Kashmir

Upgrading infrastructure around SKIMS would boost medical tourism in J&K: Omar Abdullah

SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah expressed hope on Thursday that the infrastructure around the SKIMS tertiary-care hospital here will be upgraded, giving a boost to medical tourism in the region. The chief minister also pledged to restore the autonomy of the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) “on a priority basis”. […]

Kashmir

Cold wave intensifies over Kashmir as minimum temperature drops to minus 2°C in Srinagar

SRINAGAR — Cold wave tightened its grip on Kashmir Valley as the minimum temperature dropped to minus 2 degrees Celsius in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar city on Wednesday. Director of the local Meteorological (MeT) Department, Mukhtar Ahmad told IANS, “Minimum temperature dropped to minus 2 degrees Celsius in Srinagar city today increasing the cold wave. […]