Lt Governor condoles the demise of former Union Home Minister Buta Singh
JAMMU, JANUARY 02: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha expressed his heartfelt condolences on the passing away of veteran politician and former Union Home Minister, Shri Buta Singh. In his message, the Lt Governor said that the former Union Home Minister was a statesman par excellence and his demise is a great loss to the political sphere. […]
244 Covid-19 Cases, 1 More Death In J&K
Jammu and Kashmir reported 244 new covid-19 cases while one person succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. They said 107 cases were from Jammu Division and 137 from Kashmir Valley taking the total case tally to 121471. Giving district wise details, the officials told GNS that Srinagar recorded […]
Leopard spotted in Srinagar’s Bagh-e-Mehtab area captured
Srinagar: A leopard spotted a few days ago at Baghe Mehtab area of uptown Srinagar was on Saturday afternoon captured alive by the Wildlife Department in the area. A wildlife official said that the leopard was spotted four days ago in the area and had entered into a residential house there. The beast was captured […]
Police version
After the controversy has erupted regarding the three youths who were killed in the Hokersar encounter, police have come out with the response in the media. Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Thursday said that he has no reason to dispute what a senior army official has stated about Lawaypora Srinagar […]
Updated: Grenade lobbed in Tral, 8 civillian injured
Suspected militants on Saturday morning lobbed a grenade on SSB party at Bus Stand Tral resulting in injuries to eight civilians, officials said. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that suspected militants hurled a grenade towards security forces at around 11: 20 AM. “The grenade missed the target and exploded in the […]
Grenade hurled in south Kashmir’s Tral; search op launched
Suspected militants, on Saturday, morning lobbed a grenade towards government forces at Bus Stand Tral, however, no loss of life or injury was reported during the incident, officials said. Unnamed officials told a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that suspected militants hurled a grenade towards government forces at around 11:20 AM. “However in […]
256 new COVID-19 cases in J&K, one more death
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Friday reported 256 new COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 1,21,227. Out of the total cases, 1,16,327 have recovered so far. A total of 1,884 patients have died leaving a total of 3,016 active cases as on date, the government’s media bulletin reads. Of the cases reported today, 150 […]
Grenade hurled on SSB personnel in Srinagar’s Chanapora
Srinagar: Suspected militants attacked government forces with a grenade in the Chanapora area of central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Friday evening. A senior police officer told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS) that militants hurled a grenade on Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) in Chanapora. However, in this incident, no loss of life or […]
Soldier killed in Pak firing in J&K’s Rajouri
A soldier was killed after Pakistan resorted to shelling and firing in Nowshera Sector along Line of Control in Rajouri district of Jammu region. A Defense official said that soldiers retaliated effectively to the unprovoked shelling and firing by Pakistan. He said in the incident, Naib Subedar Ravinder was critically injured and later succumbed to […]
Mehbooba writes to L-G Sinha, urges impartial probe in Lawaypora killings
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti, has written to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha over the killing of three youth in Srinagar. The former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir has also sought an impartial investigation into the gunfight. Below is the letter : “I am sure you are aware of the unfortunate incident at […]