Srinagar, Apr 28: In a worrisome development, nearly 50,000 girls of Kashmir have crossed the age bar of getting married owing to the society made unnecessary trends and rituals. Among the total girls having crossed the marriageable age limit, more than 10,000 belong from district Srinagar. In a survey conducted by a non-profit organization Tehreek […]
Srinagar, Apr 01: Out of 28 MLAs elected on ticket of Peoples Democratic Party in the last Assembly elections in the erstwhile State of Jammu & Kashmir, 18 have left the party in the past two and-a-half years after the BJP withdrew support to Mehbooba Mufti-led government. In the 2014 elections, Peoples Democratic Party emerged […]
Srinagar, Mar 22: The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Monday informed the Rajya Sabha that the total cover of forest land of Jammu and Kashmir has decreased by 420 Sq Kms between the year 2015 to 2019. The Ministry shared the information in Rajya Sabha in response to the question raised that includes […]
Srinagar, Feb 12: Years of conflict in the Kashmir valley have already fueled alarming levels of mental illness in the Kashmir valley, which often goes untreated. According to a study by Médecins Sans Frontières and the Srinagar-based Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS), nearly one in five people in Kashmir show symptoms of post-traumatic […]
Srinagar, Feb 10: The fatal circle of deaths and injuries through accidents continues unabated on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway, as is revealed by the official figures. The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway has seen over 8,128 road accidents and 1,750 resultant fatalities in the last decade. A lifeline to the Kashmir valley, the highway (NH 44) with a […]
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, Dec 17: Five hundred days have passed since the government imposed ban on high speed mobile data services in Jammu and Kashmir except twin districts including Ganderbal in Kashmir and Udhampur in Jammu division. However, the government has recently extended the ban till December 25 due to security reasons. 4G and 3G mobile internet […]
The department has made the information available to a request under the Right to Information (RTI) Act filed by two Kashmiri students. The reply by Public Information Officer (PIO) of Director-General of Police, Prisons Department, Jammu further said that less than 2% of all individuals arrested in militancy-related cases have been convicted. The response […]
Srinagar, Dec 07: The cardiologists in the Valley termed the heart attacks or cardiac arrests among the youth as alarming, saying that smoking, drug menace and psycho social stress were among the main causes behind the increasing rate of deaths occurring due to the heart attacks or cardiac arrests. , Dr Nisar Tramboo, Head of […]
Srinagar, Nov 06: The Valley’s fish species are declining in Jammu and Kashmir as out of 13 species, eight have got extinct while two among the five available fish species are also waning. Experts here have warned of extinction of remaining fish species very soon if proper steps are not taken well on time. Dr. […]
