GANDERBAL — A 56-year-old woman died after being hit by a Truck near Kahnpeth stop in Ganderbal district on Friday morning. An official said that the elderly woman was injured after being hit by the truck today morning, and was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, where from she was referred to SKIMS Soura. She […]
SRINAGAR — The union ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday informed the Lok Sabha that one medical college has been approved for Leh at a cost of Rs 325 crore, which is to be shared between Centre and the UT Administration of Ladakh in the ratio of 90:10. In a written reply, Union […]
SRINAGAR — The Union Government on Friday said that the delimitation exercise has been completed in Jammu and Kashmir while the matter is presently sub-judice as the final report has been challenged in the Supreme Court. The minister of law and justice, Kiren Rijiju in a written reply to a question said that the delimitation […]
SRINAGAR — Weather conditions will remain cloudy with light to moderate rain in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours, the Meteorological (MeT) department said on Friday. An official of the MeT department said, “Generally cloudy sky with light rain in the Kashmir division and moderate rain in Jammu division is likely during the […]
ISLAMABAD — At least 282 people have been killed and 211 others injured in separate rain-related incidents in Pakistan since June 14 as heavy downpours continued to lash the country, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said. A total of 160 women and children are among the dead, the NDMA said in a situation report […]
SRINAGAR — After remaining closed for a day due to landslides and shooting stones at multiple locations, the Jammu- Srinagar National highway has opened for one way traffic, officials said on Friday. The priority is to clear the backlog of stranded vehicles and the Amarnath Yatra convoy. “Jammu -Srinagar NHW single way road clear at […]
SRINAGAR — In a mass marriage ceremony, at least 51 couples from different areas of Kashmir tied a nuptial knot in Srinagar on Thursday. The mass marriage ceremony was once again organised by the NGO— “We the Helping Hand Foundation” which has already solemnized a series of such ceremonies in the last few years. “We […]
NEW DELHI — Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here for her questioning in the National Herald money laundering case. Gandhi, 75, arrived at the federal probe agency’s headquarters located at Vidyut Lane flanking A P J Abdul Kalam Road in central Delhi a little after noon escorted by […]
ANANTNAG — As unemployment rate in Jammu and Kashmir is rising at an alarming rate, two highly qualified youth from Dooru area of Anantnag have started a small business venture by selling food items on a Mobile Van. The duo have named Mobile Van as “Chai Daam”. Aqib Hamid Dar, PhD in Mathematics and Mohammed […]
SRINAGAR — Three students who had purportedly gone missing two days before from frontier north Kashmir’s Kupwara district are currently at Jaipur in Rajasthan, said one of the youth’s cousin. “We received a call today morning from them wherein they informed themselves to be at Jaipur”, the family member said. “When enquired about how come […]