Amid spike in Covid19 cases, Hurriyat (M) seeks release of political prisoners
All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today demand that government must release all the political prisoners and other detainees taken into preventive custody unconditionally in view of the rising positive cases of Covid 19 in jails and detention centres across J&K. In a statement issued to KNS, APHC said there have […]
Not following COVID-19 protocols increasing patients, overburdening health infrastructure: DAK
Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Friday said that not adhering to protocols is exponentially increasing COVID-19 patients and subsequently overburdening health infrastructure. President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said that while managing a pandemic of such a huge magnitude, manpower or infrastructure becomes limiting factor which has happened in many developed countries having better healthcare. “We are […]
Due to re-enforcement of lockdown in Budgam district, all roads were closed and commercial activities were suspended
Police personnel are monitoring the situation for the second day in a row in key places and towns in Budgam district. Because in view of the order of Budgam-District Deputy Commissioner Shahbaz Mirza and the current epidemic situation, officials at various places in Budgam district had to strictly enforce lockdowns again at a time when […]
IED expert who escaped cordon four times, among militants killed in Kulgam: IGP Kashmir
Srinagar: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir range Vijay Kumar Friday said that top Jaish-e-Muhammad commander, who was one among the most wanted 12 militant commanders, was killed among two others in an encounter at South Kashmir’s Kulgam. He said the slain Jaish commander has been identified as Waleed Bhai, who was the IED expert […]
RESTORATION OF 4G
While on the one hand UT administration of Jammu and Kashmir has recently extended a ban on 4G services here, the government has informed Supreme Court that they have framed a committee to look for the options and explore the possibility for the restoration of high speed internet services here. According to the media […]
2 boys drown to death in Bijbehara
Two boys drowned in Dadi canal in Khiram Bijbehara In south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday morning. According to locals residents, the two boys aged 10 and 13 drowned in the Nallah while taking a bath. Reports said that soon after the incident a rescue operation was launched by locals, to retrieve their bodies. The […]
Three JeM militants killed, two army soldiers injured, in Kulgam gunfight
Srinagar: Three JeM militants were killed in a encounter in Nagnad Chimmer area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Friday. Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar told GNS, that three militants were killed in the gunfight, also two army soldiers were injured. However the identity of militants is yet to be ascertained, the IGP […]
JK reports 490 new positive cases, 6446 recovered so far
JAMMU, JULY 16: The Government on Thursday informed that 490 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 62 from Jammu division and 428 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 12156. Also 16 COVID-19 deaths have been reported from Kashmir Division. […]
Class IV posts: JKSSB’s Portal records 1,13,200 registrations; 47,950 candidates submit online application so far
Till today morning, 1,13,200 Registrations have been done by the candidates on JKSSB’s Online Portal, since the commencement of online application submission from 10th July, 2020 and 47,950 candidates completed their online application submission process for Class IV posts. It has been noted that about 75,000 unique visitors visited the online application portal of JKSSB […]
Home quarantine asymptomatic air travellers’
Voices across Kashmir are growing over the demand of allowing asymptomatic air travellers for home quarantine after taking their samples at airport. A group of passengers told KNS that it is “very unfortunate that Air travellers arriving at Srinagar Airport are taken from Srinagar Airport to Quarantine centres or Hotels like prisoners under security. They […]