SRINAGAR — Acting upon the complaints of locals about the alleged encroachment and illegal construction of forest land in the Kralsangri area of Nishat in Srinagar by a known hotelier, police has booked the owners and started investigations. Official sources told Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) the owners of a known hotel […]
SRINAGAR — A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on Monday between the University of Kashmir and the Srinagar headquartered 15 corps of the army to provide different courses to soldiers serving in Kashmir. The MoU, the first of its kind, was signed by Talat Ahmad, vice chancellor of University of Kashmir and Lt. General, […]
JAMMU — Several prominent persons, including former ministers affiliated with different political parties Monday pledged to safeguard the interests of Jammu province amid demands for restoration of statehood to J&K. A seminar on ‘Understanding Jammu: Challenges and way ahead’ was organised by Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan (DSS) founded by former minister Lal Singh, and was attended […]
NEW DELHI — India’s pledge was among the many most substantive contributions at Glasgow local weather change convention, Nicholas Stern, one of many world’s pre-eminent local weather economists and Chair of the Grantham Analysis Institute at London Faculty of Economics stated on Monday throughout a gathering with journalists. “PM Modi’s panchamrit (nectar distilled from 5 […]
NEW DELHI — China and Pakistan will be missing when the national security chiefs of seven key regional countries gather here on Wednesday for a security dialogue on Afghanistan. The day-long event, the first being hosted by India, will focus on terrorism and related security challenges and uncertainties emerging from Afghanistan which was taken over […]
HYDERABAD — Leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre of destroying the Indian economy through demonetisation. “On this day (November 8) in 2016, the Prime Minister announced the decision to ban currency notes in the denomination of Rs 500 and […]
SRINAGAR — Militants on Monday evening shot dead a salesman in Bohri Kadal locality of downtown Srinagar, police said. “Today at about 2010hrs Srinagar Police received information about a terror crime incident at Borikadal area of Srinagar. Senior police officers reached at the terror crime spot,” said a police spokesman, in a statement. “Preliminary investigation […]
SRINAGAR — District administration on Monday ordered imposition of “corona curfew” in five wards of Srinagar. As per an order by deputy commissioner Srinagar Mohammad Aijaz which comes into effect immediately, the administrative wards include 11 (Lal Bazar), 32 (Hyderpora), 31 (Chanapora), 27 (Bemina Hamdania Colony) and 24 (Bemina Housing Colony). The areas in Lal […]
SRINAGAR — Former Chief Minister and president of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti said on Monday that considering the silence in Kashmir as a sign of peace is flawed. Talking to reporters in Srinagar, Mehbooba Mufti said, “The people in Jammu and Kashmir have been muzzled and considering forceful silence here as peace is […]
SRINAGAR — The ventilators supplied to SMHS hospital under the “PM CARES” fund, were found defective”, an official letter reveals. In a communication to the Public Information Officer, Government Medical College Srinagar, the head of department, anesthesiology and critical care medicine, SMHS has revealed that ventilators supplied to the department under “PMCARES” were found faulty […]