Karwan-e-Mohabbat reaches LOC in Uri, distributes essential items
Uri, April 23 (KNS): Karwan-e-Mohabbat, a Delhi based non-governmental organization (NGO) on Wednesday reached-out to the needy living near the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector to distribute essential commodities. According to KNS, the NGO visited the villages like Shadra and Chappar in Kamalkote and Sukhdar area. On Tuesday, NGO visited Mothal village on […]
20 more test positive, J&K’s Covid-19 Tally jumps to 427
Srinagar, April 23 (GNS): Twenty people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, taking the number of the covid-19 patients in Jammu and Kashmir to 427. Officials sources told GNS that among them 18 were confirmed at SKIMS laboratory while one each at CD hospital and Jammu—pertaining to case from Ramban. Among the samples […]
‘The Assault Is on Journalism’: An Interview With Kashmiri Journalist Gowhar Geelani
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday booked Kashmiri author and journalist Gowhar Geelani on charges of “glorifying terrorism in Kashmir Valley”. Geelani is the third journalist against whom the J&K police has filed a First Information Report (FIR) in the last week. Thirty-eight-year-old Geelani has been a contributor to different international and regional publications and has […]
Dr Asgar Samoon to head Srinagar Secreteriat
Srinagar, April 22( KNS): To make Srinagar Secreteriat functional, Government today ordered Principal Secretary Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon as overall incharge of Civil Secreteriat Srinagar in addition to his School education and Transport department . He shall also monitor developmental activities of Budgam, Anantnag and Kulgam districts. The GAD order also reads that Secretary Youth […]
Administration barring my movement, others allowed to move freely :Congress Leader, BDC Chairman
Srinagar April 22 (KNS):Congress Leader & BDC Chairman today hit out at District Administration over barring him from performing his duties in his Block (Kakapora) He also questioned the Pulwama Distt Administration over facilitating the movement of other BDC Chairmen in the District, urging allow him to work for which he has been chosen. In […]
DGP visits Ganderbal, Manigam
Srinagar, April 22 (KNS): Continuing with his visits to review preparations and measures taken in view of COVID-19, the Director General of Police J&K Dilbag Singh visited Central Kashmir district Ganderbal. He was accompanied by the IGP Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar. He also visited PTS Manigam to inspect the facilities and arrangements at the quarantine […]
2 Shopian families move application before Baramulla DM, claim bodies of slain ultras
Two south Kashmir families on Tuesday formally moved applications before the District Magistrate, Baramulla, seeking the return of the bodies of the two militants killed in an encounter in Shopian district last week. The two militants, who the police claim were unidentified, were buried quietly in a designated graveyard for unidentified militants in north Kashmir’s […]
Amarnath Yatra U-Turn: Press Note Cancelling Pilgrimage Withdrawn
New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir government has withdrawn a press release that said the Amarnath Yatra has been cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic that has brought the country to a standstill. Last year, Amarnath yatra pilgrims had to cut short their stay in the holy shrine in Jammu and Kashmir after […]
Kashmir based Lawyer writes to Chief Justice, seeks concession to under trail Prisoners
Srinagar, April 22 KNS (KNS): A Kashmir based lawyer Aamir masoodi today wrote a letter to Chief Justice to seek his intervention to give concession to the under trail Prisoners lodged In different Jails of Kashmir Valley. The letter which is with KNS reads, ” not only our country but the whole world got caught […]
COVID-19 Lockdown: J&K Government extends financial relief of Rs 1 crore to Advocates fraternity across J&K
Srinagar, April 22: The J&K Government has become the first in the country to extend financial relief to financially distressed, young Advocates whose livelihoods have been severely hit due to ongoing coronavirus lockdown imposed since March 24, and later extended till May 3. Providing the minimum financial assistance to young Advocates and Advocates in distress, […]