SRINAGAR — Today is the 30th Jummah Mubarak and the last ten days of the holy month of Mehraj-Ul-Alam, the Ascension of the Prophet (SAW) are going on, still the authorities while continuing with their dictatorial attitude did not allow the Muslims of Kashmir to perform important duties like Friday prayers at the largest place […]
SRINAGAR — SNTPL private internet service provider has left hundreds of subscribers disappointed across Srinagar as the company hasn’t been able to restore the internet services even after three days of snowfall. Adil Hussain, an SNTPL customer since past two years, said that indeed the snowfall created havoc on February 23 across Kashmir including Srinagar […]
JAMMU — The ceasefire agreement between armies of India and Pakistan on Line of Control (LoC) has completed a year on Friday. In the past year, there hasn’t been a report of even a single incident of ceasefire violation. The agreement was finalized between armies of both the neighboring nations on 25 February 2021 via […]
SRINAGAR — As Russia’s military operation continues in Ukraine, Kashmiri students stranded in the country and their families in Kashmir are pleading with the government to bring their wards back home safely. A Kashmiri student stranded in Ukraine said that there is uncertainty everywhere in the country since Russia started attacking and nobody knows what […]
SRINAGAR — As many 1442 persons are in jails of Jammu & Kashmir for their involvement in drug-related crimes, official data shows. The official data reveals that as on December 31, 2021, out of 4532 undertrails lodged in jails of Jammu & Kashmir, 1442 are involved in drug-related crimes. Of them 1421 are males and […]
SRINAGAR — In a remarkable move, the Administrative Council (AC), which met under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the remission of fifty percent (50%) stamp duty for all first time buyers of real estate in the housing sector for a period of two years. Farooq Khan and Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisors to […]
JAMMU — Apni Party President Syed Mohammed Altaf Bukhari has demanded special provisions for reservation of women in Govt jobs in J&K. Bukhari was addressing a felicitation programme which was organized at Apni Party Office in Gandhi Nagar. On this occasion, Namrta Sharma was fecilitated by the Party President on being nominated as State President […]
SRINAGAR — J&K Peoples Conference President Sajad Gani Lone today while demanding inclusion of the Pahari community in ST status has said that granting them ST status is a matter of right not a matter of charity. “The Pahari demand for inclusion in ST is a valid demand. It is inconceivable to exclude a huge […]
JAMMU — Continuing with the march towards cross cutting digitization in J&K, the chief secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today launched the J&K Bank GSS e-portal for real time tracking of credit applications under government sponsored schemes and described it as an important step towards transparency in the processing of loan applications in the bank. […]
JAMMU — Secretary, Tribal Affairs Deptt, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary reviewed the progress on procurement of trucks and other allied facilities for facilitation of biannual Transhumant migration of tribal population in various areas of Jammu and Kashmir. On the directions of Lieutenant Governor Sh Manoj Sinha the department has initiated various steps for specific plans […]