Cocaine worth crores recovered in north Kashmir, four held: Police
Srinagar: Police on Friday recovered cocaine weighing about 6 kilograms on the disclosure of four persons arrested by it in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, officials said. The drugs are said to be worth crores of rupees. A local news gathering agency Global News Service reported that police arrested four suspected persons at old Town […]
Army Chief meets Lt Governor
SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 17: General Manoj Mukund Naravane, Chief of the Army Staff, met Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha at the Raj Bhavan here today. He was accompanied by Lt. General YK Joshi, Army Commander, Northern Command and Lt. General BS Raju, GOC, Chinar Corps. The Lt Governor and the Army Chief discussed several important issues related […]
Dr Farooq files Adjournment motion on Shopian fake encounter
An adjournment motion was presented by the Party President, Member of Parliament from Srinagar and leader of NC parliamentary party Dr Farooq Abdullah and party MP Hasnain Masoodi in the Lok Sabha today. A calling attention motion was also filed to get the information regarding the status of investigation in Shopain matter. (KNS)
62 travelers among 1467 new covid-19 cases in J&K, total 59711
Jammu and Kashmir reported 1467 novel coronavirus cases including 62 travelers in last 24 hours, taking the total count to 59711. Official sources told GNS that 785 cases were from Jammu and 682 from Kashmir Valley. This is for a fortnight that more than thousand cases were reported in J&K. Giving the district wise details, […]
Decentralization to be essence of future planning: Chief Secretary
Planning to have Panchayat, Block and District level plans as building blocks SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 17: In a marathon preparatory budget meeting cum workshop conducted by the Finance department the Chief Secretary of J&K, BVR Subrahmanyam today directed the district administration to make Panchayats and local bodies the units of their respective plan formulation as per […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 4,55,391 stranded JK residents; 3,22,708 via Lakhanpur, 1,32,683 through special trains
JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 17: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 4,55,391 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]
52 kilogram explosives found in Syntax during search operation in South Kashmir village
During a joint search operation, government forces found 52 kilogram explosives in a syntax pipe in Awantipora village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Police sources told news agency KNT that during a joint cordon and search operation by soldiers from 42 Rashtriya Rifles, 130 Battalion CRPF and Special Operation Group Awantipora a suspicious object was […]
Protests in Ganderbal market after authorities misbehave with a shopkeeper
Sofi Ayaz Ganderbal Dozens of shopkeepers at Qamriya chowk in Ganderbal town closed down their shops on Thursday after one of their colleagues was thrashed allegedly by an official of the rank of Naib Tehsildar. Protesting shopkeepers were demanding remedial measures for the future to save the shopkeepers from the assault of officials including […]
Dozens of localities cut off in Mehjoor Nagar area as foot bridge collapses
By Mudasir Ahmad Khan Srinagar Due to the heavy rains some weeks back, water was released by authorities into the flood channel and it collapsed one of the main foot bridges which connects a lot of localities in the Mehjoor Nagar area with the city centre and other areas. Authorities were intimated by the residents […]
People in Srinagar prefer chicken, beef over fresh vegetables
By: Tariq Ahmad Shah Srinagar Vegetables shops in Srinagar city are without any customers most of the time during these days of September as the prices have gone up in the wholesale markets. Now most of the residents in Srinagar city prefer to buy chicken and beef as the mutton and fresh vegetables are out […]
