Srinagar police books tourist for smoking in public place
Srinagar: From now, if people are caught smoking in open spaces particularly in public places, the city police are likely to book them under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act. The measure is being taken to curb smoking in public places, police said on Sunday. Srinagar police on Saturday evening booked a female tourist […]
133 fresh covid-19 cases, 1 death reported in J&K
Jammu and Kashmir reported 113 fresh covid-19 cases, four of them travelers, taking the total tally of infections to 122538. Also one covid-19 death was reported—a 70-year-old man from Kupwara, taking the fatality count to 1910. Official sources told GNS that among the cases, 56 were from Jammu Division and 57 from Kashmir Division. They […]
PDP Sarpanch dies of cardiac arrest in south Kashmir
A People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Sarpanch was among two persons who died of cardiac arrest in south Kashmir districts on Sunday morning, taking the total number of deaths due to heart attack in the valley to eleven. Mohammad Shaban Shah (50) son of Mume Shah, a resident of Bon Numbal locality of Mattan in […]
Army Captain staged Amshipura ‘encounter’ for Rs 20 lakh: Police charge sheet
Shopian (Kashmir):The Army Captain, who was involved in the alleged fake encounter in Shopian in July last year in which three youths were killed, had hatched a conspiracy along with two civilians with the motive for “grabbing” a reward money of Rs 20 lakh and also fired at the victims even before his men could […]
Lashkar associate held, hideout busted in Pampore village, police say
PAMPORE: Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested a militant associate of the LeT and busted a hideout at his residence in Chandhara village of Pampore area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. As per a police statement, Pampore police along with 50 RR and 110 Bn CRPF busted the hideout measuring 10×5×5 ft in the […]
Locally-made’ IED defused in Mendhar
Poonch: Police and army defused a “locally made” Improvised Explosive Device in Mendhar area of Poonch district on Sunday. Official sources said that an unclaimed bike with some “IED-type object” adjacent to it was found near Pankha, prompting authorities to close Mendhar-Gohlad road while Bomb Disposal Squad was rushed to the area. SDPO Mendhar Z […]
NC reacts
There has been a war of words between the National Conference and JK Apni Party especially after the recently concluded DDC elections. The National Conference has been accusing Apni Party of being a B team of BJP and trying to pouch on its elected members in order to grab powers in different districts. Former Chief […]
Srinagar-Jammu national highway reopens for traffic after seven days
The Srinagar-Jammu national highway was reopened on Sunday after seven days in the wake of heavy snowfall last week, even as the city and some other parts of Kashmir received another spell of snowfall, officials said. The 260 kilometre-long highway — the only all-weather road connecting Kashmir with the rest of the country — was […]
No administration visible, locals in Asnoor clear roads
By: Javaid Malik Kulgam After the heavy snowfall in Kulgam district, dozens of local villages have been cut off with accumulated snow on the roads. In order to keep the needs of patients, the locals of these villages decided to clear the roads of their own as the administration has not responded to their requests. […]
Light snowfall in Kashmir parts, temperature below sub-zero
Srinagar: Parts of Kashmir including Srinagar received very light snowfall overnight even as mercury remained blow sub-zero levels with Gulmarg remaining coldest in the Valley. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar received 2.5cm of fresh snowfall in the last 24 hours till 0830 hours. Qazigund, the gate town of Kashmir, received 0.7cm […]
