Internet curbs
After the recent assurances by the government that they will soon lift the curbs from the high speed internet in Jammu and Kashmir, it seems that there are many more meetings to happen before it will translate into reality. Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha during a recent press conference at Jammu told reporters that he has […]
8 leopard hides, 4 musk deer pods, 38 bear gallbladders recovered in Anantnag, 1 person arrested
Anantnag: Wildlife officials and police arrested one person and recovered a number of leopard and other forest animal hides and body parts from his possession in Anantnag district of south Kashmir on Saturday. Sources told GNS that a team of wild officials along with police party raided a house at Shirpora Anantnag and recovered forest […]
Cold wave persists in Kashmir; Srinagar shivers at minus 7.2°C
Cold wave conditions continued in Kashmir on Saturday as the mercury stayed several degrees below freezing point across the valley, officials said. Srinagar city – the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir – recorded a low of minus 7.2 degrees Celsius – marginally up from minus 7.7 degrees Celsius the previous night, they said. Qazigund […]
Bikram Chowk Railway Station to be recreated– Advisor Baseer Khan
JAMMU, JANUARY 29: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, today visited the historic railway station Bikram Chowk, used to be existed before partition, and directed the officers to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for its recreation. Advisor said that government is exploring options for starting of a tramway, mini train or joyride from Bikram […]
Three militants killed in brief shootout in Tral: IGP Kashmir
Three militants were killed in a brief gunfight in Mandoora area of Tral in South Kashmir’s Awantipora district on Friday. Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar told GNS that three militants have been killed in a brief encounter. However the identity of the slain militants is yet to be ascertained. Earlier, Reports reaching GNS […]
One militant killed in Tral gunfight, operation on
One militant was killed by the government forces in the first gunfight of the year that broke out in Mandoora village of Tral on Friday. “One unidentified terrorist killed,” the police tweeted. “Operation going on. Further details shall follow.” A joint team of Police, army’s 42 Rashtriya Rifles, and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched a cordon and […]
Suspicious-looking box found in Sopore; traffic halted, BDS on way
Panic has gripped areas of Sopore in north Kashmir after a suspicious-looking box has been sighted lying near a police post along Poutkhah-Muqam road this afternoon. Reports said that locals in the vicinity were alerted after sighting of an an iron box (safe) near police post Choora and subsequently informed the local police. Confirming the […]
Apple industry
Kashmiri apple is facing lot of problems in the markets and even the market intervention scheme could do little as the horticulture sector is facing lot of odds not only due to the inclement weather and clampdown followed by lockdown but also due to the illegal transport of Iranian apples into the Delhi markets, making […]
Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)
JK reports 63 new positive cases, 121402 recovered so far JAMMU, JANUARY 28-The Government on Thursday informed that 63 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 18 from Jammu division and 45 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 124297.Also 01COVID-19 […]
DC Kupwara visits District Agriculture Farm
KUPWARA, JANUARY 28: District Development Commissioner (DDC), Kupwara, Imam Din today visited District Agriculture Farm to take the stock of status of different seedlings being cultivated in poly green houses. On the occasion, the DDC said that Agriculture is the backbone of rural economy and urged upon the concerned officers to transform latest scientific technology […]