Bukhari cries ‘disempowerment’ Srinagar: Even if the elections are held, powers of Chief Minister in Jammu and Kashmir union territory will be restricted as new rules have downgraded the position of the elected head. Unlike the erstwhile state chief minister, the fresh rules leave the CM with no powers to decide about police, civil services […]
Project was almost shelved as impossible at one time due to tough terrain, weather Srinagar: People living along the Line of Control in Machil area saw something novel on Thursday, electricity lighting up their homes round the clock, for the first time ever. However, their usual state of having less than five hours of power […]
Srinagar: Just recall who was playing Dr Roshan in one of the most watched soap operas on television, ‘Kasauti Zindagi Kay 2’. It was Ummer Khan, a Kashmiri rural boy, who quit an engineering career to pursue his passion of acting. In just a span of four years, since he finished his engineering course, he […]
Srinagar: Anyone who has to bring dairy animals into Jammu and Kashmir will now have to complete a series of paperwork. This is against the current scheme of transportation in which the movement is absolutely free. According to the new guidelines, buyers will first have to get registered, have the animals profiled, and then keep […]
Srinagar: Ever since the government restored 4G internet in Ganderbal district in Kashmir, people are travelling to the district to get their work done on high-speed internet, or simply to have a taste of fast internet speed. Just a day after the restoration of 4G, Haziq, a 32-year-old Srinagar resident, went to Ganderbal to get […]
Srinagar: Three days it has been since market reopened in Kashmir, but business in Srinagar is as slack as ever. Muhammad Yaseen Khan, president of Kashmir Traders Manufactures Federation (KTMF), told Kashmir Reader that for businessmen across the Valley, which include traders and shopkeepers, the day’s earnings are almost nil, with hardly a customer visiting […]
Srinagar: There is no joy yet among the large number of transporters in Kashmir who have been allowed to resume their work from Monday after remaining shut for almost nine months. It will take them a long time to recover from the loss of business they have suffered. For most of the nearly one-and-a-half lakh […]
Srinagar: For the five months of the administration’s fight against Covid-19, more than four months have been under tight lockdown, yet the number of cases and deaths is only skyrocketing in Srinagar. It essentially means that the lockdown is not working, said a senior pulmonary doctor, wishing not be named because of the government’s gag […]
Srinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said that a section of workers who resigned from the party after string of attacks on its workers are ‘opportunists’ and ‘not hardcore activists.’ J&K spokesman Altaf Thakur told Kashmir Reader that these people are always moving from one party to another looking for their own interests and […]
Faesal may re-join administrationb if he can’t go study abroad, says new interim party president Srinagar: Feroz Peerzada, the new interim president of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM), told Kashmir Reader that Shah Faesal is planning to study abroad, or join the administration if he fails to secure a fellowship to study abroad. […]