2,416 more pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath shrine
Jammu, Jul 25 (PTI) Braving heavy rains, 2,416 more pilgrims left on the Amarnath Yatra from a base camp here on Thursday, officials said. This was the 25th batch of pilgrims to leave Jammu for the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas. As many as 3,01,818 pilgrims have paid obeisance at the cave shrine till […]
J-K admin forms committees to review work on Katra-Banihal railway line
Srinagar, Jul 25 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir administration has formed two district level committees to review the work on construction of Katra-Banihal section of the prestigious rail project that will connect the Valley to the rest of the country, officials said Thursday. “Sanction is hereby accorded to the constitution of following committees to review the […]
Dhoni to join his Army battalion in Kashmir from July 31-Aug 15
New Delhi, Jul 25 (PTI) Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who was awarded the honorary rank of a lieutenant colonel in 2011, will join his battalion in Jammu and Kashmir at the end of the month and carry out duties with the troops, official sources said on Thursday. Dhoni will be with the 106 Territorial Army […]
Truck carrying 200 bags of Govt rice meant for black marketing seized in Kulgam, two arrested
Srinagar: Two persons along with a truck load of bags of government supply rice meant for black marketing was seized in Kulgam district of south Kashmir. A senior Police Officer told GNS that acting on a specific information, a police party from police station Dhamhaal Hanjipora established a naka near J&K Bank Dhamhaal Hanjipora […]
US warship sails through Taiwan Strait, China ‘concerned’
Taipei, Jul 25 (AFP) An American warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the US Navy and Taiwanese authorities said Thursday, triggering concern in Beijing. The transit came as China, which views Taiwan as a renegade province, unveiled a defence white paper Wednesday stressing its willingness to use force to thwart any move towards the self-ruled island’s […]
6-year-old boy drowns into nallah, torrential rains damage several houses, standing crops in Lolab
Srinagar: A 6-year-old boy drowned after slipped into a Nallah amid heavy rains at Harden, Sever area of Khurhama in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday. Reports reaching GNS said that the boy Burhan Ahmad Malla (6) son of Aijaz Ahamd Malla, of Sever, Harden in Khurhama, Lolab slipped into the nallah today afternoon during […]
Drug peddler arrested in Srinagar, Brown Sugar recovered
Srinagar, Jul 25 (PTI) A suspected drug peddler was arrested on Thursday after recovery of 11 gm brown sugar from his possession in Gojwara area of the city, police said. The suspect, Altaf Ahmad Najar alias T K Khan, was held at a Gojwara Chowk checkpoint, a police spokesman said. He said Rs 22,200 in […]
Fire Mishap: Injured woman succumbs in GMC Jammu, death toll 2
Poonch: A woman who suffered serious burn injuries succumbed in Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu after battling for life for six days. A police officer told GNS that the woman namely Tazeem Akthar wife of Altaf Ahmad succumbed to injuries today wee hours at GMC Jammu. After completion of all the legal medco formalities, […]
Amid downpour water-logging in Srinagar city, Lal Chowk roads submerged
Srinagar: With downpour in Kashmir various city localities are waterlogged including city centre Lal Chowk roads are submerged in water. Various roads in the old city are also inundated and commuters are having tough time traversing through roads. Commuters have again raised the issue of failing drainage system in the summer capital Srinagar. The areas […]
Sopore family stages protest against mysterious death of their kin, demand Justice
Sopore: Family of Sopore youth staged a protest demonstration today against his mysterious death in a local hotel here in Srinagar on Sunday. Reports reaching GNS said that relatives and other family members of deceased Abdul Rahim Marazi alias Gusha son of Ghulam Mohammad Marazi of Sofi Hamam assembled at Chankhan on Srinagar-Sopore highway and […]