In results of 247 of 280 seats, NC gets 57, PDP 26, BJP 3 in Kashmir and 67 in Jammu Srinagar: In the maiden District Development Council (DDC) polls held across J&K, the Peoples Alliance of Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) bagged an overwhelming majority of seats in Kashmir valley, followed by Independent candidates. The Bharatiya Janata […]
Srinagar: Naseer Ahmad Mir, the son of J&K Congress chief Ghulam Ahmad Mir, lost the DDC election from Verinag seat in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, to none other than Peer Shahbaz Ahmad, who was expelled from the Congress just before the election, apparently to clear the way for Ghulam Mir’s son to contest from Verinag. […]
Srinagar: Thousands of J&K Bank customers have been left in the lurch as the bank’s mobile banking application ‘’mPay’’ has been defunct for the past few days. The application is widely used by the bank’s customers across J&K. The J&K Bank acknowledged the issue on Saturday and said that the problem was persisting only on […]
Dry weather forecast till end of next week, Sgr-Jammu highway now open Srinagar: Marking the arrival of winter proper, the plains of Kashmir valley witnessed the season’s first snowfall on Saturday while the upper reaches continued to receive heavy snowfall. The major roads connecting the valley to regions outside were all closed due to the […]
Srinagar-Leh, Mughal Road remain shut Srinagar: The Meteorological Centre Srinagar (MeT) on Wednesday predicted another spell of snow and rain from Friday evening and said that beginning today weather will remain dry for two days. “There was a good amount of snowfall in upper reaches and rainfall in plains of Kashmir valley during the last […]
Srinagar-Jammu highway shut today Srinagar: The meteorological department on Thursday predicted inclement weather across Kashmir valley with low to moderate snowfall in upper reaches and light rainfall in the plains for two days, starting Friday, while also predicting a substantial wet spell in the next week. The department said that the weather is likely to […]
Srinagar: After drawing sharp criticism over actions against tribals and demolition of temporary structures on forest land, the government on Tuesday geared up the process of implementing the Forest Rights Act by constituting three major committees to formulate and overlook its implementation in Jammu and Kashmir. Last month, the Jammu and Kashmir government had said […]
Max temp in Srinagar 13.5 degree Srinagar: Kashmir valley reeled under harsh cold conditions on Monday as the minimum temperatures settled at sub zero level, with Srinagar city freezing at minus 1.3 degree Celsius during the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. The maximum temperature in Srinagar on Monday reached only 13.5 degree Celsius, weather […]
‘If Article 370 had solved problem, why are 9 lakh troops in Kashmir’ Srinagar: Former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti Sunday said that Jammu and Kashmir will remain a dream for BJP-led central government unless Article 370 is not restored. She questioned deployment of nine lakh troops in Kashmir when […]
Srinagar: The harsh cold was rendered immaterial as the annual Urs of Hazrat Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani (RA) drew thousands of devotees to the revered shrine at Khanyar in downtown Srinagar on Friday, with holy relics displayed to the devotees after each of the five prayers of the day. Despite the threat of Covid-19, thousands […]