12 people, probably foreigners, beheaded in Mozambique
JOHANNESBURG: Twelve people, possibly foreigners, were found beheaded following an attack claimed by the militant Islamic State (IS) group on the northern Mozambique town of Palma on Wednesday. Commander Pedro da Silva told journalists visiting the town, near natural gas projects worth $60 billion, that he could not be sure of the nationalities of the […]
‘Vaccine For Those Who Need It, Halt Export’: Rahul Gandhi Writes To PM Modi
Rahul Gandhi on Friday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking for vaccination for “everyone who needs it” and to immediately halt vaccine exports. The Congress leader also urged the government to fast-track other vaccines. “Open up Covid vaccination to everyone who needs it,” he said. In the letter, Gandhi also sought more […]
Submerged localities
The latest heavy rains in Srinagar city and other parts of Kashmir valley have resulted in a lot of disruption in life coupled with the disruption of highways due to landslides. Apart from dip in the temperatures, people of Srinagar city have to face submerged roads by lanes and even the water logging in their […]
Div Com Kashmir reviews Ramadan-ul- Mubarak arrangements
Stresses on intensive market checking during the holy month SRINAGAR, APRIL 08: The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com), Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today convened a meeting of concerned officers of divisional administration to review arrangements for the ensuing holy month of Ramadan and Navratra festival starting from 13th of this month. The meeting was attended by […]
Navin Choudhary chairs State Seed Sub Committee meeting
Approves creation of J&K Organic Products Certification Agency for both divisions SRINAGAR, APRIL 08: Principal Secretary, Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary on Wednesday chaired a meeting of State Seed Sub Committee at Civil Secretariat Srinagar regarding the formulation of nodal agency for certification of organic products in J&K. After threadbare discussion […]
Woman injured in Anantnag fire incident succumbs
A woman, who was critically injured in a fire incident in south Kashmir district of Anantnag few days back, succumbed at a hospital in Srinagar. Official sources said that the woman, identified as Raja Banoo, was critically injured in a fire incident that took place in Mattan in Anantnag few days back. “The woman was […]
Youth killed, another injured in hit-and-run accident in Srinagar
A 17-year-old youth was killed and another was injured in a road accident in the summer capital, Srinagar, on Thursday. Official sources said that an unidentified speeding truck hit a motorcycle near GB Panth hospital in Srinagar on Thursday morning, resulting in the on the spot death of one person, identified as Omar Ganie, and […]
835 covid positive cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir reported 835 fresh covid-19 cases, including 162 travelers in the last 24 hours, the highest number of infections reported in a single day this year, officials said on Thursday. Among the fresh cases, they said, Jammu division reported 280 cases and Kashmir 555, taking the J-K’s overall infection count to 135662. Also, […]
NIA arrests an overseas involved person on airport
By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar NIA has been looking for a person from the past so many days belonging to Poonch district of Jammu region as he was wanted in a narco smuggling case. NIA has been very active in the past several months in such cases and has even charged many accused persons in […]
Encounter broke in Shopian town
Srinagar: An encounter broke out between militants and government forces in main town Jan Mohalla in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thrusday. Reports reaching GNS that a joint team of Police, Army’s 44RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Main Town Jan Mohalla. As the joint team of forces encircled the suspected […]