Srinagar: Former US president George Herbert Walker Bush has died at age 94. In a political career that spanned three decades, he lost his bid for re-election and lived to see his son win the Oval Office. The death of Bush — nicknamed “41” to distinguish himself from son George W. Bush, “43” — was announced in a […]
Srinagar: Minimum temperatures across Kashmir valley plummeted on Saturday with Leh in Ladakh region recording minus 9 degrees Celsius. Weather department officials told Kashmir Reader that Kargil recorded a temperature of minus 8.5. Srinagar city recorded minus 1.4, Pahalgam minus 5 and Gulmarg minus 3.3. Jammu city recorded 9.6, Katra 9, Batote 5.9, Bannihal 7.9 and Bhaderwah 2.3 degrees Celsius.
Srinagar: Polling for the 6th phase of Panchayat elections is underway across Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. The Polling began at 8 in the morning and will conclude at 2 in the afternoon. Voting for the 6th phase is being held at 3,174 polling stations with 410 in Kashmir and 2,764 in Jammu. 7,156 candidates are […]
Jammu: The BJP Friday condemned the propaganda launched by some Kashmir-based political and other socio-economic organisations against the State Administrative Council’s (SAC) decision to convert the J&K Bank into a PSU. It said there is an urgent need for transparency in the operation of the bank which has been under cloud for rising NPAs and back […]
