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: 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 […]
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 […]
Rajouri, Feb 01: Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and President Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said that ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was tearing apart the very spirit of India to build its organisation in furtherance of its “vindictive and fanatic political agenda.” “Journalists and columnists are being booked for […]
Srinagar, Feb 1: Pakistani women married to former Kashmiri militants, who had arrived in Valley under government’s rehabilitation policy in 2010, Monday once again staged protest in Kashmir capital Srinagar. Holding placards, and raising slogans these women asked Government of India either provide them citizenship rights or deport them back to Pakistan. The protesting women […]
Srinagar, Feb 01: State Election Commission would complete the process to elect District Development Commission (DDC) by Feb 20 after finding no merit in objections filed against the draft reservation for these posts According to the order copy issued by SEC, ” none of the objections/representations so received had any merit. No infirmity, leave alone […]
Srinagar/Jammu, Jan 31: Lieutenant Governer-led administration has on Sunday notified all Jammu and Kashmir districts as ‘Green Zone’ areas with exception to Lakhanpur containment zone besides either sides of Jawahar Tunnel. The circular has been issued in exercise of powers conferred under Section 24 of Disaster Management Act, 2005 by State Executive Committee after a […]
Srinagar, Feb 1: A day after enduring the coldest night in 30 years, people in Srinagar woke up to a fresh blanket of snow as freezing weather conditions continued on Monday.While the overnight cloud cover led to a considerable increase in minimum temperatures, the mercury remained below normal across the Kashmir Valley. A meteorological […]
Srinagar, Jan 31: The severe cold wave gripping the Kashmir Valley sent temperatures tumbling as the mercury plummeted to minus 8.8°C in Srinagar, the lowest temperature of the season so far and the coldest January night in the past 30 years, the weatherman said on Sunday. A meteorological department official said that at minus 8.8°C, […]
