Srinagar: This year because of the outbreak of Covid-19, the sale of watermelon has decreased by 50 percent in the valley. During the month of Ramadan, especially, watermelon is in much demand, but people associated with this trade say that they are selling only half of what they used to in previous years. President of […]
Srinagar: PUBG is facing competition from traditional games like ludo, carrom and monopoly which have taken on a cool new online avatar. With people staying at home and unable to meet due to “social distancing”, online games have become a popular way to spend time together from a distance. The young generation was mostly into […]
Srinagar: On World Labour Day, casual labourers employed by the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department demanded payment of their daily wages which are pending for a four-year period from 2015 to 2018. As per official records, more than 10,000 registered casual labourers work for the PHE department. They are not entitled to any leaves or […]
Srinagar: The annual plantation drive carried out by the Social Forestry department in schools and colleges will not take place this year due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The department, however, will carry on the work of sowing trees and plants in gardens, parks, along roads, etc. Regional Director of the Social Forestry department, Mehraj, told […]
Srinagar: The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has started a fresh sanitation drive in all wards of Srinagar city as part of efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus. In a tweet on Tuesday, SMC Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu wrote that “City-wide General Sanitization being conducted in all 74 wards of the city is an ADDITIONAL, […]
Srinagar: Due to the Covid-19 lockdown there is no sale of Miswak in Srinagar city. The use of the Miswak twig is frequently advocated in the Hadith. Muslim communities across the world prefer Miswak over toothpaste in the month of Ramadan. Miswak is sold ahead of Ramadan in most Kashmir markets. Liyaqat Ahmad, a wholesale […]
Srinagar: Sanitation workers of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) have threatened to go on an indefinite strike because they have not been paid their salary for the past five months. The workers said that even as they are putting themselves to risk and working extra hours to prevent spread of Covid-19 in Srinagar, they are […]
Srinagar: These days, Mohammad Sultan, 45, a resident of Noor Bagh, is going around knocking on the doors of all his acquaintances to ask for some financial help. He is finding it difficult to meet the expenses of his family, consisting of three children, wife, and aged parents. Sultan used to work as a labourer. […]
Srinagar: Continuous rains in Valley has raised the water level in Dal Lake above the normal level, which is posing a threat to dwellers. The vice chairman of Lake and Water Way Authority Saturday visited directed to open all the exit gates to maintain the desired level. All the exit gates at Gow Kadal, Brari […]
Srinagar: People in many parts of Srinagar city have started blocking roads to prevent the entry of outsiders, but this has led to a major problem for people facing medical emergency. In many areas which had been already declared red zones by the district administration, local residents have blockaded the roads so that no vehicle […]