Srinagar,: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday rescheduled the parliamentary elections for Anantnag-Rajouri seat and has announced that the constituency will go for polls on May 25, 2024 instead of May 07, 2024.According to the statement issued by the ECI, Sanjeev Kumar Prasad, Secretary ECI, has stated that the Election Commission of India []

Jammu: Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad has again sought deferment of polls in AnantnagRajouri Lok Sabha constituency till Mughal road becomes functional. Speaking to reporters in Rajorui, Azad,said that it takes three days from one side of the constituency to reach other side.Once the road is thrown open, we can move []

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Authority on Tuesday issued a medium- danger level avalanche warning for three districts in Kashmir division. Avalanche with medium danger level is likely to occur above 2500 metres over Bandipora, Kupwara and Ganderbal districts in next 24 hours, reads an advisory .People living in the specified areas are advised []

DHARASHIV (MAHARASHTRA): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said rivals who are unable to take on the BJP-led government are misusing technology to circulate fake videos on social media. Now their condition is such that as their lies arent working, they are using my face and with the help of artificial intelligence, selling fake videos []

Ganderbal: Authorities in central Kashmirs Ganderbal district Tuesday have resumed the rescue operation to trace out the missing tourist, who went missing after a car plunged into river Sindh near Hung Sonamarg on Sunday. An official said that police, SDRF unit and local volunteers intensified the rescue operation on the third day to trace the []

Srinagar: Body of a mentally-challenged person, who had gone missing since yesterday, has been found and recovered from a nallah at Shumriyal area of Lolab, an official said on Tuesday morning.Identifying the deceased as one Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Ganie (85), son of Mohammad Ahsan Ganie, a resident of Kanthpora Lolab, the official said that the person []

*Kashmir heaves sigh of relief as rains relent; temp drops, minus 1.5 Srinagar: In a sigh of relief for people, especially those living in low-lying areas, rains stopped on Tuesday after drenching Jammu and Kashmir for the last few days. During the next 24 hours, the weather department here has forecast cloudy weather with possibility []

Srinagar: Kashmir Valley remained on the edge on Monday as the water level in the Jhelum kept on rising due to incessant rains. The water level was at touching distance of alarm mark in south Kashmirs Sangam gauge at 10 p.m. The water level recorded was at 17.77ft and as soon it crosses 21-ft mark, []

Srinagar: Heavy rains continued in Kashmir Valley on Monday, throwing normal life out of gear and inundating roads and low-lying areas while some higher reaches received a fresh spell of snowfall, officials said. A meteorological department official here told GNS in last 36 hours till 5:30 pm this evening, Srinagar received 46.2mm, Qazigund 78.4mm, Pahalgam []

Srinagar: In view of the incessant heavy rainfall, Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar Bidhuri today convened a high level meeting to assess the overall situation and rescue operations. The meeting was attended by DIG Police, Kashmir; Deputy Commissioners; Chief Engineer Irrigation & Flood Control; Chief Engineer PWD; Chief Engineer PDD; CE, J&K ERA; []

Srinagar, April 30: In view of the prevailing weather conditions, Kashmir University on Monday announced postponing of all examinations scheduled tomorrow. It is notified for the information of all concerned candidates that all the examinations of University of Kashmir, which are scheduled to be held on 30 April, 2024 stands postponed, varsity said in a []

Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar highway was closed Monday following multiple landslides triggered by rains that lashed wide parts of Jammu and Kashmir overnight, officials said. The highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, was blocked by landslides at Mehar, Gangroo, Mom Passi and Kishtwari Pather in Ramban district. The rains are []

Srinagar: A 13-year-old boy died as a fresh landslide hits the Karool area of Ramban on Monday afternoon. An official said that a 13-year old boy died after a landslide hit the Karool area of Ramban. He said the body of the boy hasnt been found yet. He has been identified as Yaqoob Mir son []

NEW DELHI: A reconsideration petition has been filed in the Supreme Court of India concerning the revocation of Article 370, which previously granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The Supreme Court, which had earlier upheld the validity of the central governments decision to annul this constitutional provision, is set to hear the case again []

SRINAGAR: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti asked the voters of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday to register their unhappiness over the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution through their votes in the ongoing Lok Sabha election. Addressing a roadside meeting in the Larkipora area of Anantnag district, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said, []

Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday claimed that the fear of loss was making some parties seek postponement of elections in Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat. There was a massive flood in Kashmir in 2014, the destruction was widespread. We asked to postpone the elections at that time. Did they defer it? What is []

Srinagar: The administration on Monday announced closure of schools across Kashmir Valley as precautionary measure amid downpour. As precautionary measure, we have decided to close schools tomorrow, Divisional Commisioner Vijay Kumar Bidhuri told reporters here.

