SRINAGAR — Authorities in Kashmir on Saturday issued an avalanche warning for two districts in the valley and asked people to remain highly vigilant, officials said. An avalanche with a medium danger level is expected to occur above 2,400 metres in Bandipora and Ganderbal within the next 24 hours, officials added. “People are strictly advised […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday held a protest here, accusing the Jammu and Kashmir government of turning a blind eye to people’s issues and not fulfilling its promises. Scores of party leaders and workers assembled at the Press Enclave here and protested against the government. Speaking to reporters, party leader Iqbal Tramboo […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A delegation of the Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) led by its patron Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday met the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran Dr Mohammad Fathali and other officials in New Delhi and conveyed heartfelt condolences over the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The delegation included Mufti […]
KATHMANDU — Police have arrested former Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak on charges of negligent killings during last September’s Gen Z protests. The arrests come a day after a new government led by Balendra Shah of the Rastriya Swatantra Party was sworn in, six months after the protests […]
SRINAGAR — A child and two women were among seven people killed, while five others were injured, after multiple avalanches hit vehicles on the Srinagar-Leh national highway in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said. The avalanches hit the stretch between Zero Point and Minimarg on the Zojila Pass along the national highway connecting the […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday said the Union Territory possesses an estimated hydropower potential of about 18,000 MW, of which nearly 15,000 MW has been identified, and that it is on a fast track to triple its installed capacity to around 11,000 MW by 2035. Replying to a question of MLA […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday said that 1,876 fire incidents have been reported across the Union Territory over the past three years, and that financial assistance of nearly Rs 18 crore has been disbursed to affected victims. In response to a question from National Conference MLA Ali Mohammad Sagar during the […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday condemned the “unjust and illegal war imposed on Iran” and requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to use his influence to end the war in the interest of humanity. Abdullah made the statement in the Legislative Assembly as the Leader of the House after several […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir assembly was adjourned for half an hour as a pandemonium broke out soon after the budget session resumed on Friday after a five-week recess. Members from both the treasury and the opposition benches stood up, raising slogans and disrupting the Question Hour despite repeated appeals by Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather. […]
NEW DELHI — Nayara Energy, India’s largest private fuel retailer, on Thursday raised petrol prices by Rs 5 per litre and diesel by Rs 3 a litre, passing on part of the recent surge in global oil prices following the war in the Middle East, sources said. Fuel marketing companies in India have been under […]