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Below sub-zero temperature in Kashmir, wet spell likely from tomorrow

The minimum temperature saw a fall at most places in Kashmir Valley with Srinagar and Qazigund too recording below sub-zero level on Wednesday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 0.1°C against 2.7°C on the previous night. Today’s minimum temperature, he said, was above normal by 0.3°C for […]

5.5 lakh youth given financial assistance, training to start own businesses: Admin

The Jammu Kashmir admin has empowered about five and half lakh youth with financial assistance and training to start their own business ventures through support from Mission Youth, Financial Institutions and Central and State Government Institutions, a spokesman said on Tuesday. As ‘Yogyata se Rozgar’ is the core mantra of present dispensation, concrete steps are […]

Hrithik, Deepika starrer ‘Fighter’ to be shot at Dal Lake

Actors Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone have reached Kashmir to start the next schedule of their aerial action thriller film ‘Fighter’. Helmed by Siddharth Anand ‘Fighter’ also stars Akshay Oberoi, Karan Singh Grover and Anil Kapoor in pivotal roles and is all set to hit the theatres on 25 January 2024. The film marks Deepika […]

JK to start ‘GPS based attendance’ of Teachers

With the launch of two applications today by Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, JK became first in the country to take online monthly feedback from students of class 6th and above about the performance of their teachers and carry out the GPS based attendance of teachers on daily basis. The ceremony was attended by […]

Prominent Kashmiri cleric suffers heart attack in Madina, hospitalised

Sheikh Nadeem Mufti Sayyed Abdul Raheem al-Hassani, a well-known Islamic scholar and cleric, had a severe heart attack on Tuesday in Medina. He was subsequently hospitalised, and his condition is described as critical. According to reports, Mufti Abdul Raheem al-Hassani, a well-known Muslim scholar from the Baramulla region of North Kashmir, went on Umrah pilgrimage […]

03 LeT Militant Associates Held in Srinagar: Police

Police on tuesday claimed to have arrested three Lashkar-i-Toiba militants Associates in central Kashmir’s Srinagar district. In a handout to GNS, the police said that police in Srinagar have arrested 03 militant associates of proscribed militant outfit LeT in Srinagar and recovered cash amount of rupees 31,65,200/= and other incriminating materials from their possession. The […]

Driver dies after being hit by iron rod near under-construction tunnel in Ganderbal

A driver died after being hit by an iron road near an under construction tunnel in Sonamarg area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) the driver was hit by an iron road while offloading iron from his truck near the under construction tunnel And Felt […]

DDC member among 8 arrested for pelting stones during eviction drive in Jammu

A District Development Council member among eight people have so far been arrested by Jammu and Kashmir police in connection with incident of stone pelting that took place on Saturday in Malik Market area of Jammu during anti encroachment drive. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that people pelted stones on team […]