Traffic on the historic Mughal Road remained suspended today for the second consecutive day due to fresh snowfall at Peer Ki Gali, police officials said. Meanwhile, the National Highway, connecting Kashmir Valley with the rest of the world, is through for one-way traffic and vehicles are plying from Jammu to Srinagar for second consecutive day […]
An RTI query seeking details of the total number of killings in the state of Jammu and Kashmir during the last 27 years of conflict has revealed that 40, 000 people have lost their lives during the unrest in the state. The data which has been released in response to an RTI terms 2001 as […]
Normal life was affected in the Valley Sunday due to a strike called by Joint resistance group to protest the killing of a civilian in firing by security forces after militants attacked an army camp in Kupwara district on Thursday. Most of the shops, other business establishments and fuel stations remain shut. Public transport was […]
Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Law & Justice, Abdul Haq Khan said that ban on polythene bags should be strictly implemented in rural areas with imposition of harsh penalties on the defaulters. The Minister said this while chairing a high level meeting to review the functioning of Rural Development Department here today. While […]
Minister for Revenue, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, Abdul Rehman Veeri today stressed on framing of timeline for disposal of revenue matters. The Minister was addressing the officials at a Revenue Conference here. The conference was attended by Divisional Commissioner Jammu Pawan Kotwal, Commissioner Secretary Revenue, Muhammad Ashraf Mir, Additional Commissioner, Sunita Anand, Deputy Commissioners and […]
Minister for Horticulture, Syed Basharat Ahmed Bukhari, has called for strict compliance with manufacturing guidelines issued by the Horticulture Department and the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST). He said it in a meeting with representatives of pesticide and insecticide manufacturers convened here Saturday. Secretary, Horticulture Department, M H Malik, Director Horticulture and […]
Some traders engaged in LoC trade from different parts of Kashmir Saturday alleged that their trucks are not being allowed to cross the LoC alternately. They said that the trucks of only those traders are being allowed to cross the border alternately who are the part of the traders Union or are wielding some influence. […]
Kashmir has demographically never been so young and spirited as it is today. Around two million of its citizens are in their teens and twenties. Growing up in the years of blood and gore, the youth of Kashmir are acquainted with the state’s difficult past. Unlike the previous generation that was smitten by the lure […]
Kashmir has demographically never been so young and spirited as it is today. Around two million of its citizens are in their teens and twenties. Growing up in the years of blood and gore, the youth of Kashmir are acquainted with the state’s difficult past. Unlike the previous generation that was smitten by the lure […]
Srinagar, the summer Capital of Jammu and Kashmir is always in the news, albeit for wrong reasons. The city remains one of the talking points for one or the other deficiency it faces on the development front. Many plans and dreams about making Srinagar City as a development model made headlines after the City fell […]