The weatherman on Wednesday issued an advisory regarding widespread rain and snow, warning about possibility of temporary disruption of air and surface traffic as well as damage to horticultural crops in Jammu and Kashmir from evening of 22nd to 24 October. “An active Western Disturbance will most likely to affect J&K and adjoining areas from 22nd October (evening) to 24th October with peak activity on 23rd October,” reads an advisory sent to divisional commissioners of Kashmir and Jammu respectively by Mukhtar Ahmad (Director/LACD MeT department) here. “Under the influence of above system, widespread moderate rain/snow is expected in Jammu. Kashmir and light rain/snow at many places of Ladakh region during 22 to 24 October,” the advisory, a copy of which lies with GNS reads, add...

Night temperature continue to fall across Kashmir Valley with the world famous skiing resort of Gulmarg recording below normal by minus 1.4°C, officials said on Tuesday. Srinagar recorded minimum temperature of 6.3°C against 7.7°C on previous night, an official of the local MeT office here told GNS. Even though temperature is slight above normal for this time of the year, the fall is by more than four degrees than recorded only couple of days ago. Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, recorded a low of 6.8°C against previous night’s 8.2°C, the official said. Pahalgam, the famous resort in south Kashmir, recorded a low of 2.7°C against 4.8°C on previous night, he said. Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, recorded a minimum of 7.2°C against 7.2°C on previous night, the official sai...

Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Wednesday said that one of the two “militants” killed in Shopian gunfight was involved in the killing of a carpenter, Sageer Ahmad of UP, recently. Sageer, a resident of Sarai Hisamuddin in Saharanpur in UP, was killed by the gunmen last weekend at Litter Pulwama. “One of the killed (militants) has been identified as Adil Ahmad Wani, active since 7/2020. He was involved in killing of one poor labourer at Litter Pulwama,” the IGP said in a tweet as per GNS. So far, he said, 15 militants have been killed in two weeks. Earlier, police said two militants were killed in the gunfight with police, army, and CRPF in Cheerbagh Dragad area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. (GNS)

A soldier, who was one among three army personnel injured in a gunfight with militants in South Kashmir's Shopian district, succumbed to the wounds, official sources said on Wednesday.buy prednisone online apwh.org/wp-content/languages/new/prednisone.html no prescription A senior police officer told GNS that all the three soldiers sustained injuries during the course of the gunfight which saw the killing of two militants, one of them Adil Wani who according to police was District Commander Shopian of LeT (TRF). However, he said, one among the injured soldiers succumbed to the wounds while two others are undergoing treatment. Earlier Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar said that one of the two “militants” killed in gunfight was involved in the killing of a carpenter, S...

The security arrangements at vital installations in Jammu Kashmir have been scaled up following inputs from the intelligence agencies that militants may hit them, sources in the intelligence grid said. According to the sources, the security arrangements at railway stations, hydel power plants in Uri, government buildings, newly installed big power sub-stations and dams under construction in the Kashmir region have been scaled up. This was revealed after the intelligence agencies decoded the encrypted chats of the new militant outfits like the United Liberation Front of J&K, The Resistance Front (TRF) which are fronts of terror organizations like the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hizbul Mujahideen, the sources said. They added that additional battalions of para-military forces may be deploy...