Youth dies of asphyxiation, colleague found unconscious in Doda
An 18-year-old youth, working in a hotel as cook, died of suffocation while his colleague was found in unconscious state after the duo had kept a coal gas heater in their room in Doda district, officials said on Thursday. A police official told GNS duo Shahnawaz Hussain (18), and Adil Hussain Sheikh (22), both residents […]
Russia says it takes out Ukraine’s air defences, air bases
Russia’s defence ministry said on Thursday it had taken out military infrastructure at Ukraine’s air bases and “suppressed” its air defences, Russian news agencies reported. The ministry denied reports that its aircraft had been downed over Ukraine. Earlier, Ukraine’s military had said five Russian planes and one helicopter were shot down over its Luhansk region. […]
Snowfall: 2 Women Injured, Several Houses Damaged
Two women were injured while several residential houses suffered damage in fresh snowfall, starting Tuesday night, across Kashmir, reports and officials said. Reports reaching GNS said that a residential house belonging to one Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh, son of Habibullah Sheikh in Padibal area of Tral besides another house belonging to Manzoor Ahmad Gojree resident of […]
Power shutdown
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 23: Chief Engineer, (Distribution) JPDCL, Jammu has informed that the power supply to Lalyana, Salehar, Gadigarh, Dhrap, Indra Nagar, Sunderpur, Satrayian, Chakroi and adjoining areas shall remain affected on February 24 from 9 am to 3 pm. Meanwhile, Superintending Engineer (Distribution) JPDCL, O&M Circle Kathua has informed that the power supply to Bari-Brahmana […]
CS asks IT department to expedite roll out of UT dashboard
‘Your Mobile Our Office’ app to be rolled out within 15 days JAMMU, FEBRUARY 23: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today asked the department to speed up the development of UT dashboard and ‘your mobile our office’ app to enable J&K to go fully digital in next three months. He made this comments […]
AC approves transfer of land for various public purposes
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 23: The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, today approved the proposal of Revenue Department to transfer various parcels of land for public purposes. Farooq Khan and Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisors to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&K and Nitishwar […]
J&K Reports 100 Fresh Covid-19 Cases, 1 Death
Jammu and Kashmir reported 100 fresh Covid-19 cases even as there was one death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. They said 70 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 30 from Kashmir Division, taking the overall tally to 452647. Giving district wise details, the […]
Public Service Delivery
The J & K administration has been working very seriously to make the governance positive and also people friendly. In this direction they have taken slew of measures to make the government responsive to the needs of people. Recently the Chief Secretary of J&K has advocated regular efforts towards enhancing Public Service Delivery. He reviewed […]
Narrow escape for family as walnut tree falls on residential house in Awantipora
A family escaped miraculously on Wednesday after a walnut tree fell on their single-storey residential house at Gulzarpora village of Awantipora Tehsil in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday. Locals told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that during the intervening night of Tuesday-Wednesday, a walnut tree uprooted due to heavy snowfall and partially damaged […]
Heavy Snowfall Forces More Flight Cancellations At Srinagar Airport
Moderate to heavy snowfall has led to cancellation of more flights at the Srinagar ‘International’ airport on Wednesday. After (G8-266/267 G8-357/358 AI-3425/3426), UK 611/612, SG 8374, SG 8475, G8-191/193, G8-911/913, 6E-5076/5079 and 6E-2363/2364), flights—(SG-161 SG-945 UK-643 UK-644 6E-609 6E-137 6E-224 6E-6738)’ have been also cancelled, Airport Authority of India said in a tweet. “All flights […]