Pakistan completes 90 per cent work on Kartarpur Corridor: Report
Pakistan has completed 90 per cent work on the Kartarpur Corridor from the zero line to Gurdwara Sahib and plans to inaugurate it on the 550 birth celebrations of Guru Nanak in November this year, according to a media report. The corridor will connect Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Kartarpur with Dera Baba Nanak shrine in […]
Airfares on Srinagar route spike 25%
Air fares to and from Srinagar have increased 20-25 per cent following the state government’s security advisory on Friday to tourists and pilgrims visiting the state. “Air fares for flights to and from Srinagar have increased by 20-25 per cent,” Rajnish Kumar, Co-founder, ixigo. The unrest could lead to further decrease in travel bookings over […]
Army foils Pak infiltration bid in J&K, 4 killed
An infiltration bid by a mixed group of Pakistani soldiers and terrorists, who tried to attack an Indian Army Post in the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu Kashmir’s Keran sector this week, was foiled by the security forces, said the Indian Army on Saturday. The attack on the Indian Army post along the LoC […]
Justice Magrey conducts inspection of District Court Complex, Srinagar Mominabad
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 3: Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey, Administrative Judge for District Srinagar today inspected the District Court Complex. During his interaction with Judicial officers he laid emphasis on speedy disposal of pending cases, besides exhorting them to create and ensure that litigants, bar and general public are given due respect in the larger interests of […]
Eid al-adha: DC Srinagar takes stock of facilities being set up in Downtown
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 03: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary Saturday visited various old city areas to take stock of facilities being set up there with regard to the upcoming Eid al-adha celebrations in the district. The DC visited Karan Nagar, Kaksarai, Safakadal, Eidgah, Zadibal, Alamgari Bazar, Hawal among other areas and inspected different kinds […]
Sopore Encounter: Second Militant Killed, Operation On
Srinagar, August 03:(GNS) Another militant has been killed in ongoing encounter in Malmaponpora area of North Kashmir’s Sopore on Saturday taking toll to two.A senior police officer told GNS that second militant has been killed in ongoing operation which had started early morning today. The identity of the militants is yet to be ascertained as […]
First Amarnath, now Machail Mata yatra suspended over security reasons in J-K
The 43-day-long ‘Machail Mata Yatra’ in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir was suspended on Saturday due to security reasons, officials said. Authorities have asked people not to start the yatra and those on the way should leave and get back. “The yatra has been suspended with immediate effect due to security reasons,” Deputy Commissioner of Kishtwar Angrez Singh […]
Kashmir Govt Polytechnic students asked to vacate college hostels
Srinagar: Principal Kashmir Government Polytechnic College, Gogji Bagh Srinagar has asked students to vacate the college hostel immediately. A circular vide number KGP/2019 reads that: “it is notified for the information off all students who are residing in the college hostel to vacate from the hostel immediately and no student will be provided hostel facility till […]
Shopian Encounter Ends, Death Toll 4,
Srinagar, Aug 03 (GNS): More than 50-hour long gunfight between militants and goverment forces ended in Shopian district of south Kashmir on Saturday. In all, two militants, a soldier and a non-local labourer were killed during the course of gunfight which ensued on the intervening night of August 1 and 2 at Ittoo Mohalla Pandushan village. […]
‘Forced to cut Amarnath trip and run’: Cong on Centre asking yatris to leave
The Congress party on Saturday criticised Jammu and Kashmir administration for instead of providing security to tourists and Amarnath pilgrims, asking them to cut short their stay in the state, keeping in view the “latest intelligence inputs of terror threats.” “J&K facing Pakistan sponsored Militancy since October 1947. Worst Period 1990 when VP Singh PM […]
