Advisor Sharma chairs meeting on revival of Business sector in J&K
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 20:- The Committee constituted for exploring the ways and means for the revival of the business sector in Jammu and Kashmir met today under the Chairmanship of Advisor to Lt Governor KK Sharma. Members of the Committee including Financial Commissioner, Finance, Dr Arun Mehta, Commissioner/ Secretary Industries and Commerce, Manoj Kumar Diwedi, Commissioner/ […]
Class IV posts: JKSSB’s Portal records 5,75, 400 registrations; 3,05,900 candidates submit online application so far
JAMMU, AUGUST 20: Till today morning 5,75,400 Registrations have been done by the candidates on JKSSB’s Online Portal, since the commencement of online application submission from 10th July, 2020 and 3,05,900 candidates completed their online application submission process for Class IV posts. Also 1,06,500 applications have been submitted online for the post of Accounts Assistant. […]
Handwara encounter: Police version
Handwara police in Thursday issued a statement regarding the Ganapora Kralgund Encounter in which two LeT militants were killed. A police statement issued to KNS reads, a specific input regarding presence of militants in the orchards of village Ganapora area of Kralgund, a joint cordon and search operation was launched by Handwara Police, 32RR in […]
JKAP asks Govt. to ensure proper arrangements for Muharram-ul-Haram Ghulam Hassan Mir
Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) leader and former minister Ghulam Hassan Mir on Thursday urged the government to ensure proper arrangements in view of Muharram-ul-Haram. In a statement issued to KNS,, Mir said the administration should put in place all the requisite arrangements and ensure the mourners are not subjected to any kind of […]
Minor girl killed in Kangan road accident
Kangan: A minor girl died in a road accident in Kangan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday afternoon. Reports identified the girl as 8-year-old Aadiya Bano daughter of Mohammad Anwar Paswal, a resident of Hariganiwan Kangan adding a truck bearing registration number JK10A-2124, on it’s way from Kargil towards Srinagar hit and injured […]
Eleven injured in Poonch road accident
Srinagar: At least eleven persons were injured in an accident that took place at Behra village of Poonch’s Mendhar Sub Division. A local news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) quoting police reported that accident took place on Thursday morning when a Tata Sumo bearing registration number JK02AB-5463 skidded off the road and eleven persons travelling in […]
Hundreds rally against blasphemous remarks in north Kashmir
Srinagar: Hundreds rallied against blasphemy remarks on Prophet Muhammad (SAW) in North Kashmir’s Pattan town of Baramulla district on Thursday morning. A local news gathering agency Kashmir News Trust reported that hundreds of people participated in the twin protests. A protest was registered in Pattan Bazar while another surfaced from Nihalpora Pattan. A team led […]
“Fed up of detention”: Father-daughter Panch duo from south Kashmir resign
Srinagar: Fed up with the continuous virtual ‘detention’, father-daughter duo Panchs from Manigam ward number 1 and 2 of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district have announced their formal resignation with a pledge that they won’t now work with any political party or will keep any affiliation with Congress party with which they were associated. “We have […]
Depsang control hinges on two roads & airfield
India’s control over the vital Sub-Sector North (SSN) in Ladakh hinges upon a newly built 255-km DSDBO road, a mud-paved airfield at an altitude of 16,700 feet at Daulat Baig Oldie (DBO) and an upcoming track from Sasoma to Saser La to Murgo. The Indian Army has, in the past, war-gamed a scenario about […]
Two militants killed in gunfight in north Kashmir
Two militants have been killed in an ongoing gunfight between militants and the government forces raged in Ganipora Kralgund area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. The identities of the militants are yet to be ascertained. An unnamed official told GNS that the gunfight erupted in an orchard, combing operation continues. Earlier, a joint […]





