DPAP Supremo GN Azad Rebuts Reports of Him Rejoining INC

Srinagar: Democratic Progressive Azad Party chairperson Ghulam Nabi Azad has vehemently contested media reports suggesting of him rejoining back to Indian National Congress. Taking to micro-blogging site, the senior politician wrote; “I am shocked to see the story filed by ANI correspondent about my rejoining in congress party. Unfortunately such stories are being planted by […]

MHA Orders Promotion of 38 IPS Officers of AGMUT Cadre

Srinagar: Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, on Friday ordered promotion of 35 Indian Police Officers of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre. As per an order, a copy of which lies with GNS, the Ministry ordered promotion of 20 IPS to the DIGP rank (Level 13-A in the pay matrix), which includes […]

UP tourist dies, 7 injured in Qazigund road accident

Qazigund: A female tourist died and seven others were injured in a road accident near Zig Post in Qazigund area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday. An official said that a vehicle coming from Jammu towards Srinagar rolled down into a deep gorge near Zig Post. He said in the incident a tourist from […]

Kupwara Receives Highest Snowfall In Kashmir

Srinagar: Amid cloud cover, minimum temperature recorded further increase in Kashmir Valley on Friday after snowfall. Kupwara in north Kashmir received highest snowfall of 20cms (7.87 inches) followed by Gulmarg (16.5cm), Qazigund(15.0cm), Pahalgam(10.0cm), Kokernag (5.0 cm), and Srinagar (3.0 cm) in last 24 hours till 0830 hours, mostly late in the afternoon on Thursday, a […]

Massive Fire Damages 13 Houses, 10 Shops In Anantnag

Srinagar: At least 13 “inter-connected” houses and around ten shops were gutted in a massive midnight fire, augmented by the blast of “ten gas (LPG) cylinders”, in Dangarpora area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said on Friday. Leading firefighter of the concerned Fire and Emergency Services Department said that at least 200 houses were […]

House partially damaged in over night Ganderbal blaze

Ganderbal: A residential house was partially damaged in a fire that broke out in Nowpora Tulmulla area of Ganderbal district late last night An official said that fire broke out in the residential house late last night. He said soon after the incident fire tenders reached to the spot and doused off the flames. “In […]

Rishabh Pant hospitalised after getting injured in car accident

Rishabh Pant hospitalised after getting injured in car accident

Dehli:India’s star wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant’s car met with an accident while returning home from Delhi. Pant was driving his Mercedes which met with an accident near Roorkee in Uttarakhand. According to the doctors, Pant suffered injuries to his forehead and leg. After getting the information, Superintendent of Police Dehat Swapna Kishore Singh reached the spot. […]

Snow brings end to dry spell in Valley

Snow brings end to dry spell in Valley

Srinagar-Jammu Highway, roads closed; authorities issue helpline nos Srinagar: Kashmir received snow on Thursday ending the prolonged wet spell and bringing down mercury. The fresh snowfall has put an end to the prolonged dry spell in the Valley that led to the plummeting of minimum temperature in the last over one week. Most of the […]

Govt evades RTI query on advertisements given to newspapers

Govt evades RTI query on advertisements given to newspapers

No details provided of which periodicals received ads and of what amount SRINAGAR: An attempt to hide information on the share of official advertisements to newspapers published in J&K is evident in the Directorate of Information dodging queries filed under Right to Information (RTI) Act. The applicant who filed the RTI queries said the department […]

Mughal Road, Sgr-Leh Highway Closed Amid Snowfall

Srinagar,: Mughal road, connecting twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri with Shopian, as well as Srinagar-Leh highway were closed after fresh snowfall. A traffic department official here however said that traffic was plying on Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with outside world. “Mughal road and SSG road closed for vehicular movement […]