Turkish lawyer dies after 238-day hunger strike
ISTANBUL: A Turkish lawyer seeking a fair trial after being charged with membership of a terrorist organisation has died in an Istanbul hospital on the 238th day of her hunger strike. Friends said Ebru Timtik weighed just 30 kilograms at the time of her death late Thursday, which has sparked condemnation from opposition parties in […]
Morgan urges England’s fringe players to seize chance in Pakistan T20s
MANCHESTER: England captain Eoin Morgan has urged his players to seize their chance against a dangerous Babar Azam-led Pakistan side in the three-match Twenty20 International series that provides an early audition for next years World Cup. The teams were due to meet at Old Trafford on Friday night with England much changed from what would […]
ACB raids SMC transport yard in Alochi Bagh, grills employees
Sleuths of Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) raided that transport yard belonging to Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) in Alochi Bagh area of Srinagar city. Sources told news agency KNT that a team of ACB conducted raid after receiving complaints about mismanagement in a scheme called ‘Individual Household Latrine’. This scheme is meant for urban people who […]
NC’s PAC in meeting reviewing strategy for legal battle against abrogation of Art 370 & Art 35 A , withdrawal of statehood
National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Saturday morning (11:30 Am) called an important meeting of the party’s top decision making body political affairs committee to taken a stock of fastly changing political situation in Jammu and Kashmir. sources privy to developments at the National Conference headquarters told Kashmir News Service that while the members including […]
GDC Uri students protest, demand online exam
Student of Government Degree College Uri on Saturday protested against college authorities and demand conduct of online examination. According to KNS, scores of students protested against college authorities by writing letter of protest to different officials and compiled anti-college poetries. They were demanding that there examination should be conducted online when online procedure is being […]
After 4 days, Kashmir highway Opens partially from Ramban to Kashmir
After remaining shut for four consecutive days the traffic on Jammu-Srinagar highway was on Saturday morning partially restored with traffic police authorities allowing Kashmir bound vehicles to move from Ramban areas to their destinations in valley. Traffic police officials said to KNS “though traffic was on Saturday morning allowed from Ramban to Kashmir valley but […]
Gupkar declaration is tool to gain sympathy for power : BJP
Bharatiya Janta Party’s Kashmir Unit Friday stated that Gupkar declaration is used as a tool to gain sympathy and power. Those who are claiming restoration of Article 370 and other things are living in the fool’s paradise. Party’s senior leader and Media-in charge, Manzoor Bhat said some people in the region have become frustrated and […]
BSF says it has detected tunnel along IB in Jammu
New Delhi/Jammu: The Border Security Force (BSF) has detected a tunnel just beneath the India-Pakistan international border fence in Jammu, officials said on Saturday. The force has launched a major search operation in the area to look for other such hidden structures that aid infiltration even as it is analysing the spotted structure, they said. […]
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
Government run schools in Jammu and Kashmir should have been the top priority of policy makers to improve their infrastructure and their facilities so that the parents would love to send their wards to these schools. UT administration of Jammu and Kashmir should learn from the New Delhi model of government schools as they have […]
Three militants, Army soldier killed in Pulwama gunfight, operation over
Three militants and army soldier were killed in an encounter between militants and government forces in Zadoora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. Official sources told GNS that three militants were killed, whose identity is yet to be ascertained. Official sources further said that one Army trooper received bullet wound, who was subsequently […]
