SRINAGAR — After a circular of Dagger Parivaar School Baramulla surfaced on social media platform instructing its staff to “avoid” hijab during school hours, PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said she condemns the letter issuing diktats on hijab. Mufti on her twitter handle wrote, “I condemn this letter issuing diktats on hijab. J&K may […]
POONCH — Two women have received serious injuries in an incident of attack by a wild bear in remote village Gagriyan of Poonch district on Thursday. An official said that victims have been identified as Zarifa Begum (38) wife of Mushtaq Ahmed and Sharifa Begum (42) wife of Ghulam Mohd Jaan, residents of Gagriyaan village […]
KUPWARA — Three over-ground workers (OGWs) were arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday, police said. In a statement, police said it has arrested three OGWs involved in cross LoC smuggling and transportation of arms and ammunition in the district. Based on specific information, spokesman said that an OGW module was working for […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry on Wednesday in J&K as the MeT department forecast similar condition to prevail during the next 24 hours. “Hot and dry weather is likely to continue in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar registered 12.2, Pahalgam 6.4 and Gulmarg 8.0 degrees Celsius […]
NEW DELHI — In the last 24 hours, India reported 3,303 new Covid cases, a considerable rise against the 2,937 infections reported the previous day, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. In the same period, the country reported 39 fresh fatalities, taking the nationwide death toll to 523,693. Meanwhile, the active caseload currently stands […]
PULWAMA — Two local militants of Al-Badr outfit were killed in an encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Mitrigam village in Pulwama district of South Kashmir on Wednesday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Mitrigam following the […]
SRINAGAR — In order to meet the increasing electricity demand in Jammu & Kashmir, the Union Government has allocated 207 MW additional Power to the Union Territory. Principal Secretary, to the Lt Governor & PDD, Shri Nitishwar Kumar said that the order issued by the Union Ministry of Power will substantially increase the availability of […]
SRINAGAR — The Government of India has mooted a proposal that has been forwarded to the Hajj Ministry of Saudi Arabia suggesting to consider the Haj aspirants who have attained the age of 65 years. The suggestions came to fore in a meeting of Central Haj Committee of India held in Mumbai. Sources privy to […]
SRINAGAR — In wake of the Shab-I-Qadr and Jumat-Ul-Vida, the traffic police on Wednesday issued an elaborate traffic plan. A large number of devotees are expected to assemble at Asari Sharief Hazratbal for the celebrations of Shab-i-Qadr falling on the intervening night of 28th/29th of April 2022 and Jumat-ul-Vida on 29th of April-2022, a traffic […]
SRINAGAR — Amid the power paucity in Jammu and Kashmir, the Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) has claimed that the previous year’s electricity demand in July at national level has already crossed yesterday in wake of the increasing demand this year due to the early summer. The corporation has said that the power scenario […]