Foxglove: Rare flower blooms in J&K’s Bhaderwah amid tourism slump due to Covid-19

Foxglove: Rare flower blooms in J&K’s Bhaderwah amid tourism slump due to Covid-19

In the picturesque valley here in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, the slump in tourism due to the coronavirus pandemic has been a blessing in disguise as less human intervention has led to a bumper crop of ‘digitalis purpurea’, a flower species primarily native to temperate Europe. Experts have predicted a bigger crop of the wild […]

Geelani resigns from Hurriyat Conference

Geelani resigns from Hurriyat Conference

Srinagar: Senior pro-freedom leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has resigned from Hurriyat Conference. “Keeping in view the current condition of all parties Hurriyat Conference, I am announcing to distance myself from the forum,” the ailing Hurriyat leader can be heard as saying in an audio message. “I have informed all the constituents of the Hurriyat […]

Anantnag encounter: Three militants killed, Search on

Anantnag encounter: Three militants killed, Search on

  Anantnag, June 29:Three militants have been killed in an encounter that broke out between militants and government forces in Khulchohar Runipora area Shangus belt of South kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday morning. An official told News agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that three militants have been killed in an exchange of fire while as search […]

Family of Er Rashid terms silence by Abdullah’s over Abrogation of Article 370, issuance of domicile certificate to non-locals’ criminal

Family of Er Rashid terms silence by Abdullah’s over Abrogation of Article 370, issuance of domicile certificate to non-locals’ criminal

Srinagar, June 28 (KNS): Family of former lawmaker of north Kashmir’s Langate constituency Er Rashid on Sunday appealed authorities to release him on compassionate grounds in wake of surge in Covid-19 caseloads in Tihar. It also said that the silence of Dr Farooq and Omar Abdullah over scrapping of Article 370 and issuing of domicile […]

MPs of J&K should bring private member’s Bill in Parliament against new domicile laws :Hakeem Yaseen

MPs of J&K should bring private member’s Bill in Parliament against new domicile laws :Hakeem Yaseen

Srinagar, June 28 (KNS):Expressing his serious concern over the unchecked issuance of domicile certificates to non locals ,Chairman People’s Democratic Front PDF Hakeem Yaseen has urged the authorises to put the whole process on hold till the petition about challenging the constitutional validity of reducing the status of Jammu and Kashmir from a fullfledged state […]

Anxiety in Kashmir as govt. orders stocking up of LPG for two months, seeks school buildings for security forces

Anxiety in Kashmir as govt. orders stocking up of LPG for two months, seeks school buildings for security forces

Two separate government orders on stocking up of LPG cylinders for two months in the Kashmir valley and on vacating of school buildings for the security forces in Ganderbal, adjoining Kargil, has triggered a fresh wave of anxiety among the locals, in the wake of India-China face-off. Described as a “most urgent matter”, an Adviser […]