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 […]
Confusion on Srinagar-Jammu highway keep people stranded
By: Javaid Malik Srinagar On Saturday scores of private vehicles were stranded on Srinagar-Jammu highway because of the confusion about the movement of traffic. While the traffic authorities had allowed the traffic on Saturday from Srinagar to Jammu, however many vehicles were allowed to process to Srinagar from Jammu. While there was only one way […]
Cold keeps Kashmir and Ladakh in its grip with sub-zero temperatures
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar With clear skies and sunshine during the day, Kashmir valley along with Ladakh is reeling under intense cold conditions as Srinagar recorded a low of minus 5.9°C while mercury settled at minus 8.4°C in Pahalgam, the world famous tourist resort, the weatherman said on Saturday. The sub-zero temperatures have not […]
Farmers to hold tractor rally in Delhi on Republic Day if ‘demands not met’
Hardening their position ahead of the next round of talks with the government, protesting farmer unions on Saturday said they will take out a tractor parade towards Delhi on January 26, when the country will celebrate Republic Day, if their demands are not met. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be in the national […]
Afghan journalist shot dead in car ambush
An Afghan journalist was shot dead in a car ambush in the central province of Ghor, the fifth media professional to be killed in the country in two months, officials said on Saturday. Bismellah Adel Aimaq, 28, the editor-in-chief of Sada-e-Ghor (Voice of Ghor) radio station, was killed near Firoz Koh city, the capital of […]
Sourav Ganguly rushed to hospital following chest pain
BCCI president and former India skipper Sourav Ganguly was hospitalised on Saturday after he complained of chest pain, a hospital official said. Ganguly, 48, is ‘stable’ and admitted to the emergency ward of a private hospital. He complained of chest pain following a workout session on Friday evening and family members took him to the […]
Gunfight and after
After a recent gunfight on the outskirts of Srinagar city, the families of three slain youth came to Srinagar and claimed that their wards were killed in cold blood and they were not involved in militancy. Hours after Jammu and Kashmir Police claimed that they had killed three militants in an HMT gunfight; the families […]
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 […]
