Srinagar, Feb 02: Kashmir tourism has seen a very steep decline in tourist inflow as a mere 84,000 visitors arrived in the last 18 months in Kashmir — post abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019. The numbers are just 0.8 percent tourists that had visited Kashmir valley annually as over one million tourists […]
Srinagar, Feb 02: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Tuesday revealed that the annual security related expenditure (SRE) for the J&K UT was Rs 1267 Crore—highest ever since the killing of top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in 2016. The highest ever figure of SRE also coincided with the financial year of 2019-20, the year […]
Srinagar, Feb 2: The government on Tuesday said that 33,80,234 Domicile certificates have been issued in Jammu and Kashmir till January 25. The data was revealed by MoS, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply by two parliamentarians—Kunwar Pushpendra Singh Chandel and Shrimati Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah—who had sought to […]
Srinagar, Feb 2: Traffic will play from Srinagar towards Jammu on Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only road link connecting Kashmir with the outside world, on Wednesday, the officials said. “Tomorrow (February 3 ) subject to fair weather and better road condition only one way traffic shall be allowed from Srinagar towards Jammu including Banihal-Ramban (local traffic) […]
Srinagar, Feb 2: The normal delivery is no longer normal in private hospitals In Jammu and Kashmir. Compared to 10 percent recommended by the World Health Organization, the number of babies born by caesarean section is whopping 82.1 per cent in private hospitals of Jammu and Kashmir, according to the reply to a question in […]
Srinagar, Feb 2: At least 24 security forces personnel and 22 civilians were killed along the Line of Control due to flare up between India and Pakistan along the Line of Control last year, officials said on Tuesday. They said that there were nearly 70 per cent increase in “ceasefire violations” in last one year […]
Ashmuqam, Feb 2: Police have registered a case under arms act against President Municipal Committee Ashmuqam for making Vice President Municipal Committee hostage on gunpoint and forcibly taking signatures from him on blank papers. Sources said that Vice President Municipal Committee Ashmuqam Muhammad Ashraf Wani had filed a complaint at Police Station Ashmuqam here in […]
Bandipora February 02: Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested two militant associates of Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. In a statement, the police said that Bandipora police had received reliable information that there were certain anti national elements who were indoctrinating youths and influencing them with fase narratives and motivating/enticing them to […]
Kabul: The Reuters report quoting anonymous sources saying international forces will stay in Afghanistan beyond the May deadline has drawn responses from official NATO spokespeople, analysts and the Taliban, Tolo news reported. The Taliban said that they will continue “defending the country” if foreign forces remain beyond the May deadline that has been set up […]
Srinagar, Feb 2: A day after some respite, the minimum temperature dropped again across Kashmir Valley even as the weatherman forecast widespread rain and snowfall in the next two days. A meteorological department official said that mercury settled at minus 4.6°C against minus 3.1 on previous nights in Srinagar and was almost four degrees Celsius […]
