ANANTNAG — A family on Saturday staged a protest in Achabal area of Anantnag district in South Kashmir against the alleged murder of their daughter by her in-laws. The family and relatives of the woman assembled at Achabal and shouted slogans in support of their demanded for “immediate action against the in-laws for alleged murder […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday issued a notification including 15 more castes that would now benefit through the 4 per cent reservation in jobs etc for socially backward classes. As per the notification, 15 more castes have been included in the list of socially backward castes in Jammu and Kashmir. The now […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) department on Saturday forecast mainly clear sky in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. Weather was mainly cloudy in the union territory during the last 24 hours. “Mainly dry weather with clear sky is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours”, the MeT department officials said. Meanwhile, […]
SRINAGAR — Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar has once again expressed concern over the fact that its head Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq continues to be under illegal and arbitrary house arrest for more than three years, saying that the authorities by doing so have barred the Mirwaiz from fulfilling all his official duties […]
SRINAGAR — At a time when Jammu and Kashmir administration is promoting the tourism industry to become a world-class destination, the miniscule production of flowers is going unnoticed. Figures available with news agency Kashmir News Observer, suggest that J&K produces only 10 percent of the flowers consumed locally. “The remaining 90 percent of flowers are […]
SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and president of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti was asked on Friday by authorities to vacate her high-security Gupkar Road residence in Srinagar. Official sources said the Estates Department has served a notice to Mufti asking her to vacate the Fair View residence as soon […]
SRINAGAR — Rain and snow is likely to continue in Jammu and Kashmir areas, the Meteorological (MeT) office said on Friday. “Mainly cloudy sky with possibility of light rain in plains and snow in higher reaches is likely in J&K during next 24 hours,” an official of the MeT department said. The higher reaches in […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar Court has directed SHO Shaheedgunj Police Station to conduct an inquiry against incumbent Deputy Mayor Srinagar Parvaiz Qadri in a criminal complaint. The Court of Judge of Small Causes Srinagar presided over by Fayaz Ahmad Qureshi issued the order for inquiry after former Deputy Mayor Srinagar Sheikh Imran filed a criminal complaint […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik appeared before a special court here on Thursday in connection with the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of then Union Home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. Chief Prosecutor Monika Kohli told reporters, “Malik was to be produced in court as per the production warrant. […]
WASHINGTON — The United States is aware of reports of Pulitzer-winning Kashmiri journalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo allegedly being prevented from travelling to the country, a State Department official has said. Mattoo had on Tuesday said she was stopped at the IGI Airport in Delhi from flying to the US to received the prestigious award. “We […]