SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday issued a notification including 15 more castes that would now benefit through the 4 per cent reservation in jobs etc for socially backward classes. As per the notification, 15 more castes have been included in the list of socially backward castes in Jammu and Kashmir. The now […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) department on Saturday forecast mainly clear sky in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. Weather was mainly cloudy in the union territory during the last 24 hours. “Mainly dry weather with clear sky is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours”, the MeT department officials said. Meanwhile, […]
RAMBAN — Saying that Jammu and Kashmir would be developed as a World Class Health & Wellness Tourist Destination, the Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Women & Child Development and Ministry of AYUSH, Dr Munjapara Mahendrabhai said the Union Government has launched various social and health sector schemes in this regard. The […]
JAMMU — The Mughal road, connecting the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri in the Jammu region with south Kashmir’s Shopian district was reopened for vehicular traffic on Saturday after a two-day closure due to heavy snowfall, officials said. The road was reopened for vehicular traffic on Saturday morning, they added. All the vehicles […]
SRINAGAR — Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar has once again expressed concern over the fact that its head Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq continues to be under illegal and arbitrary house arrest for more than three years, saying that the authorities by doing so have barred the Mirwaiz from fulfilling all his official duties […]
SRINAGAR — At a time when Jammu and Kashmir administration is promoting the tourism industry to become a world-class destination, the miniscule production of flowers is going unnoticed. Figures available with news agency Kashmir News Observer, suggest that J&K produces only 10 percent of the flowers consumed locally. “The remaining 90 percent of flowers are […]
ISLAMABAD — Global money laundering and terror financing watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), on Friday removed Pakistan from a list of countries under “increased monitoring”, also known as the “grey list”, media reports said. Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari made the announcement prior to an FATF press conference, congratulating the country on the […]
RAMBAN — The Indian Army along with the Rural Self employment Training Institute (RSETI) Ramban has concluded a Poultry farming workshop at one of the remote region of Ramban. The workshop was concluded by Officials from Army and RSETI at Kaona village in Khari Tehsil of Banihal Subdivision. 35 volunteer youth who had attended the […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Friday lashed out at Central led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for freeing rapists and conmen and not allowing others to go abroad. She said that not allowing people like Sanna Mattoo, Aakar Patel, Aakash Hassan and Rana Ayub to go abroad and freeing rapists […]
NEW DELHI — Tech giant Meta on Friday announced that it has partnered with the International Cricket Council (ICC) to show users the best moments from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup being held in Australia on Reels. The company said that fans will be able to access match highlights and in-play clips as well […]