NEW DELHI: A part of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday, leading to massive floods, recalling a 2019 study that warned about the dangers of climate change and said Himalayan glaciers have been melting twice as fast since the start of this century. The glacier collapse at Joshimath led […]
Expect dry weather till Feb 14: Official Srinagar: While predicting the possibility of light snowfall at a few higher reaches of the valley on Monday, the meteorological department (MeT) on Sunday said weather is expected to remain dry across Kashmir valley till the end of this week. The MeT officials said that the weather was […]
New York: The New York State Assembly has passed a resolution calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to declare February 5 as Kashmir American Day, drawing a sharp reaction from India which noted with concern attempts by vested interests to misrepresent Jammu and Kashmir’s rich cultural and social mosaic to divide the people. The resolution, sponsored […]
Jammu: Asserting that Jammu has always remained a target of Pakistan and its agencies, Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Sunday said militants are planning to set up their hideouts here to receive arms and ammunition from across the border and smuggle it to Kashmir. However, Police is alert to the challenge, he added. […]
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday claimed that police have registered an FIR against the father of an alleged militant killed in an encounter in the Parimpora area of the city last year. Athar Mushtaq, along with two other alleged militants Ajaz Maqbool Ganai and Zubair Ahmad Lone, was killed in an encounter with […]
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah on Sunday said the results of the elections to the posts of chairpersons of District Development Councils (DDC) in Jammu and Kashmir were not a surprise. “Shopian DDC election, even Srinagar for that matter, aren’t really a surprise. These people have been buying & selling elected representatives since […]
Srinagar: Saima Shafi is a civil engineer in the Public Works Department of Jammu and Kashmir but she is better known as ‘Kral Koor’, Kashmiri for ‘potter girl’ in the Valley and online. She is doing the task of bringing a centuries-old tradition back to modern Kashmiri kitchens — use of earthen utensils — thanks […]
Srinagar: A sero survey conducted in various hospitals of the Kashmir Valley has found that around 27 per cent of the healthcare workers have antibodies against COVID-19. “A sero prevalence study was conducted by Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar among healthcare providers of the Kashmir Division in January to detect SARS-CoV-2 specific IgG antibodies,” said […]
Srinagar: No Covid related death was reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday but 59 fresh cases were recorded, officials said. It said that of the 59 new positive cases reported, 13 were from Jammu division and 46 from Kashmir division. It said that 60 patients recovered and were discharged from various hospitals in the […]
Jaipur: A contingent American soldiers has reached Rajasthan to take part in a fortnight-long Indo-US joint military exercise along the Pakistan border, starting Monday, a defence official said. The contingent of 270 US soldiers reached Suratgarh in a special aircraft and left for Mahajan Field Firing Range where the joint ‘’war exercise’’ will start on […]