SEC overrules all objections; finds no merit in objections
Election process to elect DDC chairpersons to be completed by Feb 20 Srinagar, Feb 01: Setting the stage for holding elections for offices of chairpersons of district development councils in Jammu & Kashmir, the State Election Commission Monday overruled all the objections filed against the draft reservation for these posts, stating that all of them […]
Handwara, Feb 1, KNT: Forest Department employees seized a Tata-mobile vehicle carrying illegal timber in North Kashmir’s Handwara, however, driver managed to escape from the spot. Sources said that Forest Division Langate after receiving inputs created a check-point at Shanoo Langate. “A Tata-mobile (JKO9-2724) loaded with illicit timber was stopped at the check point. The […]
Srinagar turns white briefly due to light snowfall, mercury witness surge
Srinagar, Feb 1 (UNI) The summer capital, Srinagar, briefly turned white on Monday morning following light snowfall disrupting traffic and pedestrian movement due to slippery road conditions though the minimum temperature recorded about five degree surge. It was minus 3.1 degree on Monday against minus 8.8 degree minimum temperature on Sunday, when coldest day at […]
Residential House gutted in fire mishap at Phrimoo Kokernag
Residential House gutted in fire mishap at Phrimoo Kokernag Fire was doused timely by Army of 19RR Anantnag, 01 Feb: Residential was gutted in a fire mishap at South kashmir’s Phrimoo Gadol Area of Kokernag in Anantnag district. As Per Reports fire broke out in House of Abdul Rehman Nazar of Phrimoo Gadol Kokernag Durung […]
MILITANT HIDEOUT BUSTED IN J&K’s KHAWAS TEHSIL, RAJOURI
RAJOURI: A joint operation by Indian Army & JKP, led to swift and timely recovery of large cache of weapons and ammunition from dense forest area of Gadyog in Khawas region of Rajouri. The desperate plan of militant organisations to revive militancy in Rajouri and Reasi Districts suffered a major setback when Indian Army and […]
Landslide disrupts traffic on Srinagar-Jammu highway, fresh traffic only after 1200 hrs
Srinagar, Feb 1 (UNI) Traffic was disrupted on Monday due to fresh landslide on the 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only all weather road connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country. As only one-way traffic is allowed on the highway, fresh Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) will ply from Srinagar to Jammu after 1200 […]
INTERNATIONAL:Aung San Suu Kyi, other leaders detained as military declares one year emergency in Myanmar
The intervention came after weeks of rising tensions between the military, which ruled the country for nearly five decades, and the civilian government over allegations of fraud in November’s elections. Myanmar’s military staged a coup on Monday, detaining de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and declaring it had taken control of the country for […]
Sitharaman again carries tradition “Bahi-Khata” instead of briefcase
New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman again carried “Bahi-Khata”, a traditional ledger of records, instead of a colonial briefcase to present General Budget in Parliament on Monday. The colonial legacy of carrying the Budget papers in briefcase was dropped last year by Ms Sitharaman when she, for the first time in […]
Young woman killed, 4 persons injured as vehicle falls in nallah in Kupwara
Kupwara, Feb 1 : A 23-year-old young woman was killed and four other persons were critically injured when a private car they were travelling in skidded off a bridge and fell into a nullah (ravine) at Kralgund area of north Kashmir kupwara district on early Monday morning. Official sources told GNS that the white color […]