Gulmarg is best adventure destination, says Holiday IQ

Popular skiing destination Gulmarg has been voted as the best adventure destination by Holiday IQ – India’s first and largest online traveller community. Director Tourism Kashmir, Mahmood A Shah, received the award on Thursday at a glittering function at Taj Hotel, Delhi at a function in which Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office, Dr […]

Gulmarg is best adventure destination, says Holiday IQ

Popular skiing destination Gulmarg has been voted as the best adventure destination by Holiday IQ – India’s first and largest online traveller community. Director Tourism Kashmir, Mahmood A Shah, received the award on Thursday at a glittering function at Taj Hotel, Delhi at a function in which Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office, Dr […]

Govt additional Hajj quota for JK, direct Hajj flights from Srinagar 

Minister of State for Hajj and Auqaf Syed Farooq Ahmad Andrabi has called upon the Government of India to start direct Hajj flights from Srinagar. He also pitched for additional 1400 seats from the special Hajj quota for J&K. The issue was raised by the Minister during the annual Hajj Conference in New Delhi. The […]

Vohra asks for counselling youth, initiating meaningful interactions

Governor N.N. Vohra Friday reviewed the adherence to educational schedules in educational institutions in Kashmir Valley, He also sought protection of students from involvement in law and order incidents. Chairing a high level meeting involving education Minister and heads of various educational Institutions, Vohra reiterated his concern that the educational interests of the entire student […]

Shutdown on May 21

A complete shutdown would be observed on May 21 to commemorate the death of Mirwaiz Farooq, Abdul Gani Lone and the Hawal martyrs, said a statement issued by Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat Conference today. Spelling out the programme for the ‘Hafta-i-Shahadat’, Mirwaiz said: “A complete shutdown would be observed on May 21 to honour the death of […]

Rajnath asks states to ensure safety of Kashmiri youth

  Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh has advised all the Chief Ministers, Ministers and Chief Secretaries that the students and youth of Kashmir wherever they are in the country should be treated nicely and decently and provided comfortable environment. He stressed that all youth of India from Kashmir to Kanyakumari are our own children and […]

Police fails to act against BSF personnel accused of murdering a youth

Police have failed to take any action against the BSF personnel who are accused of having killed a youth on April 15, days after the violence during parliamentary elections on April 9 here. On April 15 after the violence during the elections for Srinagar parliamentary seat, a youth was killed allegedly by BSF personnel after […]

For Pulwama drivers it’s nowhere to go

Why are the passenger vehicle drivers of Pulwama district scared nowadays? Why do they want to sell off their SUV vehicles used for ferrying people? Why are they feeling that they are caught between devil and deep sea? As we continue to read news reports about this issue, the driver community of this area continues […]

Schools upgraded but no specialist teachers deputed

Despite the passage of more than two years, the J&K’s school education department is yet to appoint subject specific teachers for the upgraded Government Middle schools, leaving the educational institutions teacher deficient. The teachers were supposed to be recruited under centrally sponsored scheme- Rashtriya Madhiyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) for the Middle Schools which were upgraded […]

Hizb commander warns Hurriyat leaders for calling Kashmir struggle ‘political’

Militant outfit Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) has threatened joint resistance leaders of ‘dire consequences’ over their recent statement that Kashmir’s struggle was a political movement. In the video clip that was released by HM commander, Zakir Moosa, that went viral on the social networking sites as well as the Whatsapp, he said that some days back the […]