Srinagar: Every morning these days people in Kashmir wake up to frozen water pipes that block the supply of potable water. What should people do to unfreeze the pipes at their homes, and prevent them from getting blocked again? Chief Engineer Jal Shakti department Iftikhar Ahmad Wani told Kashmir Reader that people should spill lukewarm […]
60,000 health workers to get flu shot in first phase Srinagar: Kashmir on Wednesday received its first cache of Covid-19 vaccine which will be injected to frontline health workers from January 16. State Immunization Officer Dr Qazi Haroon told Kashmir Reader that 79000 shots of vaccine were received for Kashmir, which is sufficient for 60,000 […]
Srinagar: Kashmir’s copper utensils, wood carving, papier-mâché, carpets, and other such traditional crafts and products may be in line for a Geographical Indication (GI) tag as the Government of India (GoI) has asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to furnish a list of items which deserve to be tagged under GI. The Department of Industries […]
SRINAGAR: There is new drama at Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) just one-and-a-half month after Mayor Junaid Mattu was elected. Now the Congress party has filed a defection petition against its 10 councillors for voting in favour of Mattu despite the party whip, which was issued in favour of Sheikh Imran, former Deputy Mayor. The petition […]
Srinagar: For airlines the golden opportunity is here again, with all roads in and out of Kashmir closed for days together by snowfall and inclement weather. On the Srinagar-Jammu-Delhi route, air tickets are being sold at a price of Rs 12,000 per person. Before the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu highway, the prices were between Rs […]
SRINAGAR: This year again life in most parts of Kashmir Valley has been thrown off gear with a few inches of snowfall. All modes of transport lie suspended, power supply cut, and drinking water in short supply. The first news to reach people who woke up to see snow all around was suspension of traffic […]
Srinagar: The current Covid-19 numbers in Jammu and Kashmir show that the manner in which the illness was managed here has led to good results. The number of positive cases is now less than 3,300, about 4 percent of the about 1,20,000 cases detected in J&K, according to government data. At the peak, the number […]
Srinagar: One-and-a-half month after the death of senior journalist Mudasir Ali, the inquiry report has exonerated the doctor which according to the family was negligent in handling the patient at the sub-district hospital in Charar-e-Sharief. “It has come based on the versions shared by the accused doctor and staff, while the patient’s family version has […]
God has finally heard our pleas, says president of Travel Agents Association, Kashmir Srinagar: It was not the lush green pastures of summer but the bright white snow of winter that did the trick. Since August 4 last year, when all tourists and pilgrims were told to leave Kashmir ahead of the abrogation of J&K’s […]
Aisha Shah will be the first Kashmiri Muslim to work in the White House Srinagar: The granddaughter of former Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Syed Ahmad Shah (also known as Sham ji) has been inducted in the ‘digital strategy’ team of US president-elect Joe Biden. The announcement was made by Biden and his […]