Srinagar: Saffron production in Kashmir peaked to highest in a decade, as the agriculture department recorded an annual yield of over 13 metric tonnes. The success is largely credited to the National Mission on Saffron – the union government scheme launched in 2010 with the target to increase saffron cultivation. Kashmir Valley, along with parts […]
Srinagar: Minimum temperatures plummetted further across the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh on Thursday as the weather office forecast another spell of snow and rain during the next three days. Minimum temperatures across the valley and Ladakh dropped further on Thursday due to clear night sky. Another spell of moderate snow in Kashmir hills and plains […]
Waziristan: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, during a visit to Wana, announced that 3G/4G internet services will become operational in Waziristan from Wednesday. “I know that 3G and 4G is important for education and development… this was a huge demand of the youth, one that was justified,” he said. The Prime Minister went on to […]
Srinagar: A complete shutdown is being observed in parts of Srinagar city, the Summer Capital of Jammu and Kashmir to mark the 31st anniversary of Gaw Kadal massacre. Reports said, complete shutdown is being observed in Lal Chowk, Gaw Kadal and Maisuma areas to mark the anniversary of Gaw Kadal massacre. Over 50 people were […]
Srinagar: Body of a 27-year-old labourer from Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district was found at Zaindar Mohalla of Srinagar on Wednesday. Official sources told that deceased has been identified as Ishfaq Ahmad Zargar son of Ghulam Hasan of Haril Handwara. A labourer by profession, the 27-year-old was residing in a rent accommodation at […]
Baramulla: Police have registered a formal case against an SPO for his ‘sarcastic’ post on the social media networking site facebook. Sources told News Agency KNT that an SPO identified as Peer Khalid is purportedly operating a facebook page under the title ‘Rafiabad News Service’. The said cop reportedly posted a ‘sarcastic’ post about a […]
Srinagar: Former union minister and JKPCC president Saifuddin Soz’s daughter, Naheed Soz, is heading the Women’s Development Corporation (WDC), from a decade with its employees and borrowers wondering why the government is not implementing its transfer policy for her. Sources in the government told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that Naheed Soz was appointed in […]
Kangan: A 55-year-old lineman of Power Development Department (PDD) was on Wednesday injured due to electrocution at Wani Yaram village of Kangan in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Sources told that a PDD lineman identified as Mehboob Sheikh (55), son of Abdul Shakoor Sheikh of Waniyaram Wangath received an electric shock when he came in contact […]
Baramulla: The burglars broke donation boxes at a shrine and three Masjids and decamped with cash in different villages in Tangmarg area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. According to the news agency KNO, locals said that in the intervening night of Tuesday—Wednesday, the burglars struck a shrine in Ziyarat Nakesh Bandipora and three Masjids including […]
New Delhi: A 19-year-old Kashmiri is battling for life in hospital after he was critically injured in an attack by goons in Punjab’s Patiala district on Sunday, police and his colleagues said. The injured, who works as a catering boy in Patiala city, has been identified as Danish Kumar, a resident of the Dooru area […]