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A 4-year-old boy was killed after hit by a car in Gutlipora area in north Kashmir's Kupwara district this afternoon, officials said. They told GNS that one Arafath Ahmad Ahanger, 4, son of Jaffar Ahmad Ahanger was hit by a car bearing registration number JK01M 9404 resulting in his on spot death.buy singulair online buy singulair no prescription A police official confirming the incident told GNS that the accused driver has however managed to flee the spot. (GNS)

Two militants have been killed in a gunfight between government forces and militants in Hardumir area of Tral in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said on Saturday. A senior police officer told the news agency— Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that two militants have been killed whose identification is being ascertained while as search operation is on in the area. Earlier, an official said that a joint team of Police, Army and CRPF launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) on specific information about the presence of militants in the area. He said that as the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them, which was retaliated, triggering a gunfight. Pertinently, on Saturday morning two militants were killed in an enco...

Chief Education Officer Baramulla Thursday issued an order directing for a blanket ban on private coaching by government across the north Kashmir’s frontier district. “In light of the directions issued by the department from time to time, all the Teachers, Masters and Lecturers of the district are directed not to practice Private Tuition/Coaching in any private institution/coaching centre”, reads an order, of which a copy is in possession of GNS. “As such all the school Heads are advised to certify that none of their teacher/lecturer is unauthorized involved in private tuition. Any of the teaching Personal found violating the directives, strict action shall be taken against the official involved as it amounts to serious violation of the Government Employees Service Conduct Rules whic...

Unknown gunmen Shot at a person at Eidgah in Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Wednesday evening. A senior police officer told GNS that militants fired upon a person identifying him as Rouf Ahmad Khan (45) at Eidgah. He has been shifted to hospital and his status of condition is yet to be ascertained, the police officer added. More details will follow soon.(GNS)

The employees of the Power Development Department (PDD) in Jammu Kashmir have called off their indefinite strike late on Monday following an assurance from the administration. With the JK administration agreeing to all demands of the employees in principle, employees are currently on restoration work with immediate effect. The administration has set up a committee to look into the issues pertaining to the problems that PDD employees and engineers face. A decision to hold the joint venture that it wanted to sign with the Power Grid Corporation of India was also taken. The administration has also agreed to ensure the employees working with the power corporations will get their salary in time. Jammu Kashmir has been experiencing a power crisis since the protests began on Friday...

At least three CRPF paramilitary personnel, including an ASI rank officer, sustained injuries after a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident in Kader Kulgam, officials said. They told GNS that the 'BP Bunker' of 18 Batallion CRPF was on way from Behibagh to Kulgam. In the incident, two constables Ambit and Anil including ASI Naurang sustained minor injuries, they said adding all of them are stable. (GNS)

All Parties Hurriyat Conference on Thursday condemned the arrest of a woman and her daughter by the authorities for sloganeering near the military operation site in Srinagar. In a statement, Hurriyat said, “It is very unfortunate that mere raising of slogans is seen as a threat by those in authority.” “APHC asked the authorities to release Afrooza begum and her daughter Ayesha who have committed no crime except an emotional outburst,” the statement said. Earlier, a mother and daughter identified as Afrooza wife of Mushtaq Ahmad Sofi. Her daughter Aisha daughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Sofi, both residents of Rose enclave Wanbal Rawalpora in Srinagar outskirts were arrested on the charges of allegedly raising ‘anti-India slogans’ in the aftermath of the Rangreth shootout. They said the...

With the emergence of Covid an estimated 375.8 million people in the Asia and the Pacific region faced hunger in 2020, which is nearly 54 million more people than in 2019, according to a joint report just published by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). According to the 2021 Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition, in this region alone, more than 1.1 billion people did not have access to adequate food in 2020 — an increase of almost 150 million people in just one year. “This most recent report on the state of food security and nutrition in Asia and the Pacific tells a grim story. The high cost of a healthy diet and persistently high levels of poverty and income inequality continue to hold healthy diets out of...