Srinagar: Five deaths were recorded due to Covid-19 on Wednesday taking the toll of victims to 1402, whereas 624 fresh cases have taken the Covid tally to over 80K mark in Jammu and Kashmir. According to officials, four casualties were reported from Kashmir Valley. The deceased persons include two from Srinagar, one each from Baramulla […]
SRINAGAR: Senior leader of Hurriyat Conference (M) and chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (H) Javaid Ahmad Mir Wednesday welcomed Crimea’s decision to declare independence from Ukraine and said the move will prove morale boaster for Kashmiri people. “Crimea’s decision to declare independence from Ukraine will prove a morale booster for our freedom struggle […]
Beijing: China on Tuesday said its position on Kashmir is “clear cut—the issue is a legacy issue from history,” as it brushed aside India’s concerns about a proposed Economic Corridor through Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK). On Tuesday, China and Pakistan held a meeting to finalise the multi-billion dollar project as President Mamnoon Hussain arrived here on […]
That private coaching has become such a rage in Kashmir – a phenomenon unheard of in advanced societies- is a direct reflection of the state of academics in schools and colleges whose students feel compelled to take supplementary tuitions in order to make the grade in examinations. As a matter of fact, schools and colleges […]
SRINAGAR: The undergraduate students at Government Medical College (GMC) here Wednesday went on strike and staged protest against the proposed extension in the MBBS course from 5.5 to 7.5 years. The students of first to final year MBBS boycotted the classes after noon and staged protest in the campus against the move proposed by the […]
Srinagar: Amid likelihood of rainfall on February 14-15, cold wave intensified across Kashmir Valley and Ladakh division as mercury plummeted several notches below freezing point in most places with Kargil town recording the coldest temperature at minus 21.8 degrees Celsius. Srinagar, the summer capital, witnessed a drop of 2.5 degrees as the minimum temperature fell […]
SRINAGAR: The J&K State Board of School Education on Thursday declared the results of Class 12 examinations with little more than half of the enrolled students qualifying the exams. According to result notification, 51,391 students had appeared in the examination, and 20,019 students will have to reappear in the examination this year while around 4609 […]
M Zulqernain Lahore/Islamabad: One of the alleged Lashker-e-Toiba trainers involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks used to frequently get money transfers into his account, two Pakistani bank executives told an anti-terrorism court on Wednesday. The two bankers of the Muslim Commercial Bank in Pakistan-administered Kashmir(PaK) recorded their statements during the hearing of the Mumbai attacks […]
SRINAGAR: Expressing concern over the deteriorating health of incarcerated Muslim League chairman, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani, Wednesday warned that authorities would be solely responsible if anything untoward happens to Faktoo. “If Dr Qasim is not given proper treatment at this stage he will lose his eyesight for which the state authorities will […]
Reader Correspondent Srinagar: Weather woes are likely to mount as Kashmir braces for heavy snowfall in the next three days. The weather is likely to hit road and air connectivity in the region, according to weather advisory issued here Tuesday by Director of local Meteorological Department Sonam Lotus. “Moderate to heavy snow will occur at […]