SAMBA/JAMMU: New technology would be deployed to enhance information gathering and beef up security in Samba, Additional Director General of Police, Jammu Anand Jain said during a visit to the border district on Saturday. The use of drones by Pakistan to drop weapons and narcotics has emerged as a major challenge for the security … Read more
Srinagar, Feb 11(GNS): Sub-zero conditions continued in Jammu and Kashmir with Srinagar recording a low of minus 4.7°C on Saturday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that the temperature in Srinagar increased by two notches from previous night’s minus 4.9°C and it was below normal by 4.9°C for the summer capital of J&K … Read more
Tel Aviv, February 11: A six-year-old Palestinian girl, Hind Rajab, and two rescuers who went looking for her nearly two weeks ago were found dead on Saturday, The New York Times reported, citing the Palestine Red Crescent. According to the report, two rescuers with the Red Crescent were dispatched in an ambulance on the … Read more
Mansar (Samba), Feb 9: The tranquil waters of Mansar Lake in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district have turned into a somber scene as nearly 3,000 fish have perished in the last few days, causing distress and concern among local residents of administration, officials on Saturday said. The Wildlife department attributed the cause of the … Read more
Jammu, February 10(GNS) Security forces on Saturday recovered a mine and other material in the Galhuti area of Rajouri district. Officials told GNS that army’s 49 RR at Galhuti recovered some explosive material during routine search in Galhuti area. The explosive material recovered includes one 14nmm Live mine, two non-rechargeable 12 V batteries … Read more
Srinagar, Feb 10 (GNS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday said that it raided multiple locations across Jammu and Kashmir as part of its crackdown on the proscribed Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) in a terror funding case. In a handout to GNS, the NIA said that its teams swooped down on the premises of various suspects … Read more
Srinagar, Feb 10 (GNS): At least four persons sustained injuries in a road accident in Garkote area in Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. An official told GNS that four persons were injured after a Toyota car, bearing registration number JK054 6384, skidded off a road and rolled down at least 200 mtr. … Read more
Pattan, Feb 10 (KNO): A man was injured after being attacked by his brother in Pattan village in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday afternoon. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the man identified as Muzaffar Hussain Dar (30) was critical injured after being attacked by his younger brother in Hanjiveera … Read more
Pattan, Feb. 10 (KS); Yet again, disturbing and shocking news comes from the northern region of Kashmir, where a fight between father- son leaves the son critically injured, sources said. Reliable sources told Srinagar-based news gathering agency Kashmir Scroll that an argument between father-son in the Hanjivera area of Pattan left the son critically … Read more
Srinagar, 10 February (DSN): Iltija Mufti, daughter and media advisor to former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, expressed dismay over what she claimed was the “snatching of victory” from Prime Minister Imran Khan and alleged electoral manipulation. She likened the situation to the 1987 elections in Kashmir, which she described as marred by mass fraud. … Read more