Srinagar: The tourist resort of Pahalgam and the higher reaches in south Kashmir received fresh snowfall while many parts of the Valley were lashed by rains during the night even as the minimum temperatures rose further giving the residents more relief from cold conditions. Pahalgam resort received 4.8 cm of fresh snow and the mercury […]
Jammu: One person was killed and another rescued when an avalanche hit a mountainous belt of Doda district Saturday, police said. The avalanche occurred in Bhalesa belt of Doda district, a police officer said. One person was killed and another rescued in the avalanche, he said, adding that the body of deceased has been recovered. […]
NEW DELHI: There is more to Kashmir than popular destinations like Gulmarg and Pahalgam, said a Srinagar-based tour operator Saturday, blaming the lackadaisical approach of the state’s tourism department for not developing lesser-known tourists spots like Kokernag and Verinag. “The state tourism department is not promoting new tourist destinations. Whatever money they get from the […]
Panaji: Goa police will file charge sheet on Monday against Tehelka founder-editor Tarun Tejpal who was accused of sexually assaulting his woman colleague last year. The charge sheet would be filed before Principal Additional Sessions court judge Anuja Prabhudesai, sources said on Saturday. Tejpal (50) has been accused of raping the woman in a lift […]
JEDDAH: Islamic finance industry will continue to grow driven by both demand and supply factors, and further facilitated by government agencies and financial regulators, KFH-Research, a subsidiary of Kuwait Finance House Group KFH-Group, said in a report. The report, which focuses on 2014 Islamic finance expectations, forecasts that Islamic finance industry will continue to draw […]
BY AG NOORANI THE media is a powerful institution with a fragile base. It depends on public opinion for support against the state and any others who seek to stifle it. But it finds itself weak in the face of mob fury whipped up by vigilante groups. Every institution has come under attack lately in […]
BY ARUNDHATI ROY Everybody is shocked at what you have gone and done – at your out-of-court settlement with an unknown Hindu fanatic outfit – in which you seem to have agreed to take Wendy Donniger’s The Hindus: An Alternative History off the bookshelves of ‘Bharat’ and pulp it. There will soon no doubt be protestors gathered […]
SRINAGAR: Block Employment Resource Centre for Youth (BERCY), a Gram Panchayat based community driven learning pilot funded under UMEED programme of Govt. of J&K and implemented by J&K EDI, Fridayinaugurated ‘Nawnihaal Chathaal’, the first community based pre-school for disadvantaged families at Ratnipora, Pulwama. According to BERCY, the aim of the community school was to provide […]
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Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference(M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday demanded strict action against former health minister of Jammu and Kashmir Shabir Ahmad Khan, who is facing charges of sexual assault, and the constitution of an “impartial” inquiry commission to look into infamous sex scandal that rocked the state in 2006. “The rulers in Jammu and Kashmir […]