Srinagar: The armies of India and Pakistan on Saturday exchanged gunfire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu division. Officials here told a local news gathering agency that at around 10 a.m., the Pakistan army resorted to “unprovoked” firing along Krini sector of Poonch. “The fire was retaliating befittingly,” they said. […]
Current spring season followed by summer has given only jolts to fruit growers in Kashmir. Tons of apples have rotten in the cooling centers as they could not transport to Delhi due to lockdown. Horticulture sector have suffered series of setbacks in Kashmir valley right from August 5, last year. When the government decided to […]
Srinagar: Two Hizb militants were killed in a gunfight with government forces in Wanpora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday. Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar (IPS) told GNS that two militants have been killed in the operation. However, he said, the identity of the slain militants was yet to be […]
Why, when the Chinese PLA comes bullying its way along the borders in Ladakh, am I invoking an outrageous American political satirist, P.J. O’Rourke? Among his finest pieces is his ‘A Brief History of Man’. You can find it in his collection Republican Party Reptile. In less than a thousand brilliant words, it spans the entire […]
Aijaz Ahmad believes that his 13-year-old son, Basim Aijaz would not have ventured towards the site of the gunfight if he had been able to reach home. The family lives in Karan Nagar, in Srinagar’s old city. It is about 2 km away from Nawakadal, where a gunfight between militants and security forces had started […]
The Finance Ministry is not in favour of increasing goods and services tax (GST) rates on non-essential items in the meeting of the GST Council scheduled in June, despite sliding revenue collections, government sources said on Friday. Higher taxes on non-essential items will further bring down their demand and impede the overall economic recovery. Sources […]
Accusing the World Health Organisation (WHO) of being “totally controlled” by China, where the first case of the novel coronavirus emerged, US President Donald Trump late Friday announced the country will permanently “terminate” its relationship with the organisation and will redirect funds from the WHO to other organisations. The US President also said he is directing his administration […]
As the month of May draws to a close, India is looking to enter phase five of its nationwide lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The country first imposed restrictions on movement of people and sale of non-essential items on March 24. Since then, restrictions have gradually eased across the country, except in containment zones. […]
Emphases to focus on wage oriented employment generation JAMMU, MAY 29: Taking a step ahead in its endeavour to bring the Governance at the doorsteps of the masses, Advisor to Lieutenant Governor Baseer Khan today conducted an extensive tour of village Gajansoo in block Marh to inspect various development works being executed under MGNREGA, PMAY, […]
Srinagar, May 29 (KNO): The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday ordered that all educational institutions and training institutions in the Union Territory shall remain closed till June 15. As per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the educational institutions were closed almost three months back in wake of Coronavirus outbreak in Jammu and Kashmir […]