SRINAGAR: Amid dip in mercury after rains lashed in the Valley on Sunday, weather department has predicted more rains from Wednesday. The Valley received first bout of November rainfall on Saturday night which intermittently spread through Sunday. It resulted in dip in temperature prompting people to wear warm clothes. Meanwhile, weather in the Kashmir is […]
Officers brief Lt Guv Murmu
Jammu: With the Jammu and Kashmir administration all set to start functioning from here under the bi-annual shifting of the capital known as ‘Darbar Move’, Lieutenant Governor G C Murmu was briefed on Sunday about arrangements for smooth functioning of the move offices and the overall law-and-order situation. The Civil Secretariat and other government offices […]
Jammu: Inspector General of Police, Jammu, Mukesh Singh on Sunday reviewed the security situation on the eve of the first ‘Darbar Move’ under which offices including the Civil Secretariat– the seat of Jammu and Kashmir government– will be reopened here. Singh chaired a meeting of Jammu based officers of police, security and traffic, and reviewed […]
Bangkok: India has eliminated a big reason behind sowing of seeds of terrorism and separatism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Saturday, in a clear reference to abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir and reorganisation of the state. The prime minister’s remarks on Kashmir at an Indian diaspora meet in this bustling […]
Srinagar: The school education department has failed to outsource Mid Day Meals (MDM) scheme at schools in Kashmir to non-governmental organisations (NGOs). In 2017, the J&K government moved a proposal to outsource the scheme and relieve teachers from additional workload of serving meals to students. The scheme launched in the erstwhile state in 2004 was […]
Shopian: Alarm bells of heavy losses in horticulture sector are ringing loud this year again due to low rates for Kashmir apple in outside markets. Experts say that this year’s rates for apple are lowest in the decade, adding that last year the crop faced similar problems as large chunk of fruit rotted enroute to […]
Srinagar: The government is working on a proposal to increase green cover by planting trees along roadsides and central verges of major roads in Srinagar. Srinagar Development Authority (SDA) vice chairman Sajjad Hussain told Kashmir Reader that the process would be undertaken from Lal Chowk where trees would be planted. Subsequently, all major roads will […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has begun to search for warm accommodations where pro-India politicians detained at Centaur hotel will be detained during the winter season. The winter chill has already started taking a toll on the health of the 34 detenues — National Conference, PDP and People’s Conference leaders and prominent social activists […]
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday claimed its leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had received a message from WhatsApp informing her that her phone was suspected to have been hacked and accused the government of being involved in a “surveillance racket”, but the ruling BJP hit back saying the opposition party was imagining things that don’t […]
Owners urge for promotion
SRINAGAR: The continuous shutdown has hit houseboat sector, with owners saying they are suffering losses after the government issued advisory followed by lockdown in wake of abrogation of Article 370. Houseboat is one of the important part of the tourism sector in Kashmir valley. Both foreign and non-local tourists prefer them over hotels because of […]