SRINAGAR — The Waqf Board has identified the land for the much-needed cancer hospital in Kashmir at Eidgah area of Srinagar and has urged the Union Home Minister Amit Shah to lay it’s foundation stone. Talking exclusively with the news agency Kashmir News Observer, Andrabi said that the cancer hospital was set to come up […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday imposed a complete ban on import of bovine animals from neighboring states till October 25 in the wake of the lumpy virus affecting cattle. It also restricted inter-district movement of these animals during this period. “This government order has been issued in the wake of spread […]
SRINAGAR — A 35-year-old man was killed Thursday afternoon when a sand cave that he and other laborers were digging collapsed onto him, authorities said. They said some laborers were tunneling into the side of a sand dune in the Rangpath forest area of Kralgund Handwara when the sand caved in. The laborer identified as […]
SRINAGAR — The much-awaited 500-bed Children Hospital in Bemina area of Srinagar will be made functional from September 26, officials said here on Thursday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that all machinery and other equipment have been shifted to the hospital and it will be made functional from Monday. He said […]
JAMMU — The notification of J&K Waqf Board issued in 1985 in which over 500 Kanals of land were notified as Waqf property in Poonch district was challenged in the high court in 2018 and because of the deliberate delay being caused by the concerned deputy commissioner in replying the court notices, the case is […]
SRINAGAR — The Indira Gandhi National Open University Regional Center in Jammu is playing an important role in imparting education to remote villages from Jammu. Those who do not have the finances to pursue formal education or who do not get regular admission in degree colleges are taking admission in IGNOU to make their dream […]
SRINAGAR — Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir, Arun Kumar Mehta on Thursday said that by the end of September all land owners will get digital land passbooks in the Union Territory. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function here, Kumar said that the land passbooks will be issued in three different languages […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir will have mainly clear weather during the next 24 hours, the Meteorological (MeT) office said on Thursday. The weather was partly cloudy in the last 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain clear during the next 24 hours in J&K,” an officer of the MeT department said. Srinagar had 13.3, […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday late evening claimed to have arrested two active hybrid militants along with arms and ammunition in Sopore area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. An official told that a joint team of police, Army’s 22 RR and CRPF’s 179 BN during a cordon and search operation arrested […]
ANANTNAG — Chairperson of Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board Dr Darakhshan Andrabi today presided over the Annual Day function of Islamia Hanfia Institute in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district where she witnessed the talent of students and interacted with the children, teaching staff and the parents of the students. After the colourful parade and cultural programme […]