Horticulture a viable economic activity
Over 80 thousand families associated with the activity in district Kupwara KUPWARA, MARCH 12- : Kupwara, a north Kashmir border district, 100 km away from capital city Srinagar, is gifted with ideal agro climate conditions and topography. This atmosphere is very conducive to grow different kinds and cultivars of fresh and dry fruits. Over 80,000 […]
Searches going on in Ganderbal after gunfight
By: Sofi Ayaz VOV Ganderbal Police, army and security forces have extended the search operation to adjoining areas of encounter site in Ganderbal district. The extended search operation was going on till this report was being filed. Earlier after the intelligence inputs about the presence of militants in the area, a Cordon and Search operation […]
J&K Reports 19 Fresh Covid-19 Cases, No Death
Jammu and Kashmir reported 19 fresh Covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. They said 10 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and nine from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 453422. Giving district wise details, the […]
Militants Shot Dead CRPF trooper on leave in Shopian
Militants on Saturday evening shot dead a paramilitary CRPF personnel at Check Chotipora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian. Official sources told GNS that militants fired upon Muktar Ahmad Doie son of Mohammad Jamal Din Doie, leaving him critically injured. He was shifted to hospital where doctors declared him brought dead on arrival. Mukhtar had returned […]
Missing for 24 days, body of ex-PDD employee found in Awantipora
Body of a missing 65-year-old man, who had been missing for the last 24 days, was recovered from river Jhelum in south Kashmir’s Awantipora on Saturday. Reports reaching GNS said that the body of Abdul Gani Bhat (65) son of Mohammad Sideeq Bhat of Sunsaneel area of Pulwama was spotted by some passersby who informed […]
Black Bear With 2 Cubs Rescued from Drugmulla in Kupwara
A female black bear was on Saturday rescued alongside its two two cubs from Drugmulla in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Reports reaching GNS said that the bear had taken shelter in an abandoned structure near Dogar Mohalla, Drugmulla area in Kupwara. A Wildlife Department arrived at the site and on tranqulilising the beast safely evacuated […]
India records 3,614 new Covid cases, 89 deaths
India recorded 3,614 new Covid-19 cases while 89 people lost their lives due to the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday. With the addition of new deaths due to the Covid-19, the total number of fatalities due to the coronavirus now stands at 5,15,803 in […]
India win toss, opt to bat against Sri Lanka in day-night Test
India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the second Test here on Saturday. India made one change, bringing in a fit-again Axar Patel in place of Jayant Thakur in the playing XI. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, were forced to make two changes with Kusal Mendis […]
Russia widens war, bombs new targets
LVIV: Russia widened its offensive in Ukraine on Friday, striking airfields in the west and an industrial city in the east, while the huge armoured column that had been stalled for over a week outside Kyiv was on the move again, spreading out into forests and towns near the capital. The US and its allies […]
Forest at village level
In order to enhance the forest cover at the village level in the entire Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary recently in a review meeting has asked the forest officials to work more on the ground so that the efforts become visible. He lauded the efforts of the Government to enhance green cover of Jammu and […]
