SRINAGAR: For the second consecutive year, people are celebrating Eid under the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic in Jammu and Kashmir. This will be another addition to the list of miseries that people have been facing here for many years now. The Eid namaz, one of the main components of the festival, will be held […]
SRINAGAR: Once again the buzz is absent in Kashmir Valley ahead of Eid ul-Azha. On Monday, the day of Dar-e-Arfa, two days before the Eid, when there used to be rush everywhere, the day passed like any other day. Lal Chowk and Zaina Kadal, the two busiest places in the capital during the festival, were […]
SRINAGAR: After back-to-back drowning incidents, the administration in Kashmir has restricted swimming at water bodies to prevent deaths. The move comes after more than five persons drowned in water bodies in the past few days. The disaster management department in its latest advisory has said that people should not venture out into the water unless […]
SRINAGAR: After nearly four decades, revival of water transport in Srinagar is on the cards. A Kashmir-based company has installed a 35-seater boat on the waters of the Jhelum to ferry passengers between Lasjan and Veer, a distance of over 14 kilometres. The service, which will be run by the tourism department, is currently working […]
SRINAGAR: For the second consecutive year, commemoration of July 13, Martyrs’ Day, was again prevented from happening by the government. Till two years ago, the day used to be a government holiday, and political parties of all shades of opinion would pay tributes to the 22 martyrs at the graveyard where they are buried at […]
SRINAGAR: There will be no sale of sacrificial animals at any unauthorised place in Kashmir this year, to prevent the spread of Covid-19 virus, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, PK Pole has directed in a recent meeting with various arms of the administration. “Sale and purchase of the animals shall be done strictly as per COVID-19 guidelines,” […]
SRINAGAR: Hirpora village in Shopian district, where about 2,000 people live, has come out unscathed from the second wave of Covid-19. Chief Medical Officer Shopian, Dr Arshid Ahmad Tak, told Kashmir Reader that only 12 persons were reported as Covid positive in Hirpora, all of whom had travelled to outside J&K. At present, there are […]
SRINAGAR: Except the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Awami National Conference (ANC), all major political parties of J&K including those part of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), met the members of the Delimitation Commission on Tuesday in Srinagar. The PDP and ANC said that it was “meaningless” to meet them, while the National […]
‘Siege’, ‘suppression’ continue in J&K, ‘statehood before elections’ SRINAGAR: The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Monday expressed displeasure over no confidence-building measures (CBMs) taken by New Delhi, a step that could have set the beginning for meaningful dialogue, after their meeting with PM Narendra Modi last month. “The CBMs would have initiated the […]
SRINAGAR: J&K political parties outside the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) have expressed mixed response to the alliance’s offer of reaching out to them for consensus on demanding statehood for Jammu and Kashmir before assembly elections are held. Kashmir Reader contacted leaders of the Congress, Altaf Bukhari’s JK Apni Party, and Sajad Lone’s Peoples […]