Two sisters killed in Chadoora flash floods, bodies recovered
Government announces Rs 8 lakh ex-gratia under SDRF Srinagar, April 27 : Two minor sisters were killed due to flash floods triggered by heavy rains in the mountainous region of Chadoora area in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday. Reports reaching GNS said that the two sisters namely Rumaisa (14) and Ruksana (6) daughters of […]
Cop’s militant aide son only casualty in Guddar Kulgam, police deletes tweets
Srinagar, April 27 : Only one “militant associate”, and not four militants as claimed by the government forces earlier, was killed at Guddar in the Devsar area of the south Kashmir district. The slain, Aqib Mushtaq Lone who had completed engineering recently from a college in Chandigarh, is a son of a police officer posted […]
Lower Munda Encounter Ends, Bodies Of 3 Militants Recovered
Srinagar, April 27 : Three militants were killed in a gunfight with government forces at Lower Munda area of Qazigund in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Monday. Bodies of all the militants have been recovered, officials said. The gunfight ensued after a joint team of Police, CRPF and army’s 19 Rashtriya Rifles launched a cordon-and-search-operation […]
Govt extends high speed internet ban till May 11
Srinagar, April 27 : The Government on Monday ordered the continuation of the ban on high-speed internet in Jammu and Kashmir till May 11. In a latest order issued by the Home Department, the reason cited for the decision includes spurt in militant violence, the launch of new outfits and “well-founded” apprehensions of the “field […]
Kashmir Youngest Covid-19 Victim Among 23 More Cases In J&K
Fresh Positive Cases Includes Expectant Mother, 13 Other Women Srinagar, April 27 : A two-year-old girl from the Shopian district on Monday became the youngest in the Jammu and Kashmir to have tested positive for novel coronavirus. In all 23 fresh cases were reported in the last twenty-four hours and includes an expectant mother besides […]
4 children among 6 injured in blast near Lower Munda gunfight site
Srinagar, April 27:: Four children were among six persons injured in a blast near encounter site at Lower Munda on Monday afternoon and one of them was referred to SMHS Srinagar hospital while three others require “surgical intervention.” Official sources told GNS that the blast occurred soon after government forces withdrew from the encounter site. […]
J&K Bank’s executive level committees interact with trade representatives to devise sector-specific resolution road-maps
Srinagar, Apr 24:Adopting a proactive approach to address the immediate as well as the long-term effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on borrower segments and business sectors in the UT, J&K Bank’s specially constituted executive level committees today heldmeetings with the representatives of various trade bodies of Kashmir and Jammu divisions including the Kashmir Economic Alliance […]
SC grants Arnab Goswami three-week protection from arrest
New Delhi, Apr 24 : The Supreme Court, on Friday, granted a three-week protection to Republic TV anchor and Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami in connection with multiple FIRs filed against him for his alleged defamatory remarks against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in one of his shows. An Apex Court bench comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud and […]
Restriction tightened in Kashmir ahead of Ramazan
Srinagar, Apr 24 : Restrictions on movement and assembly of people to curtail the spread of Coronavirus were on Friday further intensified ahead of the commencement of the holy month of Ramazan from Saturday in Kashmir, where authorities have taken serious note of lockdown violators. As many as 71 patients were tested positive for the […]
Ensure adversary does not exploit current situation: Rajnath to Armed Forces
New Delhi, Apr 24 : Appreciating the armed forces for fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asked them to ensure their operational preparedness so that the adversary does not exploit the current situation. While reviewing the operational preparedness as well as measures to fight COVID-19 with all the Commanders in Chief through a […]