The army Friday deployed women soldiers at various checkpoints in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district in a bid to bridge the gap between locals and the forces. This is for the first time after North Kashmir’s Kupwara district, that the army has deployed women soldiers also known as Riffle-women in Ganderbal. Earlier, women soldiers were deployed at Kuwpara to check the infiltration of narco and weapon smuggling through women Over Ground Workers (OGWs). The Riffle-women were first deployed in Kupwara areas in August 2020 amid reports of narco and weapon smuggle by militants with the help of their “women handlers.” Talking to a selected group of reporters, Commanding officer of 34 Assam Rifles R S Karakoti said that Riffle-women of Assam Rifles have been deployed at mobile vehicle ...

The villagers of Sogam in Chadoora area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district here have staged a protest against the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department for failing to supply drinking water to them. Witnesses told that the protesting villagers claimed the department has failed to provide drinking water supply to the villagers from last one year. “We approached the authorities many times in this regard but they always dejected us,” the residents said while appealing to the higher ups to look into the matter and ensure that their demands are fulfilled at an earliest. Concerned AEE when contacted, said that the villagers will get water supply soon, saying that the work on laying a new pipeline will be started soon under the Jal Jeevan Mission, which will help in supplying water...

The Jammu Kashmir Police in Kulgam has taken a strong note of the "mischievous" activity of some persons on social media sites who are making "false claims" on the Kulgam Encounter. In a statement issued to the press, the Kulgam press said that "rumours" are being spread on social media that Zakir Bashir Naik (S/O Bashir Ahmad Naik R/O Chimmer DH Pora, the terrorist who was eliminated on 30 June 2021 in an encounter at Chimmer DH Pora) was not a terrorist. They said that the claim is totally baseless. In its press release, they said, The fact is that he had joined terrorist ranks in June 2021 as confirmed by various field and intelligence agencies. Also, he was the first person who used deadly force against security forces cordoning the area. In self-defence, retaliatory action wa...

Jammu Kashmir reported 298 fresh covid-19 cases while four more people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. They said 102 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 196 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total count to 315960. Regarding the fatalities, they said, two deaths each were reported from Kashmir Valley and Jammu Division, taking the fatality count to 4327. Providing the district-wide details, the officials told GNS that Srinagar reported 60 cases, Baramulla 19, Budgam 20, Pulwama 9, Kupwara 17, Anantnag 30, Bandipora 4, Ganderbal 13, Kulgam 24, Shopian 0, Jammu 7, Udhampur 7, Rajouri 7, Doda 9, Kathua 2, Samba 23, Kishtwar 16, Poonch 14, Ramban 8 and Reasi 9. Moreover, they said, 573 more COVID-19 patients have recovered ...