Srinagar: The nomination papers of Awami-e-Itihad Party (AIP) founder Abdul Rashid Sheikh, known in social circles as Er. Rashid, have been tendered by the party before Returning Officer Baramulla, said the party spokesperson here on Monday. Spokesperson Firdous Baba said that upon completion of all necessary legal and administrative formalities, the nomination was filed before []

Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir United Movement (JKUM) led by former legislator Ishfaq Jabbar on Monday extended support to Apni Party candidate Muhammad Ashraf Mir for the Lok Sabha polls in Srinagar constituency, slated to be held on May 13.Addressing a news conference, Apni party vice-president and Ishfaq Jabbar said they will contest the Lok Sabha polls []

Srinagar: Incessant rainfall across Kashmir valley has resulted in flash floods, inundation of roads, leading to the temporarily closure of Kupwara-Sopore national highway in North Kashmir, official said on Monday. An official from civil administration told that the heavy downpour has caused rapid increase in the water level, inundation of national highway at multiple locations []

Ganderbal: Another body was retrieved on Monday morning from Nallah Sindh in Kullan area of central Kashmirs Ganderbal district after an accident occurred in Gagangeer, Sonamarg, taking the total death toll to five.On Sunday evening, at least four persons were killed after a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident near Gagangeer, Sonamarg. []

JAMMU: In a significant directive, a final call has been made to the teaching and non-teaching staff of the School Education Department (SED) to submit their applications for One-Time Exemptions (OTEs) for higher qualifications acquired via distance or online learning.The deadline for these submissions has been set for May 15, 2024, as detailed in a []

Srinagar: Four people died while two others were missing after a passenger vehicle rolled down into Nallah Sindh in the Ganderbal district of central Kashmir on Sunday, an official said here. A passenger vehicle with nine persons on board skidded off the road and fell into the fast-moving stream at Gagangir in Sonamarg area of []

Srinagar: Rains drenched plains while snowfall was recorded at several higher reaches in Jammu and Kashmir even as the weather department on Sunday predicted more in the next few days. Generally cloudy weather is expected with light to moderate rain/snow (light snow over higher reaches) at most places with possibility of heavy rain/thunder/lightning/hail/gusty winds over []

Srinagar: Amid inclement weather, Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Authority (JKDMA) on Sunday issued an avalanche warning in the higher reaches of four districts of Kashmir valley during the next 24 hours, officials said. An avalanche with medium danger level is likely to occur above 3,000 metres above the sea level in north Kashmir districts []

Ahmedabad: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said talks between India and China are going smoothly and in a good environment, and India will never bow down. Singh, who is in Ahmedabad to campaign for BJP candidates contesting the Lok Sabha elections, said India has become a powerful country from a military standpoint and wants []

Srinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) J&K President Ravinder Raina on Sunday said that his party will extend support to like-minded parties in the Kashmir Valley as he cautioned people to stay away from the Congress. Raina claimed that BJP will win big on both Jammu and Udhampur Lok Sabha seats. BJP has a good connection []

Jammu: A Village Defence Guard (VDG) member was killed in a gunfight with militants in a remote village in Udhampur district early Sunday, officials said. A massive search operation is underway to flush out the militants, who are believed to have recently infiltrated from Pakistan, they said. The exchange of fire was reported from Panara []

Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday appealed to the Election Commission of India not to defer the Anantnag-Rajouri Parliament Lok Sabha elections on weather grounds as the people have their faith in the electoral process after a long time. Some political parties have written to ECI to defer the elections for []

Srinagar: Border Roads Organisation (BRO) on Sunday rescued dozens of passengers whose vehicles got stuck in snowfall on Bandipora-Gurez Road in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said here. The BRO personnel swung into action as soon as they got the information about 35 vehicles that had been stuck on storm-hit Razdan Pass, the officials said. They []

NEW DELHI: Women constituted only eight per cent of the total 2,823 candidates in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha elections, with political activists saying it reflects a deeper issue of gender bias and that talk of womens empowerment rings hollow. There were 135 women candidates in the first phase of the elections []

New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is likely to announce the information regarding the city of examination for CUET-UG by May 5 or earlier. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, Chairma of University Grants Commission (UGC) took to his official X handle and tweeted, The National Testing Agency is likely to announce the City of Examination information []

MeT Predicts More Till Month End Srinagar: Rains drenched plains while snowfall was recorded at several higher reaches in Jammu and Kashmir even as the weather department on Saturday predicted more in the next few days. A meteorological department official here told GNS that in last 24 hours till 8:30 am this morning, Srinagar received []

Jammu: The Mughal Road was closed for vehicular traffic on Saturday following fresh snowfall in the higher reaches, including Peer Ki Gali, along the alternative route connecting Jammus Poonch and Rajouri districts to south Kashmirs Shopian district, officials said. More than six inches of fresh snow has been recorded at the 11,433-feet high Peer Ki []

