By: Musaib Iqbal MK Srinagar Authorities on Friday have not allowed Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to offer prayers at Jamia Masjid Srinagar after the gap of 20 months even as earlier he was released from house detention. Large number of people including youth had come to Jamia Masjid Srinagar to offer prayers and listen to Mirwaiz […]
National conference leader Hilal Akbar Lone, who was booked under UAPA, was released late last night after additional session judge Baramulla granted him bail in a “hate speech” case that was registered against him by Hajin police a month ago. An official told a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Lone, who is […]
JK reports79 new positive cases, 123930 recovered so far JAMMU, MARCH 04: The Government on Thursday informed that 79 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 14from Jammu division and 65 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 126772.Also 01 COVID-19 […]
Tourism deptt holds Road Show, Press Meet at Ahmedabad Dir Tourism invites travellers to Valley’s scenic locations SRINAGAR, MARCH 04: To strengthen and refresh the age-old bond between J&K and Gujarat, the J&K Tourism Department held a road show at Ahmedabad as part of its promotional campaigns across the country to attract tourists. Director Tourism […]
DC Srinagar inspects new site at Batmaloo SRINAGAR, MARCH 4: District Administration in collaboration with Srinagar Smart City Ltd is working to establish Smart Vending Zones to cater more than 1000 vendors in next few months. Vendors from various prominent roads will be shifted to vending zones and such roads will be declared as No […]
JAMMU, MARCH 04: Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor, Nitishwar Kumar today held a meeting to review preparations for the upcoming Tulip Festival to be held at Srinagar’s Tulip Garden. The Principal Secretary said that the festival would mark as formal opening of Tulip Garden for tourists from all over the world, and called for its […]
Myanmar security forces were seen firing slingshots at protesters, chasing them down and even brutally beating an ambulance crew in video showing a dramatic escalation of violence against opponents of last month’s military coup. A UN official speaking from Switzerland said 38 people had been killed Wednesday, a figure consistent with other reports though accounts […]
In the latest annual report on global political rights and liberties by Freedom House, a US government-funded NGO that studies political freedom around the world, India’s status as a democracy and free society has been downgraded to ‘partly free’. As the report titled “Freedom in the World 2021 – Democracy under Siege,” India “appears to […]
The family of the 28-year-old youth from Baghat on Thursday alleged that their son was murdered in New Delhi and demanded stern action against the persons involved in the act. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Aaqib Rashid Bhat was found dead in Jangpura area of South Delhi on 2 March evening following […]
Bureaucracy in Jammu and Kashmir has a sharp focus of media especially in various media houses operating from New Delhi. There have been news items about the shortage of IAS officers and IPS officers in union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and it has been a problem of the past. Recently the Lok Sabha passed […]