SRINAGAR, AUGUST 15: Directorate of Social Welfare Kashmir today launched “Nasha Mukt Bharat”- Drug free India” campaign initiated by the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The campaign is being run in 272 most vulnerable districts of India and 10 districts of Jammu and Kashmir including Poonch, Rajouri, Kishtwar, Doda, Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam, Shopian, […]
JAMMU, AUGUST 15: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 3,15,283 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]
Body of an army trooper was recovered in Gulmarg on Saturday, more than eight months after he was swept away by a snow avalanche along the Line of Control in the area in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Unnnamed official sources told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS) that the body of the trooper, […]
A two-year-old boy drowned to death in a stream at Frisal area of Yaripora in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday morning. A local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reported that a boy identified as Anayatullah Manzoor, son of Manzoor Ahmad Wagay, a resident of Frisal was playing when he slipped in the stream […]
On 15 August, like every other year, Jammu and Kashmir government snapped mobile internet services on all platforms, while voice calling wasn’t barred this time on the eve of Independence Day. Unnamed officials said in the security review meeting held on August 13 and 14 respectively, it was decided that 2G mobile internet services will […]
After the recent attacks of BJP affiliated panchs and sarpanchs in various parts of Kashmir valley, the new Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir has asked his administration to have a fresh look to provide a secure and safe environment for the local leaders to work. Recently there were three militant attacks on BJP leaders. […]
The driver of Director Information and Public Relations sustained a bullet wound after the service rifle of Sahastra Seema Bal (SSB) man went off accidentally in Jawahar Nagar area of Kashmir capital Srinagar. The driver identified as Ghulam Nabi is stable. “The bullet didn’t hit him directly. It hit the wall first. The driver was […]
The expanse of the world-famous Dal Lake in Srinagar has shrunk to an alarming extent — it was found in August 2018 to be less than half of its original size — and its waters give out a nauseating stench. The matter is naturally a cause for distress among residents of Kashmir, who see it […]
In his new innings as Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha on Friday asked VCs to adopt J&K-centric changes as per the New Education Policy 2020 while chairing a meeting to review the functioning of the universities at Raj Bhavan in Sringar. Sinha urged them to prepare a roadmap to bring qualitative improvement […]
Senior Kashmiri politician Mohiuddin Mir feels he has been tethered for the last year. “What Independence Day? I have been in a cage for the last 375 days,” said Mir, a former Jammu and Kashmir legislator from Pulwama when asked if he received an invite to participate in the Independence Day function on Saturday. “Independence […]