Advisor Farooq Khan visits B’la; inaugurates “Inclusive Sports Event” for Specially Abled Persons
BARAMULLA, OCTOBER 12: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Ahmad Khan, today visited Baramulla district and inaugurated “Inclusive Sports Event” organised for specially abled persons at Showkat Ali Stadium. The event was organised by Hope Disability Centre in collaboration with Youth Services and Sports Baramulla wherein an array of sports activities were conducted. The theme of […]
Forest department organizes capacity building program in Ganderbal district
By: Marvi Majeed VOV Srinagar A one day sensitization and capacity building program on ” The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006″ was organized at Town hall Ganderbal. The program was organized by Sindh Forest Division Ganderbal. Shri Arvind Kumar Jha, IFS (Retd), Former Commissioner, Tribal Research Institute, […]
Mehbooba claims J&K administration had prior information about attacks
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar Former Chief Minister and PDP President Mehbooba Mufti in a series of tweets on Tuesday has claimed that the Jammu and Kashmir administration was having prior information about the attacks on minorities and decided to look the other way. Similar utterances were made by another Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah […]
Rajouri: Contact established with militants, gunfight resumes
A day after a Junior Commissioned Officer and four troopers of army were killed, a “contact” has been established with militants in Bhangai Village Of Rajouri. The area is adjacent to Shahdara near the boundary of Poonch-Rajouri districts were the gunfight started on Monday, officials said. “Contact has been established with the militants,” Defence ministry […]
Additional tickets for T20 World Cup go on sale
ISLAMABAD: In a welcome boost for the game and fans in Oman and the UAE, the International Cricket Council has made more tickets available for all games at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. According to a press release issued by the ICC, the tickets went on sale via www.t20worldcup.com/tickets at 1900GST from Monday. The […]
Shopian encounter: Two militants killed, operation on
12 including 5 soldiers killed in J&K in last 30 hours Two militants have been killed in an encounter between government forces and militants in Feripora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. A senior police officer told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that two militants have been killed whose identification is being ascertained […]
Priority Sector
Central government has recently reaffirmed its commitment that it will bring J&K as a tourism destination at the global level. Recently the Union Minister of Tourism was in Srinagar and he met all the stakeholders of the tourist industry and assured them that the government will resolve all their issues and will try to remove […]
Shopian encounter: One militant killed, operation on
11 including 5 soldiers killed in J&K in last 30 hours Shopian, Oct 12: A militant has been killed in an encounter between government forces and militants in Feripora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. A senior police officer told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a militant has been killed whose identification is […]
CBI Raids Ex-LG Advisor Baseer Khan’s House In Srinagar
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday carried raid at the house of Baseer Ahmad Khan, a week after he was relieved as advisor to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. Official sources told GNS that a team of CBI from New Delhi along accompanied by local police carried the raid at the house of Basheer Ahmed […]
Fresh Gunfight Starts In Shopian District
A fresh gunfight between militants and joint team of police, army and CRPF has started in Feeripora area of Shopian, hours after the culmination of an overnight gunfight in the south Kashmir district’s Tulran area in which three militants were killed. “Police & Security Forces are on the job. Further details shall follow,” a police […]
