Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) general secretary Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura has resigned from his post in the party as a member of political affairs committee.
According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Hanjura has submitted his resignation to party president Mehbooba Mufti—(KNO)
As many as 610 Kashmiri Pandits were given back their properties left behind in Jammu and Kashmir following the eruption of militancy there in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also said in the Rajya Sabha that 3,000 state government jobs were created for Kashmiri migrants under the Prime Minister's Development Package-2015 (PMDP-2015) with an outlay of Rs 1,080 crore.
The Jammu and Kashmir government has appointed 1,739 migrants and selected additional 1,098 migrants under PMDP-2015.
“As per the information provided by the government of Jammu and Kashmir, the land of 610 applicants (migrants) has been restored in the last five years,” he said in a written reply to a question.
The minister said the Jammu and Kashmir Migrant Immovable...
Shocking details are emerging from the widespread incidents of violence from across Karnataka on Tuesday in the backdrop of hijab row. The miscreants have attacked a teacher with iron rods causing severe head injuries to him in Bagalkot district. BJP MLA Haratalu Halappa stood as a mute spectator even as a student was beaten up by a mob in Shivamogga district.
Manjunath Naik (30), a school teacher has been attacked with iron rods by miscreants in Banahatti town of Bagalkot district after the violence erupted following students protest. “I was crossing the road when a group of people attacked me with iron rods on my head. I couldn’t realize what was happening,” a bleeding Manjunath Naik explained to media persons.
He was taken to hospital by the police later. The situation is still te...
Seven troopers including three from Jammu Kashmir were killed in an avalanche in the Kameng sector of Arunachal Pradesh.
The incident took place in Shume Gyatar when a contingent of 19 Jammu Kashmir Rifles was on patrol. The slain were identified as Yugal Kishore Sharma of Kathua, Arun Katal and Vishal Sharma of Jammu district.
According to the Indian Army, the bodies have been retrieved from the avalanche site.
The Army had airlifted search and rescue teams to the location.
The Army said in a statement that the area has been reporting inclement weather with heavy snowfall for the last several days.
The Chume Gyater area is around 100 km from the district headquarters of Tawang.
SSP Srinagar Rakesh Balwal on Wednesday said that the charge-sheet in recent acid attack on a 24-year-old woman here would be filed in next four to five days.
“In next four to five days, we are filling the charge sheet. We will ensure that strongest sections applicable to the case are applied,” SSP Srinagar told reporters here as per GNS.
“Thereafter we want from prosecution side, there is speedy conclusion,” he said.
On February 1, according to police, a man threw acid on a 24-year-old woman after she rejected his marriage proposal. He was accompanied by another person who has been also arrested along side with the shopkeeper who sold the acid.
The SSP also said that police is expediting fight against narcotics. “We have issued helpline numbers and people can contact us wherev...
A pregnant lady was among three persons injured in a road mishap in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday.
Reports reaching GNS said that an Alto car bearing registration number JK09A-5332 skidded off the road at Lolab bypass and fell into a gorge, resulting in injuries to three persons.
The injured trio was evacuated from the site and taken to Sub-district hospital Kupwara for treatment from where they were referred to a Srinagar hospital for specialized treatment.
The injured persons have been identified as Driver Showkat Ahmad Lone of Cherkoot, Rubeena wife of Tariq Ahmad Majnoo of Shumriyaal and Tariq Ahmad Majnoo son of Wali Mohammad Majnoo of Shumriyaal.
A police official confirming the incident told GNS that a case has been registered in this regard for further i...
A total of 655 police “encounter” killings have taken place in the country in the last five years with Chhattisgarh reporting the highest number of such cases with 191 cases, Union minister of state for home Nityanand Rai has said.
According to the Union home ministry, in the period between January 1, 2017 and January 31, 2022, 117 such incidents were reported from Uttar Pradesh, followed by 50 in Assam, 49 in Jharkhand, 36 in Odisha, 35 in Jammu and Kashmir, and 26 in Maharashtra.
Rai was responding to BJP MP Varun Gandhi’s question in the Lok Sabha on the number of such killings in the country.
Among other states, Bihar accounts for 22 cases; Haryana 15; Tamil Nadu 14; Telangana, Madhya Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh 13 each; Andhra Pradesh and Meghalaya 9 each; and Rajasthan and...
Traffic police Srinagar on Wednesday issued a traffic advisory for the people coming to Jehangir Chowk in view of upgradation of road from Naaz Crossing till Jehangir Chowk.
In a statement, issued to Kashmir News Service (KNS), a spokesperson said that ERA will start work on upgradation of the road from Naaz crossing till Jehangir chowk from today, which is expected to take few weeks for completion.
"Traffic coming from Iqbal park towards Jehangir chowk will be diverted via Magarmal bagh crossing-Magarmal Bagh-Reck Chowk. People in general are requested to use Rambagh flyover to reach Jehangir chowk. Any inconvenience is regretted," reads the statement. (KNS)
A massive fire has broken out in SDPO office in Tangmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.buy fildena generic bloinfobuy.com/fildena.html over the counter
Reports reaching GNS said that the double-storied building, also housing office of DySP Operations, was caught in flames of some unascertained cause some time before.
A Fire and Emergency Department official told GNS that men and machinery from at least two stations are currently on job to douse off the flames.
More details are awaited. (GNS)
Barring Pahalgam, night temperatures recorded a drop in Jammu and Kashmir with Gulmarg recording a low of minus 10°C on Wednesday, officials said. The weatherman has forecast light rain in the next 24 hours and dry weather for the subsequent two days.
A meteorological department official here told GNS Srinagar, the summer capital of the J&K, had traces of rainfall during the last 24 hours till 0830 hours today and recorded a low of 0.6°C against last night’s 1.4°C, he said.
Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, had 0.2mm rain while it recorded a low of minus 0.3°C against 0.3°C on the previous night, he said.
Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, had a low of minus 2.5°C against minus 0.5°C on the previous night, the official said.
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