Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Congress on Saturday said it would take a call on participating in the Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) after consultations with the party’s central leadership, even as it asserted that there is a need to have a common platform to fight for the rights of the people of the erstwhile […]
SRINAGAR: A non-government organisation Athrout has distributed oxygen concentrators to various credible NGOs working across Jammu and Kashmir to bolster collaborative efforts to combat the pandemic by augmenting/supporting the NGOs facing a paucity of essential resources and also ensure that people living in far-flung areas are benefitted. “At an event organized at its Head office […]
Srinagar : A prominent religious cleric and Vice President of Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadees, Moulana Mushtaq Ahmad Veeri was on Saturday released from detention. A relative of Veeri confirmed to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Moulana Mushtaq Ahmad Veeri has reached home and he was welcomed by locals as well as by relatives. Veeri was […]
People of Jammu have started realizing like the people of Ladakh that they have nothing to rejoice post the abrogation of article 370. These two regions celebrated the abrogation of article 370 and were very happy that they would now get a better deal from the central government especially for their regional identity and jobs […]
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has transferred 24,000 kanals (3000 acre) of land to the Industries and Commerce Department for investment purposes, Daily Excelsior newspaper reported. According to an official spokesman, while the government has fixed target of 48,000 kanals of land for inviting investments in Jammu and Kashmir, only 24,000 kanals had been transferred so […]
Rescuers dug through heavy blocks of concrete with their bare hands on Saturday in a desperate search for survivors from a powerful earthquake that levelled buildings across Greece and Turkey, killing at least 26 people. The quake struck late on Friday afternoon, causing a mini-tsunami on the Aegean island of Samos and a sea surge that turned […]
Baramulla: The body of a hunter was on Saturday morning recovered in Alambal area of Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said. They said that Aijaz Ahmad Dar, son of Ghulam Hussain of Cheenabal, who was a hunter, was found dead and has 12 Bore Gun bullet mark on his body. His body was […]
Journalists’ associations in Kashmir have condemned the recent National Investigations Agency (NIA) raids on a senior journalist and a daily newspaper. On Wednesday, the NIA conducted searches at 10 locations in Srinagar which included the office of Greater Kashmir which is largest circulating English daily in Jammu and Kashmir. It also searched the premises of […]
Pakistan won by 26 runs against Zimbabwe in the series-opening one-day international being played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Friday. Pakistan lead the three-match ODI series 1-0. Zimbabwe were all out for 255 runs with two balls remaining. Shaheen Shah Afridi and Wahab Riaz starred among bowlers as they picked five and four wickets […]
A strong earthquake struck on Friday between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, collapsing several buildings in Turkeys western Izmir province and leaving at least four people dead. Dozens more were injured, while some damage to buildings and the road network, and four light injuries were also reported on Samos. Turkey’s Health […]