SRINAGAR — Amarnath Yatra has been suspended between Panchtarni and the cave due to inclement weather, officials said on Tuesday. Heavy rainfall occurred in the mountains around the holy cave shrine this afternoon due to which water level in a nearby stream also rose, they said. The pilgrims were rushed back to Panchtarni camp, the […]
NEW DELHI — The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday said it has filed a chargesheet against former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah and some others in connection with its money laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA). The prosecution complaint was filed on June 4 before a […]
NEW DELHI — Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, who is on a hunger strike in Tihar Jail here for five days, is being given intravenous fluids and his health is being regularly monitored by doctors, officials said on Tuesday. Malik (56), the head of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), began his indefinite […]
GANDERBAL — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary, Arun Kumar Mehta on Tuesday said that to promote local economy, Manasbal festival was organised here and Manasbal will soon be among the popular tourist destinations in the Valley. Talking to reporters on the side-lines of the festival, Mehta said that Manasbal is not such a popular tourist […]
SRINAGAR — The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday said that no Kashmiri Pandit, working under the Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP), has resigned in the Kashmir Valley following the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit. In reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, MoS Home Nityanand Rai said that as per information provided […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained generally cloudy in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours. However, the MeT department said on Tuesday that mainly dry weather is expected in the next 24 hours. “Mainly dry weather is expected in J&K during the next 24 hours,” an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar recorded 20.3 […]
SRINAGAR — A barbecue seller was found injured after being allegedly kidnapped by some unknown persons in Khudpora village of Khansahib area in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, sources said. They told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that one barbecue seller identified as Jehangir Ahmad Wani (22) son of Abdul Rashid, a resident of Khudpora was […]
BUDGAM — Lack of mobile connectivity and ATM services at two famous tourist resorts—Yousmarg and Doodhpatri in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district has been leaving the visiting tourists disappointed The locals from the area said that both the places, Yousmarg and Doodpathri, have no mobile connectivity and ATM machine which results in tremendous hardships to those […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Government will not tolerate any wrongdoings in selection process for jobs in public sector as merit is the only criterion for entering into government service, Chief Secretary A K Mehta said on Monday. “You should have faith that merit will be the only basis for selection (in government jobs). We […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Monday said that a committee headed by Principal Secretary GAD has been constituted to examine the long pending demand of transfer policy for reserved category employees. Office of J&K LG on its official Twitter informed that the committee will examine all the aspects and submit […]