joint Forces in Parigam village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, soldiers from 53 Rashtriya Rifles along with Police and CRPF laid a siege around another hamlet of Pulwama and launched a search operation, triggering clashes and protest. Local sources said that youth hit to […]

Gunfight breaks out in Parigam Pulwama

Gunfight breaks out in Parigam Pulwama

Pulwama CNS, Nov 19: A fierce gunfight started between the militants and government forces at Parigam village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The encounter took place when a joint team of Police, army’s 50 RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation on specific information about the presence of militants in the area. When […]

Light snowfall expected over higher reaches of J&K and Ladakh today

Light snowfall expected over higher reaches of J&K and Ladakh today

Srinagar, November 19: MeT J&K has predicted light snowfall in higher regions of J&K and Ladakh today. An official from MeT said that, Another spell of rain/snow of light to moderate intensity is likely at scattered to fairly widespread places of J&K and Kargil District, especially over Drass Zojila area during 24th-25th Nov . There […]

11 Ak 47 rifles recovered from slain militants in Nagrota

11 Ak 47 rifles recovered from slain militants in Nagrota

Jammu, Nov 19:  Inspector General of Police Jammu Mukesh Singh on Thursday said the four militants killed in a brief gunfight at Nagrota along Jammu-Srinagar highway were carrying 11 rifles and it was for the “first time” such a huge recovery has been made. “There were general intelligence inputs regarding some fresh infiltration bids by […]

574 new cases, 9 deaths due to covid-19 in J&K

574 new cases, 9 deaths due to covid-19  in J&K

Srinagar, Nov 18: At least nine persons died while 574  new cases of novel coronavirus were reported in Jammu and Kashmir in last 24 hours. Among them, 241 were reported from Jammu Division and 333 from Kashmir Valley, officials told GNS on Wednesday. They said Srinagar reported 136 cases, Baramulla 50, Budgam 46, Pulwama 17, […]

High Court directs admin to take steps for evicting illegal occupants of govt accommodations

High Court directs admin to take steps for evicting illegal occupants of govt accommodations

Srinagar, Nov 18: Jammu and Kashmir high court has directed the authorities to take steps for the eviction of illegal occupants including former ministers and bureaucrats from government accommodations. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation, A division bench of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Puneet Gupta directed the authorities to file the details of properties […]

Forest Rights Act being Implemented in J&K

Forest Rights Act being Implemented in J&K

 Jammu November : The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam today chaired a meeting to review the implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, and Rules in Jammu and Kashmir which have been made applicable post enactment of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019.Work on […]