Month: December 2021

Kashmir Valley and Ladakh continued to reel under freezing temperatures with Srinagar recording the second night on Friday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar recorded minus 2.4°C against previous night’s minus 1.8°C. It was second coldest night after December 1 when mercury fell to 2.5°C, lowest temperature recorded this season. Qazigund recorded minimum temperature of minus 1.8°C against minus 1.5°C on the previous night, he said. It was minus 0.8°C below normal for the gateway town of Kashmir for this time of the year, the official said. Pahalgam recorded a low of minus 4.1°C against minus 4.2°C on previous night. The famous resort in south Kashmir was coldest place in entire Valley. Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 2.3°C...

Crime Branch Kashmir on Thursday filed chargesheet against one person for providing fake appointment orders for government services to gullible persons against monetary considerations. An official of the Crime Branch Kashmir in a statement said that a case (FIR No. 15/2016) under section 420, 467, 468, 471, 201 RPC of was registered against accused Abdul Hamid Dar son of Late Sonaulla Dar of Kakavthal Kreei, Baramulla, at present Chinar Colony, HMT Mustafabad Srinagar for providing fake and forged appointment orders purported to have been issued by the Chief Conservator of Forests to gullible people against monetary considerations. The chargesheet was filed before Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar. “During the course of investigation, it was established that the accused...

Suspected militants lobbed a grenade at Police station Kakapora in South Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thrusday. A senior police officer told GNS that militants hurled a grenade on Police station Kakapora, however in this incident no loss of life or injuries were reported. Soon after the attack whole area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers.(GNS)

Police on Thursday claimed to have solved Palhalan grenade attack case by arresting three militant associates of LeT/TRF in North Kashmir's Baramulla district. In a statement to GNS, the police said that Joint Parties of Baramulla Police, Army 29 RR and 2nd Bn SSB while on routine patrolling in the area established MVCP/ naka at Wussan Pattan at about 0945 hrs, three individuals were spotted moving towards the naka party in suspicious manner. On spotting the Naka, these individuals made a run for it through the adjacent fields but were tactfully apprehended by the party. The statement further stated that on their disclosure, two grenades were recovered. These OGWs were later identified as Asif Ahmad Reshi son of Nissar Ahmad Reshi, Mehrajudin Dar son of Sonaullah Dar andFaisal Habib ...

3rd consecutive budget of UT to be presented in Parl UT gears up for next budget, finalization after Delhi talks The Central Government will be holding two high-level meetings on Jammu and Kashmir in the middle of this month on security related situation and finances including preparations for next Financial Year 2022-23 budget which will be presented in the Parliament during budget session in the absence of Legislative Assembly in the Union Territory which is not in place since 2018 due to delay in holding Assembly elections. Highly placed sources told that the financial position of Jammu and Kashmir will come up for review for last quarter of current financial year i.e. 2021-22 and next financial year of 2022-23 as budget preparations by the Union Territory Government are also i...