SRINAGAR: After light rains lashed Kashmir on Thursday, the weather department has predicted a dry spell ahead for next six days. Rains lashed Srinagar and elsewhere in the morning and continued till noon. However, upper reaches received rains throughout the day. Meanwhile, Deputy Director Meteorological department Mukhtar Ahmad said that weather will remain dry till […]
SRINAGAR: Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) department helpers on Thursday held a protest in Srinagar demanding release of pending honorarium. The protestors from various district of Kashmir Valley assembled here in press enclave and chanted slogans. They said that they are working in the ICDS department from last 15 years on the post of the […]
Srinagar: Rains lashed Kashmir on Wednesday as Meteorological department predicted light snow in upper reaches and rains in plains for next 24 hours. Director MeT Srinagar Sonum Lotus said that there will be rains in plains and snowfall in the higher reaches of the Kashmir valley. He said that Ladakh will experience light snowfall. According […]
SRINAGAR: All J&K 10+2 contractual lecturers association on Wednesday held a protest here in Srinagar demanding regularisation of their services. Scores of lectures from various district of the Kashmir valley assembled here in Press enclave and chanting slogans “we want justice”, “framing of secure job policy for 10+2 lecturers” and “save youth save nation”. They […]
SRINAGAR: The 6th-semester students of Bachelors of Business administration (BBA) of Kashmir University on Tuesday held a protest here demanding re-examination of “Materials Management” paper which was held on 2nd February and which according to the students was out of syllabus. Scores of students from Women’s College Naw Kadal assembled here in Press Enclave holding […]
SRINAGAR: Contingent Paid Workers (CPW) of the education department from all the districts of Kashmir on Monday held a protest here in Srinagar demanding the wages as per the Minimum Wages Act. The protesters from various districts of the Kashmir valley assembled here press enclave and shouted the slogans against the government for not fulfilling […]
BUDGAM: Several villages of Beerwah Tehsil of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Saturday expressed their strong resentment against Power Development Department (PDD) over unscheduled power cuts and said it is affecting their work. Villages of Beerwahincluding Chewdara, Ohangam, Mirpora, Gundipora, Sonpah, Hayat Pora, Otilgam,Wani Huma, Atina and Chak have been worst affected due to the […]
SRINAGAR: The Metrological department on Thursday predicted fresh spell of rains and snowfall from February 11 even as Kashmir reeled under intense cold. An official from the Metrological Centre said that there is a chance of light to moderate snowfall or rains from February 11 to February 12. Cold wave persisted in Srinagar as night […]
Third militant captured alive: Police
Srinagar: Two militants and a CRPF soldier were killed on Wednesday in a brief shoot-out on the outskirts of Srinagar. The third ‘militant’ who tried to escape from the spot, however, was captured alive and is admitted in a hospital. The firefight erupted after CRPF soldiers deployed at Lawaypora on Srinagar-Baramulla highway signalled a two-wheeler […]
SRINAGAR: A thousand people have died every year in road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir in the last decade. According to J&K Traffic Police data, more than sixty thousand traffic accidents occurred since 2010 in which 10,068 people were killed. More than 83 thousand people were injured in accidents across the erstwhile state of Jammu […]