POONCH — The army on Thursday foiled an infiltration bid and gunned down a militant in an encounter along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. ”At about 1000 hours today, alert soldiers of the army observed suspicious movement of some individuals along the Line of Control in the Poonch […]
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NEW DELHI — A bumper apple production in Kashmir this season has failed to cheer up growers as their produce is being sold at nearly 30 per cent lower rates than last year. Faced with huge losses, apple farmers have now sought government intervention. The Kashmiri apple hogged the headlines in September after an uproar […]
SRINAGAR — Union minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Thursday expressed gratitude to the Union Home Minister Amit Shah for granting ST status to Pahari community in Jammu and Kashmir. Taking to Twitter, the minister said that this could have been possible only in a government headed by PM Narendra Modi. “Thanks HM Sh @AmitShah ji […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) department on Thursday forecast partly cloudy weather during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir. “Partly cloudy weather is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Meanwhile, Srinagar recorded 5.6 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 1.5 degrees and Gulmarg zero degree as the […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday appointed party leaders constituency incharges for the 47 segments of Jammu and Kashmir assembly falling in the valley. The leaders have been asked to have regular connect with public and party workers and ensure the strengthening of the National Conference at the grassroots, a NC spokesman […]
GANDERBAL — A youth, who was injured in a road accident in Kangan area of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, succumbed to his injuries after over a month on Thursday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the youth was injured in a road accident in Check Prang area of Kangan 36 days […]
KULGAM — Have you ever been biking with a friend and wanted to impress him or her? Well, even if you haven’t, Mohammad Farhan, a native of Kulgam in Jammu and Kashmir, will show you how to. So take out your bike, put on a helmet, and get ready to have some fun. The 15-year-old […]
SRINAGAR — The widening of Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, would be completed by 2025, an official said. Project Director and Regional Officer National Highway Authority of India Purshottam Kumar told news agency Kashmir News Observer that there are different packages in the national highway […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Committee for Fixation and Regulation of Fee of Private Schools (FFRC) on Wednesday directed all schools in the valley not to charge annual fees for the period from November 2022 to March 2023 following the change of academic calendar by the government. Managements of all the private schools “are […]