Fresh snowfall forces closure of Bandipora-Gurez, Srinagar-Leh roads
Bandipora: The 434 km Srinagar-Leh highway as well as Bandipora-Gurez road were on Monday closed for traffic in view of fresh snowfall, officials said. The snowfall started Sunday evening as predicted by the weatherman and soon carpeted the Gurez valley in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district with officials closing the Bandipora-Gurez road for traffic this morning. […]
Promotion of tourism
There is no denying of the fact that tourist footfall in Jammu and Kashmir has almost vanished. Pandemic was the final straw on the back of the camel and it devastated thousands of families connected with this trade here. But the efforts of the government are on to look for the opportunities to bring back […]
Brief gunfight in north Kashmir’s Machil amid heavy snowfall
Srinagar: 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 rounds last night after observing the suspicious movement. “BSF observed some movement on the intervening night of […]
Advanced arrangements in place to ensure transparent, safe elections in JK: SEC Sharma
SRINAGAR, NOVEMBER 22- The State Election Commissioner, Jammu and Kashmir, K.K Sharma, today said that all advanced arrangements are being put in place to ensure transparent, safe and secure conduct of first time District Development Council elections, ULB and panchayat by elections in the Union Territory. These remarks were made by State Election Commissioner, while […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 9, 49,550 stranded JK residents; 8,09,258 via Lakhanpur, 1,40,292 through special trains
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 22: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 9,49,550 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]
Death of student: Govt suspends members of District Medical Board Sgr
Advisor Khan ensured strict action against the erring Board members JAMMU, NOVEMBER 22: Taking prompt action against those alleged to be responsible for the death of differently abled class 10 student in Srinagar, the Jammu and Kashmir Government today suspended three members of District Medical Board Srinagar along with Class-IV. It is alleged that the […]
45 travelers among 564 new covid-19 cases in J&K, total 106548
45 travelers were among 564 new novel coronavirus cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir in last 24 hours, taking the total count to 106548, officials said on Sunday. They said that 274 of these cases were reported from Jammu Division and 290 from Kashmir Valley. Among the cases, they said, Srinagar reported 107, Baramulla 52, […]
BSF finds tunnel along IB in Samba
Jammu: Border security force on Sunday claimed to have found a suspected tunnel along the international border in Samba district saying it may have been used for infiltration. An official said that a patrolling party of BSF found a small tunnel in Regal area of Samba on the IB. “The tunnel is located close to […]
Army soldier committed suicide in Poonch
An army trooper committed suicide at a post along Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu, officials said on Sunday. They said the trooper belonged to army’s 39RR and was posted at Nambal post in village Salootri. He has been identified as Havaldar Rajender Singh. While confirming the incident, Police post incharge Jhallas M […]
Drone like object spotted along LoC in Poonch, security on high alert
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 Jafri told GNS […]