Ajas Residents Aghast As Filling of Churthungoo Irrigation Canal By Local Farmer Puts Hundreds of Paddy Land At Risk

Ajas Residents Aghast As Filling of Churthungoo Irrigation Canal By Local Farmer Puts Hundreds of Paddy Land At Risk

    Srinagar, Dec 26 (GNS): Farmers in Ajas, Chinpazora, and Matipora areas of Ajas Tehsil in Bandipora staged a protest on Tuesday against the filling of the water canal of the Churthungoo Irrigation Scheme by a local farmer. According to the aggrieved farmers, a female farmer cultivating land belonging to the Rakhs & Farms … Read more

Just 20-25 militants can’t scare people of J-K: LG Manoj Sinha

Just 20-25 militants can’t scare people of J-K: LG Manoj Sinha

  Jammu, December 26: Days after four soldiers were killed as terrorists ambushed two Army trucks in Poonch, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday said that just 20-25 terrorists cannot scare people in the Union Territory. The LG, while addressing an event on the occasion of Veer Bal Diwas in Jammu, said that attempts are … Read more

Poonch Civilians Killed Are Among the Men Seen in Video Being Tortured By Soldiers, Sarpanch Confirms

Poonch Civilians Killed Are Among the Men Seen in Video Being Tortured By Soldiers, Sarpanch Confirms

  New Delhi, Dec 25: A day after three civilians in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district were killed under as yet unexplained circumstances, the sarpanch of their village and the relatives of two of them have said they are among the villagers seen on video being brutally beaten and tortured by unidentified soldiers. Family members … Read more

Former SSP Shot Dead By Militants In Barmulla

Former SSP Shot Dead By Militants In Barmulla

  Srinagar, December 24(GNS) Former Senior Superintendent of Police Mohd Shafi Mir was shot dead by militants in Gantmulla area of Baramulla district on Sunday morning. Officials told GNS that militants fired upon Former SSP Mohd Shafi while he was offering Azan in the Mosque near his residence. He was immediately shifted to nearby hospital, … Read more

Kashmir under freeze, Pahalgam coldest at minus 3.9°C*

Kashmir under freeze, Pahalgam coldest at minus 3.9°C*

Srinagar, Dec 24(GNS): Night temperature recorded a drop and settled below freezing point in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 2.1°C against 1.2°C on previous night and it was above 0.1°C normal for the summer capital of J&K for this time of … Read more

Anti-corruption court sentences former SO Planning, DC Office to 3-year imprisonment

Anti-corruption court sentences former SO Planning, DC Office to 3-year imprisonment

  Srinagar, Dec 19 (KNO): The former SO Panning, DC Office Jammu has been convicted in Disaproportionate case and was sentenced to three years imprisonment. According to a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a spokesman said that the Special Judge Anti Corruption Court, Jammu, Tahir Khurshid Raina, in a disproportionate of assets … Read more

After light wet spell, night temp improves across Kashmir

After light wet spell, night temp improves across Kashmir

After light wet spell, night temp improves across Kashmir Gulmarg coldest place at minus 8.0 degree Celsius   Srinagar, Dec 18 (KNO): The minimum temperature has improved further across Kashmir while Gulmarg, a famous ski-resort was coldest at minus 8.0 degree Celsius, recording the coldest night of season. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer … Read more

Lucknow lawyers come forward to rescue Kashmiri vendors

Lucknow lawyers come forward to rescue Kashmiri vendors

  Lucknow, Dec 19: In a heartwarming gesture, a group of lawyers bailed out a group of Kashmiri dry fruit sellers a day after they were taken into custody by the Lucknow Police. The vendors had been challaned under section 151 CrPc for selling items on the VIP stretch between 1090 and Samta Mulak Crossing. … Read more