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Acute water scarcity hits Khanagund Tral residents
BASHARAT RASHID Tral: The residents of Khanagund village in Aripal tehsil of Tral sub district have been facing hardships in absence of drinking water supply in their area. A group of residents told Arising State that they have been facing water crisis for more than two weeks, due to…
Read More »MeT forecasts light to moderate thundershower with rain in parts of J&K
Srinagar, June 11 : Weatherman has forecast light to moderate thundershowers with rain and lightning over Poonch, Rajouri, Shopian, Gulmarg, Uri, Tangdar and South Kashmir districts during next 2-3 hours . A Meteorological official told GNS on Friday that same weather was most likely to continue for next few days.…
Read More »Called for questioning in case of loot, former Army commando ‘confesses’ killing gangster: J&K cops
Jammu, Jun 11: In a major breakthrough into the broad daylight killing of a gangster Sushil Srivastava and his two aides in a 2015 shootout within the premises of Hazaribagh court premises, Jammu and Kashmir Police have apprehended an ex-Army para commando suspected to have carried out the killings for…
Read More »Hope Govt Prepares Itself In Advance To Face Third Wave, If Any: HC
Asks It To Carry Out Vaccination Drive ‘Institution Wise’ To Cover All Srinagar, June 10 : Jammu and Kashmir High Court has expressed hope that the government would advance itself to face the covid-19 third wave, if any. For this purpose, a division bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal…
Read More »7th Pay Commission: Increased salary to be credited from July 1
In what could benefit over 50 lakh employees, the stalled dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) will be resumed from 1 July 2021 . New Delhi : Lakhs of central government employees who have been eagerly waiting for hike in the Dearness Allowance (DA) will get revised salary…
Read More »Massive fire breaks out at Sweepers colony in Noorbagh Baramulla
BARAMULLA A massive fire broke out in Sweepers Colony in Noorbagh area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district late on Thursday night. Around 20 houses have been engulfed in flames. However, there was no loss of life in the incident. The fire reportedly caused due to leakage of LPG gas…
Read More »Pak religious leader held for threatening Malala over her views on marriage
A religious leader in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district was arrested for threatening and inciting violence over Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai’s remarks on marriage. In an interview with Vogue, when asked about marriage, Malala had said: “I still don’t understand why people have to get married. If you…
Read More »Despite several communications, Govt officers not submitting annual property returns to ACB
JAMMU, June 11: Despite repeated communications, the officers of the Government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are not submitting annual property returns to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in blatant violation of Public Servants Declaration of Assets and Other Provisions Act and Prevention of Corruption Act. As per the…
Read More »Meet Saima Riyaz from Shopian ,pens two books at 20
Muzamil Yaqoob Shopian 11,June : Several young and budding writers from Kashmir have come to the fore much to the delight of book lovers. Most of them have made a debut through their novels , poetry . Saima Riyaz the 20 year -old-poet from the Kralcheck, Berthipora area of…
Read More »Global Covid-19 caseload tops 174.7 mn; Deaths surge to more than 3.76 mn
Washington, June 11: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 174.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.76 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Friday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global…
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