Srinagar, Nov 4: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Prof. Saifuddin Soz Thursday said that Kashmir Houseboat Industry is in extreme bad shape as the Houseboat owners have been reduced to conditions of penury. Soz said that he feels extremely sad that Kashmir’s traditional Houseboat Industry is facing extremely bad conditions. “The houseboat owners […]
Srinagar, Nov 4: Authorities have restored Mughal road – connecting Poonch and Shopian districts – after halting the vehicular traffic movement along the thoroughfare on Thursday morning following snowfall on intervening Wednesday and Thursday night in the region. DTI Mughal road said that the snowfall caused slippery conditions, which forced them to close the road […]
Srinagar: National Conference leader Sheikh Ishfaq Jabbar on Thursday resigned from the post of district president Ganderbal. Sheikh, who was district president of NC for Ganderbal district has announced his resignation from the post through a tweet. However, he said that he will continue to carry forward the mission of Sher-e-Kashmir for which the people […]
Rajouri, Nov 04: Prime Minister Narender Modi Thursday said that 2016 signifies great professionalism and capability of the Indian army and that he was constantly on phone to ensure the last soldier returns home safely and “all soldiers made him proud by returning to their unit safely.” Modi arrived in the border area of Nowshehra […]
Jammu, Nov 4: A 20-year-old MBBS student from Srinagar has died of ‘unascertained’ cause in Jammu, officials on Thursday morning said. They said that one Yameen, 20, pursuing his MBBS degree from ASCOMS Batra, putting up at Asarabad Flat Sidhra was brought to GMC in unconscious condition on Wednesday evening. However the boy was declared […]
Handwara, Nov 4: Inhabitants of Chek, Drungsoo in Mawar of Handwara Thursday staged a protest against the use of “substandard material” for the road construction work by Roads and Buildings Department, in the area. The protestors alleged the R&B department of compromising with the quality of the 1 kilometre vital road stretch running from Chek […]
Srinagar: Body of a 30-year-old man was found under mysterious circumstances in Batnoor Shahoora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday. Reports said that the body was spotted in the paddy field by some passersby. Subsequently the police was informed which reached the spot soon and took the corpse into possession. Meanwhile a police […]
Srinagar, Nov 4: The minimum temperature recorded further dip at most places in Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh on Thursday. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a low of 1.8°C against 2.0°C on the previous night. Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, recorded minimum temperature of 0.6°C against previous night’s 1.6°C, the […]
Srinagar, Nov 03: Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh Wednesday said that no space should be given to any anti-peace element. DGP visited Anantnag and chaired a joint meeting of officers to review the security scenario of South Kashmir. Accompanied by IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar, the DGP was received by senior officers of South […]
Srinagar, Nov 03: Hours after Pakistan disallowed airspace for Srinagar-Sharjah flights; the former chief ministers of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir State Wednesday termed it as unfortunate. In a tweet, National Conference (NC) Vice president Omar Abdullah said that Pakistan did the same thing with the Air India Express flight from Srinagar to Dubai back in […]
