SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) President and Member of Parliament from Srinagar Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Saturday stated that sustainable tourism can be a driving force of job creation, economic growth and development in Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh. Abdullah was speaking in his presidential address at the National Meet on Safety Culture and Energy conservation […]
UMAISAR GULL GANIE KULGAM — Two lecturers, working in the School Education department Saturday claimed to have discovered a “gigantic fossil site” while scouting for fossil samples near world famous Aharbal waterfall in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. As per reports, the gigantic fossil site was discovered by two lectures namely Manzoor Javaid and Dr Rouf […]
SRINAGAR — The United Nations has expressed concern about the “alleged arbitrary detention and intimidation” of journalists in Jammu and Kashmir. UN officials Irene Khan and Elina Steinerte sought a reply from the Indian government within two months about what measures it had taken to ensure that journalists were able to work in a safe […]
SRINAGAR — Senior CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami on Friday filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking an early hearing of the petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre’s decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. In his petition, Tarigami said despite the challenge to the constitutional validity of orders […]
RAJOURI — Jammu and Kashmir police arrested a Sarpanch with consignment of narcotics in Rajouri district on Friday. The arrested person is a Sarpanch of a panchayat near Line of Control (LoC) as well as an advocate in Jammu. In a press conference, Superintendent of Police Sheema N Qasba told that a team of Sunderbani […]
SRINAGAR — Security forces on Friday said that during a search on specific information it has recovered some ammunition in Tawheedgunj area of old town of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. According to news agency Kashmir Dot Com, 46 RR and 53 battalion of CRPF found 9 Live Rounds and 46 empty cases of 7.62 mm […]
SRINAGAR — The Government on Friday decided to reduce the syllabi of private candidates of secondary and higher secondary classes of Jammu and Kashmir by forty percent following the closure of schools in view of COVID-19 pandemic. Jammu Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has said, “In view of prevailing COVID-I9 pandemic, concession shall be […]
NEW DELHI — Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar, accompanied by his brother Abdul Rauf Azhar and Maulana Ammar, was in Kandahar in the third week of August, specifically from August 19 to 19, after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, a reports suggested. The JeM leaders reportedly met the Taliban to seek their support in […]
JAMMU — Dr Annil Mahajan, Honorary Professor Indian Medical Association, Consultant Physician & Rheumatologist and Former Prof & Head Internal Medicine, GMC Jammu; Dr Sudha Sharma, Honorary Professor Indian Medical Association & Consultant Gynaecologist & Obstetrician and Former Professor of Obst and Gynae, GMC Jammu and Dr Vishal R Tandon, Professor of Pharmacology GMC Jammu […]
BANDIPORA — Police on Thursday registered a case and started investigation after some miscreants tried to torch a government Primary School at Mantrigam village of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Officials at the school told that late last evening some miscreants with an “evil intention” tried to set ablaze the school building at Lonipora, Mantrigam, however, […]