Chrar-i-Shareef gunfight: Militant killed on second day; operation on
A militant has been killed in an ongoing gunfight which erupted on Monday evening in Charar-i-Shareef area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). Unidentified official sources told the agency that a militant has been killed in an ongoing gunfight, however, the identity of the killed militant couldn’t […]
Situation in Kashmir far from normal: Shameema Firdous
JKNC Women’s Wing President Shameema Firdous today presided over a meet of women’s wing functionaries at party headquarters Nawa -e –Subh in Srinagar. The meet, first such meeting presided by Shameema Firdous after her release from the year long arbitrary house detention, saw active participation of women wing district functionaries from across Kashmir division. According […]
Kashmiri Pandits protest, leader on indefinite fast
The non-migrant Kashmiri Pandits staged a sit-in and Kashmir Pandit Sangharsh Samiti (KPSS) president Sanjay Tickoo also started a ‘fast-unto-death’ here on Sunday against the ‘punishing’ of community members in the Valley. They alleged they were facing harassment at the hands of the government after the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5 last year. […]
Lt Governor inaugurates Second Brainstorming Conference on implementation of NEP-2020 in J&K
“It is my dream to make J&K an oasis of talents, having abundant wealth of knowledge, enterprise and skilled youth”: Lt Governor “Effective implementation of NEP-2020 on ground will pave way for creating J&K as a dynamic knowledge society Calls for Teaching Fraternity to orient themselves to the changing dynamics of education ecosystem which is […]
Central Kashmir: Gunfight breaks out in Budgam
Gunfight breaks out between militants and government forces in charer Shareef area of in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday. According to the reports reaching , a joint team of Police, Army and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation in charar shareef. As the joint team encircled the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them. The fire […]
J&K reports 1036 fresh covid-19 cases, tally crosses 65000
Jammu and Kashmir reported 1036 new novel coronavirus in last 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the total count of the infections to 65026. Among the cases, 563 were confirmed from Jammu and 473 from Kashmir Valley. Giving the district wise details, official sources told GNS that Srinagar reported 141 cases, Budgam 60, Baramulla […]
PDD daily wager electrocuted in north Kashmir
An employee of Power Development Department (PDD) received severe burn injuries after he received an electric shock while repairing a transformer and transmission lines in Seelo area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday evening. Reports reaching said that a 50-year-old daily wager employee identified as Ghulam Hassan Sheikh, son of Wali Muhammad […]
Parents prefer to keep their wards in home on school reopening
By Mudasir Ahmad Khan Srinagar While the authorities have decided to open schools starting from today in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir, most of the parents preferred their wards to be at the home rather than in the schools. Reports from many schools said that only few students turned up in the morning […]
3,000 litres of illicit kerosene seized in south Kashmir’s Pulwama, 2 arrested
Awantipora: Police on Monday arrested two persons and recovered around 3000 litres of subsidized kerosene from their possession in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The duo identified as Uzair Ahmad Ganie resident of Samboora Pampore and Faisal Ahmad Mir of Panzgam village of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district were held by the police at Khinbugh village of […]
From tulips to lotus, all flowers in Kashmir whither without admirers
By Tariq Shah Srinagar There is a lotus bloom both in Dal and Nigeen lakes of Srinagar. The way lotus have sprouted it seems that LAWDA has started ignoring to clean these two water bodies. Apart from lotus in the spring of this year, thousands of tulip bulbs sprouted in the lap of Zabarwan hills […]
