Srinagar, Nov 30 (UNI) J&K Peoples Conference President and MLA Handwara Sajad Lone said the party will knock the doors of the Supreme Court next week to challenge the “existing police verification system in Jammu and Kashmir.” He said his party’s legal team, led by former law secretary Ashraf Mir and represented by Advocate Sajad…
Srinagar, Nov 30 (UNI) Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh union territories received a rainfall deficit of 69 percent this November. The Meteorological Department said with a normal value of 35.3 mm only 10.9 mm of rainfall was observed in the subdivision during the month of November. According to the data prepared by the local MeT,…
Srinagar, Nov 24 (UNI) The higher reaches of Kashmir valley experienced a fresh snowfall while some plains received rains resulting in closure of several strategic roads on Sunday, officials said. The historical Mughal road connecting south Kashmir’s Shopian district with the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri in Jammu division, was closed for vehicular traffic…
Srinagar, Nov 22 (UNI) Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, experienced the season’s first coldest night with temperatures plummeting to minus 1.2°C on Friday, officials said. The Meteorological Centre office said even as there was a slight improvement in night temperature across the valley, the minimum temperature recorded during the intervening nights of…
Jammu, Nov 21 (UNI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA), on Thursday morning, in connection with the cases registered involving infiltration of Pakistani terrorists into India, raided at around ten locations across the Jammu division. Official sources said that the NIA team assisted by the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the paramilitary troops raided in Reasi,…
Srinagar, Nov 20 (UNI) In a major success, a key accused in a 2020 narco-terror case was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Kashmir, officials said. They said that Muneer Ahmad Banday, a resident of Banday Mohalla Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district was a proclaimed offender carrying a cash reward of a…
Srinagar, Nov 20 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Satish Sharma on Wednesday said the enhanced ration quota and 12 gas cylinders will be a new year gift for the people of JK. Sharma was talking to reporters in Srinagar. The National Conference in its poll manifesto promised to…
Srinagar, Nov 17 (UNI) Amid increasing incidents of road accidents, the Traffic Police rural has warned the guardians and owners of the vehicles not to allow their minor children to drive two or four-wheelers, failing which an imprisonment for 3 years with a fine of Rs 25000 shall be imposed. In the recent past, a…
Srinagar, Nov 17 (UNI) Former Vice Chancellor (VC) of Kashmir University (KU) Prof Abdul Wahid Qureshi passed away due to a cardiac arrest on Sunday, family sources said. Prof Qureshi, who was admitted to Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Sour after complaining of chest pain at his Saderbal Srinagar residence this morning, suffered cardiac…
Srinagar, Nov 16 (UNI) The higher reaches of the Kashmir Valley, including the ski resorts of Gulmarg and Gurez, experienced a fresh spell of snowfall, causing temperatures to dip further, officials said on Saturday. The tourist resort of Gulmarg recorded the first sub-zero temperatures of the season. Gulmarg recorded a minimum temperature of -0.5°C, making…
