JAMMU — The Mughal road, connecting the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri in the Jammu region with south Kashmir’s Shopian district was reopened for vehicular traffic on Saturday after a two-day closure due to heavy snowfall, officials said. The road was reopened for vehicular traffic on Saturday morning, they added. All the vehicles […]
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 […]
RAMBAN — The Indian Army along with the Rural Self employment Training Institute (RSETI) Ramban has concluded a Poultry farming workshop at one of the remote region of Ramban. The workshop was concluded by Officials from Army and RSETI at Kaona village in Khari Tehsil of Banihal Subdivision. 35 volunteer youth who had attended the […]
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. […]
JAMMU — A Border Security Force (BSF) medical officer arrested in connection with alleged irregularities in the recruitment of sub-inspectors was sent to 10-day CBI remand by a local court here, officials said. The CBI on Tuesday arrested BSF Commandant (Medical) Karnail Singh for allegedly using touts to get his son the question paper of […]
BANIHAL — Five alleged overground workers have been detained under the Public Safety Act for engagement in anti-national activities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Thursday, officials said. Police prepared dossiers of the five persons and their activities, mostly in the district’s Banihal tehsil, they said. The district magistrate slapped them with the Public […]