Srinagar: Minister for Social Welfare Sakina Masood Itto would head a three-member cabinet-sub- committee (CSC) set-up by National Conference-led government to examine grievances of youth regarding reservation rules. According to an order issued by the General Administration Department(GAD), w), the CSC headed by Sakina Masood Itto comprises of Javed Rana(Minister for Public Health Engineering) and […]
SRINAGAR: The winter chill continues to grip Jammu and Kashmir, as well as Ladakh, with temperatures plummeting across various regions. Kashmir weather reported that Srinagar recorded a low of -5.4°C, while Sonamarg was the coldest place at -9.7°C. Other sub-zero temperatures were observed in Qazigund (-6.4°C), Pahalgam (-8.4°C), Shopian (-8.5°C), Anantnag (-7.9°C), and Larnoo (-8.1°C). Kupwara, […]
Recently Chief Secretary, held a meeting of Health & Medical Education (H&ME) Department to take assessment of the measures taken under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) to ensure secure and hassle-free availability of services under this initiative. He emphasized upon the Department to make best out of ABDM in creating a system to digitize the […]
Ganderbal: Atiqa Akther, a 49-year-old woman from Harran, Ganderbal, who was critically injured in a road accident on November 29 in Prang area of Kangan, succumbed to her injuries on Monday. The accident occurred on November 29, when Atiqa was with her 14-year-old son. The mother-son duo was seriously injured and was immediately shifted to […]
Srinagar, Dec 9: After fresh snowfall in the higher reaches of Kashmir, the cold wave tightened its grip across the valley, sending night temperatures plummeting.The famous ski resort of Gulmarg recorded a bone-chilling minus 9.0°C on Monday, marking it as one of the coldest nights of the season, officials said. Gulmarg had witnessed fresh snowfall […]
Srinagar: Suspicious bag has been found on Srinagar- Baramulla Highway near Pattan area in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday morning. A top police officer said that security forces during routine patrolling found a suspicious bag lying along the roadside on Srinagar- Baramulla Highway. Soon, a Bomb Disposal Squad was summoned to the […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has constituted a special bench to hear a batch of PILs challenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law that prohibits filing a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek a change in its character from what prevailed on August 15, 1947. A three-judge bench of […]
South Africa clawed back into the Test match in Gqeberha with a productive opening session on the third day that saw them pick five wickets. By lunch, Sri Lanka still trail by 40 runs with only two wickets in hand. After a couple of maiden overs to begin with, Kamindu Mendis got Sri Lanka going […]
GENEVA: The escalation in fighting in Syria has displaced around 280,000 people in just over a week, the United Nations said on Friday, warning that numbers could swell to 1.5 million. “The figure we have in front of us is 280,000 people since Nov 27,” Samer Abdel Jaber, head of emergency coordination at the UN’s […]
Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President, Tariq Hamid Karra, on Saturday reiterated the party’s demand for the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, asserting that it is crucial for both the region and the nation. Tariq Karra highlighted that the Congress party has consistently raised this issue, not only in Jammu but […]