India in driving seat despite Dean Elgar’s resistance

CENTURION: South Africa captain Dean Elgar scored an unbeaten 52 against India as the hosts showed a dogged determination to stay in the fight on a spicy wicket and closed the fourth day on 94 for four in the first Test here at the SuperSport Park on Wednesday. South Africa are still 211 runs off […]
Soldier Injured In Dooru Anantnag Gunfight Dies, 2 Of His Colleagues, Policeman Under Treatment: Officials

Srinagar: A soldier who was injured along with two colleagues and a policeman in a gunfight with militants in Dooru Anantnag succumbed to the injuries at a hospital here, officials said on Thursday. The encounter, which started last night, also saw killing of three militants of Jash-e-Mohammad, according to police. “One of the soldiers […]
POLYTECHNICS IN J&K

Government has laid a special emphasis on the skilled courses in the polytechnics ITI in Jammu and Kashmir so that they youth who go through the required training course could get the jobs. Recently in a review meeting of skill development department Chief Secretary has asked the officials to make the skill courses in such […]
Road to every village to be a reality soon: CS

Chief Secretary directs PWD to hasten work execution to meet annual targets JAMMU, DECEMBER 29: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today directed the Public Works (R&B) Department to speed up execution of works under Capex, CSS and PMGSY to make road to every village in J&K a reality. He made this observation in […]
Three militants killed in Brief Gunfight in Kulgam

Three militants were killed in a Brief encounter with security forces in Mirhama area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam on Wednesday, an official said. Official sources told GNS that three militants were killed in brief exchange of firing at Mirhama. However identity of the militants is yet to be ascertained. Earlier a joint team of Police […]
Advisor Bhatnagar reviews functioning of DDRCs across J&K

Says it is collective endeavour of teachers, parents, administration, DDRCs to overcome this social evil JAMMU, DECEMBER 29: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar today chaired a high level meeting to review the functioning of Drug De-addiction and Rehabilitation Centres (DDRCs) across Jammu and Kashmir at Civil Secretariat here. Speaking during the meeting, Advisor […]
Kulgam Encounter: 01 militant killed, operation on

One militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter at Mirhama area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday. Official sources told GNS, that one militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter, however identity of the slain militant is yet to be ascertained. Earlier Reports reaching GNS that a joint team of Police and […]
Div Com Kashmir visits Keller, Shopian

Participates in weekly Block Diwas held at Keller SHOPIAN, DECEMBER 29: As part of weekly Block Diwas initiative, a Public Outreach programme was held today at Block Keller of Shopian. The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole accompanied by District Development Commissioner (DDC) Shopian, Sachin Kumar Vaishya; Chief Planning Officer, Shopian and Sectoral […]
J&K Reports 104 Covid-19 Cases, No Death

Jammu and Kashmir reported 104 fresh covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. 39 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 65 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 341028. No death was reported either from Kashmir Valley […]
Police man injured in Verinag gunfight: Police

Anantnag: A police man was injured in an ongoing encounter that broke out between security forces and militants in Nowgam village of Verinag area in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said on Wednesday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a joint team of police, Army and CRPF after receiving information about […]