SRINAGAR — The crescent moon has not been sighted in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, Kashmir’s Grand Mufti, Nasir-ul-Islam said. He said that the Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated across the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday as the Shawal month was not sighted this evening. “The Muslims will have to fast one more […]
SRINAGAR — Despite intermittent outages, J&K Bank’s digital and alternate channels have recorded 2 million transactions amounting to whopping Rs 1082 Crores in last 36 hours. Speaking on the occasion, Bank’s President IT said, “While we feel delighted in having successfully served lakhs of our esteemed customers ahead of this auspicious Eid occasion, we equally […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested a Lashkar-i-Toiba (LeT) militant associate in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district and recovered arms and ammunition from his possession. The militant associate has been identified as Yamin Yousuf Bhat (19) son of Mohammad Yousuf Bhat, a resident of Gadhama. One star pistol, 51 9mm rounds and two […]
SRINAGAR — The MeT department on Sunday forecast dry and hot weather during the next 24 hours in J&K and Ladakh. “Hot and dry weather which persisted in J&K and Ladakh on Saturday is likely to continue during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar recorded 11.8 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam […]
SRINAGAR — Dr. Gazalla Amin Noor, a prominent businesswoman and former secretary of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry passed away at a hospital in New Delhi on intervening Saturday and Sunday night. She was 59. Noor, as per a former KCC&I associate, was suffering from Cancer for many years now and was currently undergoing […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Hajj Committee has asked the selected applicants for Hajj 2022 to deposit payment in tune of rupees 81,000 each as advance amount. “As per the communication received from Haj Committee of India, all the selected pilgrims are hereby asked to deposit Advance Haj Amount of Rs.81,000/-each upto 6th May, 2022 […]
SRINAGAR — Anti-corruption Bureau Saturday said to have arrested Executive Engineer of Pahalagam Development Authority while receiving bribe in lieu of processing a file. “Anti Corruption Bureau received a complaint alleging that Farooq Ahmad Rather, Executive Engineer, Pahalagam Development Authority is demanding bribe of rupees 10,000 @3% for the MGNAREGA bills costing rupees 1.49 lacs […]
SRINAGAR — A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) trooper committed suicide on Saturday in Gurez area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Sources told that one CISF constable identified as Kamaljeet Singh (28) no 170147295 son of Satpal Singh, a resident of Pathankot posted at Dam site Kishanganga Hydroelectric project in Gurez ended his life by […]
SRINAGAR — In Jammu and Kashmir, at least 200 government high schools that were sanctioned nearly 8 years back are hanging in between the construction of buildings and sanctioned posts. Top officials of the School Education Department said, “There were some government schools that were upgraded to higher secondary schools post 2014 floods. However, no […]
SRINAGAR — The markets across Kashmir which were remaining abuzz ahead of Eid-ul-Fit are witnessing less flow of people and very little enthusiasm with people citing inflation and back to back lockdowns as the reasons that have “broke the back” of poor and middle class people. Shopkeepers across Kashmir told that after two-three years they […]