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Here is why people are fed up of obtaining building permissions

SRINAGAR: Every now and then, the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) and Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), the civic bodies mandated to regulate building...

No life in this metro: Showpiece project for Srinagar & Jammu still awaits GoI approval

SRINAGAR: The much-hyped metro project in the twin cities of Jammu and Srinagar is still awaiting approval for funds from the Government of India,...

Lack of distancing in public transport a big risk

SRINAGAR: After a long battle with Covid-19, there is some relief in Jammu and Kashmir as life is getting back to normal, gradually, due...

‘Still intact’: Gupkar alliance meets again after long

Meeting held at Mehbooba’s residence; Tarigami is new spokesperson SRINAGAR: Formed with the resolve of restoring J&K’s pre-August 5 ‘special status’, the Jammu and Kashmir...

All 10 glaciers in J&K melting fast, need ‘continuous monitoring’

SRINAGAR: More alarming evidence has come to fore that Jammu and Kashmir is sitting on an imminent climatic disaster. The bad news has come...

Growing presence of wild boars in Kashmir yet another danger, to man and animal both

SRINAGAR: The presence of omnivorous wild boars, a species not native to Kashmir but introduced in the 19th century as game, has been seen...

With levers of his spirit, a doctor tries to lift his body

Dr Irfan Iqbal is the only person in J&K to have suffered post-Covid complication of acute transverse myeletis SRINAGAR: Dr Irfan Iqbal has been confined...

Covid did not kill any doctor in Kashmir even in deadly second wave

SRINAGAR: No doctor in Kashmir died of Covid-19 during the deadly second wave of the viral pandemic, even at Covid hospitals overwhelmed with patients,...

JK earns accolades in Niti Aayog’s SDG report

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir has been among the best performers in India in terms of peace, justice and strong institutions, says the NITI Aayog's...

Recovery rate rises in J&K from devastating lows of last month

SRINAGAR: The easing of lockdown restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir has been possible due to a steady decline in the number of fresh cases...

Normal life resumes, gingerly, as corona curfew lifts

SRINAGAR: After a corona lockdown of nearly one month, life on the streets returned on Monday in most parts of Kashmir Valley, though with...

From today, no more corona curfew on weekdays

Restaurants, however, open only for home delivery SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Sunday eased the Covid-19 restrictions after a month since they were...

Covid panel reports second wave as ‘steep, abrupt, caused by viral strains from outside J&K’

SRINAGAR: The JK Government has to take a multi-pronged approach, with multiple actions at a time, on war footing to prevent the severity of...

‘Antigenic shifts’ in virus may render vaccines ineffective

SRINAGAR: The Covid-19 vaccination which is said to be the only way to prevent a deadly third wave of the pandemic may not offer...

A journalist in jail marks his days: 1,000 now

Asif Sultan is still imprisoned in Central Jail Srinagar despite many court hearings SRINAGAR: International award-winning incarcerated journalist Asif Sultan on Sunday completed 1,000 days...

Tourism dept starts courses in ‘safe tourism’ for stakeholders

SRINAGAR: Amid the raging second wave of Covid-19 in Kashmir Valley, the Tourism department has begun to make preparations for the tourism season once...

KU Asst Prof died at CD Hospital due to negligence, alleges family

SRINAGAR: Assistant Professor at Kashmir University (KU), Dr Mustahson Farooq, who died on Monday due to Covid-19, could have been saved at Chest Diseases...

‘Kashmiri artisans without work, no help from govt’

Srinagar: Kashmiri artisans who have kept the handicrafts trade alive are facing the most difficult times but the government has not come forward to...

Arrests over pro-Palestinian protest

Artist, 16 others released after ‘counselling’ by police SRINAGAR: After uproar from everywhere, police on Sunday released artist Mudasir Gul and sixteen other youths who...

Artist among 20 arrested in Srinagar for pro-Palestinian protest

SRINAGAR: A day after he drew a sketch of a Palestinian woman on a Srinagar street, Kashmiri artist Mudasir Gul was arrested and lodged...

Day after crowded scenes in Srinagar, police block all civilian movement in city

SRINAGAR: In the name of Corona Curfew, the Kashmir administration on Wednesday imposed extremely strict restrictions, preventing any form of civilian movement on the...

Too proud to accept charity even in poverty, life at stake for those without work in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: When Corona Curfew was imposed by the administration early this month, Ali Muhammad Kaw knew what was in store for his family: the...

Another Eid in shadow of Covid: Festivity eclipsed by anxiety

SRINAGAR: From the Tourist Reception Centre through Regal Chowk and straight up to Amira Kadal Bridge, a stretch on which traffic remains suspended for...

TeH chief Ashraf Sehrai lowered in grave in wee hours

Only family and a few relatives allowed to perform last rites at his native Kupwara village SRINAGAR: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chief Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai was laid to...

Second wave to last all May, decline in June: Doctor in charge of Covid data analysis

SRINAGAR: In Kashmir Valley, the current second wave of COVID-19 pandemic will not last long if people follow SOPs, Dr Rouf Hussain Rather, Community...

Jailed Sehrai passes away in Jammu

Geelani's lifelong comrade and anointed heir was not allowed to see his family in his last days SRINAGAR: Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai,...

Covid’s second wave sees change in people’s attitudes, but not Govt’s

SRINAGAR: Over one year of the fight against Covid-19, people's attitude towards the disease have changed to some extent but the government’s response at...

Rise in Covid cases fuels rush for vaccine jab

SRINAGAR: Almost ten days ago, Kashmiris were double minded about getting their first vaccine shot. For nearly three months since the COVID-19 vaccination was...

Not a single proposal received for GI of Kashmir-specialty products

Srinagar: Geographical Indication (GI) tagging of locally produced products still remains hanging in the air months after the Industries and Commerce Department asked various...

Husband languishing in Tihar jail, wife passes away in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: Battling cancer for two years, wife of senior Hurriyat leader Ayaz Akbar, who is currently lodged in Tihar Jail, passed away on Friday...

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