Erdogan raises Kashmir at UN General Assembly
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is vying for the leadership of Islamic nations, brought up the Kashmir issue again at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday calling it a “burning issue”. He criticised the abolition of the special status of Kashmir last year saying that steps taken after it “further complicated the problem”. […]
Corona tally in India crosses 56-lakh mark
India’s Corona caseload went past 56 lakh with 83,347 infections being reported in a day, while over 45 lakh people have recuperated, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The national recovery rate stands at 81.25 per cent. The Corona caseload surged to 56,46,010, while the death toll climbed to 90,020 with 1,085 […]
Fire breaks out in Awantipora police station
Fire emerged in one of the barrack buildings in the premises of Police station Awantipora on Wednesday. As per police statement, fire was controlled immediately within 20 minutes by police and firemen. “The incident led to partial damage in the first floor and roof of the barrack building.” No one was injured in the incident […]
3 killed, four injured as load carrier vehicle rolls down gorge in Doda
Jammu:Three people were killed and four others injured after a vehicle in which they were travelling skidded off the road and rolled down a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said on Wednesday. The Tata mobile vehicle was on its way to Kumate in the district from Kastigarh when the incident […]
Lt Governor approves regularisation/promotion of more than 550 officers at the level of SP and Dy.SP
More than three decades old seniority disputes and resultant litigations put to rest ‘It is our collective responsibility to address the issue of career progression, well-being of police and welfare of their families’, Lt Governor JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 23: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has regularised/promoted more than 550 officers at the level of SP and […]
Shopian encounter
After the army has indicted its unit of RR for exceeding the laws in the fake encounter, the government has said that police were in the middle of investigation as that had ordered a parallel probe. On July 18, the Army claimed that it had killed three unidentified militants in Amshipora Shopian. In a statement […]
Militants attack security forces in Pulwama, no loss of life or injury
Suspected militants on Wednesday fired upon security forces in main town Pulwama of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Official sources told GNS that militants fired upon on security forces in main town Pulwama. However in this incident no loss of life or injury has been reported so far. As this report was being filed whole area […]
COVID-19: J-K death toll mounts to 1,044
Jammu and Kashmir reported eighteen more COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours, taking its fatality count 1044, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). Among the victims, unidentified official sources told GNS that, nine each belonged to Jammu and Kashmir divisions. They said 68-year-old woman from Pattan Baramulla died at SKIMS […]
BJP, Congress call for LAHDC election boycott; seek protection of land, jobs
With the 6th general Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) election round the corner, the apex body formed in Ladakh Union Territory Tuesday called for a complete poll Boycott stating that it won’t take part in the electoral process. An apex body of veteran leader’s, people from the ruling BJP, religious heads, and student’s bodies […]
Cross LoC firing in Poonch
Jammu:The Pakistan army violated ceasefire by resorting to heavy firing and mortar shelling in forward areas along LoC in three sectors in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Wednesday, officials said. “At about 0900 hours today, Pakistan army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and intense shelling with mortars along LoC in […]