CRPF trooper injured in Srinagar attack

CRPF trooper injured in Srinagar attack

Suspected militants fired upon government forces in Nowgam area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Saturday. A local news gathering agency quoting unnamed officials reported that militants fired upon 29 Battalion of CRPF in Chanapora. In this incident one CRPF personnel received bullet wound in the leg, subsequently shifted to the hospital for treatment. Meanwhile […]

65 new Covid-19 Cases in J&K

65 new Covid-19 Cases in J&K

Srinagar: Twenty travelers were among 65 new covid-19 cases reported even as no death due to the virus took place in Jammu and Kashmir in the last 24 hours, the officials said. Among the fresh cases, 15 were reported from Jammu Division and 50 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total case tally to 124850.  

Tourist decline

Tourist decline

Central government has admitted in the current session of parliament that there has been a huge tourist decline to Kashmir valley post August 5, 2019, when the government abrogated article 370 and started a massive clampdown here. In a written reply Union Minister of State for Tourism informed the house that tourist footfall was very […]

My goal is to provide job opportunities to 80% of J-K’s youth in next 5 years: LG

My goal is to provide job opportunities to 80% of J-K’s youth in next 5 years: LG

Manoj Sinha, the lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday stated that his goal was to reach out and provide job opportunities to 80 percent of the young population in the region within the next five years. The LG, while delivering the keynote address at the annual conference of the virtual Harvard-US-India Initiative (HUII), […]

High-speed internet restored in Jammu and Kashmir, after 550 days

High-speed internet restored in Jammu and Kashmir, after 550 days

Srinagar: After remaining suspended for 550 days, the government on Friday finally decided to restore the 4G mobile internet facility outside the districts of Ganderbal and Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir. The high-speed facility was restored on a trial basis in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal and Jammu region’s Udhampur on 16 August last year. In the […]

Dir Tourism reviews tourist-centric facilities, beautification plans for Sgr airport

Dir Tourism reviews tourist-centric facilities, beautification plans for Sgr airport

Urges all concerned departments to work towards enhancing hassle-free and pleasing experience of tourists SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 05: In view of the encouraging flow of tourists to Valley, the Director Tourism Kashmir Dr GN Itoo Friday held a review meeting with Srinagar Airport Authority to discuss the ways and means to improve facilities and also beautify […]

Dr Samoon pays surprise visit to Government ITIs Jammu

Dr Samoon pays surprise visit to Government  ITIs Jammu

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 5: Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department, Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon, today paid a surprise visit to Government  Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), Jammu. Dr Samoon was accompanied by Mission Director, Skill Development Mission, Dr. Syed Abid Rashid Shah and Director Skill Development Department J&K, Sajjad Hussain Ganai. Dr Samoon inspected “Electric Domestic Solution” course […]

Way ahead

Way ahead

What is the way ahead for the present impasse in Jammu and Kashmir is the question being asked in the political circles. Post August 5, 2019, there has been a political lull in entire Jammu and Kashmir and due to the arrest of all the political leaders including former chief ministers no political activity was […]