Sep: Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s Jammu and Kashmir visit on October 1 and 2 has been postponed and that he will now arrive on October 4, Official sources told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). A BJP leader privy to the development said that due to some engagements, Union Home Minister’s J&K visit has been […]
Srinagar: Traffic authorities on Tuesday said that the Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with the outside world, has been blocked due to ‘continuous shooting stones’ in Ramban district. “Jammu-Srinagar NHW blocked due to continuous shooting stones at Cafeteria Morh Ramban,” the authorities said in statement, . However, it said, Mughal road, […]
Srinagar: Minimum temperature recorded a drop at most places even as the weather department on Monday forecast mainly dry weather with possibility of isolated rain in Jammu and Kashmir in next 24 hours. A meteorological department official here said that there was no large change expected in the weather in the subsequent two days. In […]
Srinagar: Traffic on Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surafec link connecting Kashmir Valley with the outside world, was disrupted due to shooting stones in Ramban district. A traffic department official here said that traffic movement has been disrupted at Cafeteria, Mehar in Ramban due to shooting stones. Meanwhile Deputy Commissioner Ramban ordered that foot movement of […]
Srinagar: Weather department here on Saturday forecast scattered light to moderate rain and thunder in Jammu and Kashmir in next 24 hours. A meteorological department official here said scattered light to moderate rain was also expected on Sunday and mainly dry weather thereafter in J&K. Regarding the minimum temperature, he said, Srinagar recorded a low […]
Srinagar: A 35-year-old man was killed when a sand mound caved in at Ashpora area of Handwara in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday afternoon, official sources said. They said that one Nissad Ahmad Sofi son of Abdul Aziz Sofi, a resident of Rangpat Ashpora in Langate was buried under an extracted sand mound while […]
Ramban/Jammu: National Conference president and Lok Sabha MP Farooq Abdullah has expressed hope the Supreme Court will soon hear the petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370, and also vowed to continue politically the fight to restore the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. He said the next assembly polls will provide the first opportunity […]
Srinagar: Parts of Jammu division received rainfall while dry weather prevailed in Kashmir Valley, officials said on Wednesday. A meteorological department official here said that mainly dry weather with possibility of isolated rain was expected during the next 24 hours. He said while there was no rainfall in Kashmir barring traces of it in Gulmarg, […]
New Delhi: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has slashed India’s economic growth projection for 2022-23 to 7 per cent from 7.2 per cent earlier, citing higher than expected inflation and monetary tightening. India’s economy grew 13.5 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2022-23, reflecting strong growth in services, ADB said in a supplement […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board on Monday ordered ban on Dastaar Bandi (Turban-tying) ceremonies of people particularly political leaders at all shrines and religious places governed by the board across the Union Territory. In an order, J&K Waqf Board chairperson stated that Dastaar Bandi of people for religious achievement will be allowed with […]