Ramban: District Administration Ramban, led by Deputy Commissioner, Baseer-Ul-Haq Chaudhary, who is also Chairman of the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), has relocated all affected families to safer accommodations from the land sinking area in Pernote. Despite the challenges posed by inclement weather, affected families have been relocated to Community Hall Maitra,, with relief and []

Reviews flood management, mitigation plan Jammu: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting of Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) Department to review the flood management and mitigation measures being evolved for Kashmir valley. ACS Jal Shakti, ACS Forest, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Secretary PWD, Secretary Health, Secretary Grievances, Secretary DMRR&R, IG Traffic, Deputy Commissioners, SPs, []

Srinagar: The government on Saturday directed the Administrative Secretaries to ensure availability of staff for smooth functioning of Civil Secretariat Srinagar and Jammu with effect from May 1. The Civil Secretariat shall continue to remain functional at both places and the Administrative Secretaries shall ensure arrangements for smooth functioning of offices at both places viz; []

Porbandar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said if Narendra Modi continues to be the prime minister for the third consecutive term, he would end terrorism and Naxalism from the country and also make India the worlds third largest economy. He was addressing an election rally at Porbandar in Gujarat in support of the []

Says All Have To Move Together To Seek Redressal Of Problems Poonch/Jammu: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said the people, irrespective of their religion and region, have to move together and raise a united voice to seek redressal of their issues. The former chief minister is currently on a week-long tour of Poonch and []

Jammu: A 47-year-old man allegedly committed suicide here, officials said on Saturday, as a purported video of the deceased and a suicide note accused police of harassment. The concerned station house officer (SHO) was attached and an inquiry was ordered into the incident. Rajesh Kumar was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his Janipur []

Srinagar: The School Education Department J&K on Saturday clarified that no objectionable content has been prescribed in any textbook by JKBOSE, developed by NCERT. Taking on to the social media platform X, the Department posted, There is some objectionable content page from a book being circulated on social media. As verified, from the textbooks prescribed []

David Ricardo, one of the founders of modern economics in the early 1800s, understood that machines are not necessarily good or bad. His insight that whether they destroy or create jobs all depends on how we deploy them, and on who makes those choices, could not be more relevant today. Artificial intelligence and the threat []

The outcome of the Palestine vote and the American veto at the United Nations Security Council on April 18 was predictable. Though European countries are becoming increasingly supportive of a Palestinian state, the United States is not yet ready for this commitment. These are some of the reasons that the US deputy envoy to the []

SRINAGAR: The Cyber Police Kashmir Zone, Srinagar, has achieved a significant milestone by successfully recovering and returning 30 missing smartphones, collectively worth lakhs of rupees, to their rightful owners. This commendable effort reflects the commitment of the Cyber Police in serving the community and addressing public grievances. The dedicated technical team of the Cyber Police []

238 pilgrims vaccinated to safeguard them ahead of annual Hajj journey PAMPORE: A comprehensive vaccination program targeting Hajj pilgrims from the Pampore, Awantipora, and Kakapora areas was conducted at the Sub District Hospital Pampore in south Kashmirs Pulwama district on Saturday. The initiative aimed to safeguard pilgrims against potential contagious diseases during the annual pilgrimage []

Self Help Groups provide sustainable livelihoods, skill dev opportunities to women, make them self-reliant GANDERBAL: The UMEED NRLM (National Rural Livelihood Mission) scheme has emerged as a crucial avenue for empowering women in the remote areas of central Kashmirs Ganderbal District, providing self-employment opportunities to thousands of women through the formation of Self Help Groups []

SRINAGAR: Amid prevailing inclement weather conditions in the region, the Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal on Saturday reviewed the agriculture scenario in Kashmir division. Addressing the officers of department through virtual mode, the Director reiterated Departments commitment to work for the welfare and wellbeing of the farming community. He directed the concerned officers to []

SRINAGAR: Continuing its unwavering efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from society, police have arrested two drug peddlers in south Kashmirs Kulgam district and recovered contraband substances from their possession. A police party of Police Station Qazigund while patrolling at Gulabbugh near Khatana Petrol Pump intercepted a suspicious person carrying a nylon bag. During []

Review election preparedness in all 18 assembly segments of constituency SRINAGAR: The General Observer for 02-Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency (PC), Mukul Kumar along with Police Observer, Sandeep Singh Chauhan and Expenditure Observer, Sambit Mishra Saturday held a joint meeting at SKICC here to take first hand appraisal of the preparedness for Lok Sabha Elections-2024 in the []

BARAMULLA: In a concerted effort to ensure transparency and fairness in the electoral process, Election Expenditure Observer (EO) for 1-Baramulla Parliamentary Constituency, Sita Ram Meena on Saturday chaired a review meeting at Dak Bunglow here with the concerned teams responsible for regulating expenditure of the candidates and political parties contesting the Lok Sabha Elections. The []