Two CRPF troopers killed, another injured in Sopore militant attack
Srinagar, April 18 (GNS): Two CRPF troopers were killed and another suffered injuries in a militant attack in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday. Reports reaching GNS said that suspected militants opened fire on a joint party of CRPF and Police at Noorbagh near Ahad Bab’s crossing. “In the incident, three paramilitary […]
COVID-19: Eight test positive in Kashmir, tally 341 in J-K
Srinagar: Eight persons tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Saturday in Kashmir Division, taking the number of COVID-19 patients in Jammu and Kashmir to 341. Among the fresh cases, five are from Bandipora and one from Beerwah Budgam while two samples received from GMC Anantnag returned positive. (GNS)
9 Covid-19 patients recovered, discharged from Srinagar hospitals
Srinagar, Apr 18, KNT: Nine persons, who were hospitalized, after testing positive for Coronavirus last month, were discharged from the 2 Srinagar hospitals today, after repeatedly testing negative for the infection, they had contracted. Nodal Officer for Coronavirus at SKIMS Soura, Dr Ghulam Hasan Itoo told KNT that 4 patients were discharged fro m […]
‘Life Has No Meaning In Kashmir,’ Says Man Who Collected Pieces Of Nephew’s Brain Killed In Shelling
Abdul Majeed Katariya, a resident of Tumina village in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district, lost his nephew — dear to everyone in the family — to last Sunday’s shelling. Eight-year-old Rehaam Katariya was home and killed after a shell fired from across the LoC hit him in the head. Life has no meaning in Kashmir, says […]
Coronavirus | Community transmission happens in Kashmir hamlet
64 cases have been reported in 10 days Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing the first community transmission of the novel coronavirus at Gund Jahangir hamlet in Bandipora and in surrounding areas. Sixty-four positive cases have been reported in 10 days. The administration is grappling with poor medical staff and a slow rate of testing. It […]
Jammu-Srinagar highway closed for 2nd consecutive day due to landslides
The Jammu-Srinagar Highway remained closed for the second consecutive day on Saturday due to landslides and shooting stones, officials said. An official said that fresh landslides and shooting stones were triggered at several places in Banihal-Ramban sector, including Pantiyal and Cafetaria Morh. He said that incessant rains and slides were hampering the repair work. GK
1,200 J-K workers go on hunger strike in Punjab, demand evacuation
Srinagar: About 1,200 workers from Jammu and Kashmir, who are stuck in Pathankot, Punjab, after completing fourteen days quarantine period in different camps, are on a hunger strike for the last three days seeking evacuation. The workers were stranded in Punjab after the Central government imposed a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. The […]
Masoodi aghast over continous apathy of J&K administration towards stranded people
Srinagar,April 18 (KNS):Member Parliament from South Kashmir Justice (Retd) Hasnain Masoodi Saturday expressed anguish at apathy and indifference shown by Jammu and Kashmir administration to the plight of laborers, traders and students stranded in several parts of Country. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Masoodi expressed deep anguish over the indifferrent outlook of imcumbent administration […]
Bring changes in selectively designed education system, a teacher from Handwara writes to LG Murmu
Srinagar, Apr 18 (KNS): A government teacher from Mawer area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district shot a letter to Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu and appealed him to bring changes in imparting of education system which has been designed selectively. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Azim Hafeez Mir, a teacher at Upper Primary School […]
Amid lockdown, 2 militants killed in Shopian ‘buried quietly’ as ‘families’ claim they were denied bodies
Despite two families claiming that the militants killed in south Kashmir’s Shopian gunfight on Friday were their sons, the authorities quietly buried the two in north Kashmir, sources said. The two militants were killed on Friday morning in a gunfight with security forces in a Shopian village. JK Police has been maintaining that the two […]
