Azad praises PM Modi for being frank about his past as tea-seller
Jammu: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he speaks frankly about his past as a tea-seller and does not try to hide his background from the world. Addressing a function by Gujjar Desh Charitable Trust here, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said a person should […]
Covid-19: J&K reports 58 new positive cases
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday reported 58 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 11 from Jammu division and 47 from Kashmir division, taking the total number of positive cases in the UT to 126441. One person from Kashmir also died due to the infection, officials said. The officials said that out of […]
Police detain JKPCC chief, party workers protesting against rising fuel prices
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee president G A Mir was briefly detained here on Sunday along with over a dozen party workers during a protest against the rising fuel prices, police said. The police acted after Mir along with senior party colleagues and former ministers Raman Bhalla and Yogesh Sawhney tried to take […]
Peaceful struggle vital for restoration of rights: Mehbooba Mufti
Says ‘violent means weaken our just and peaceful struggle’
Pulwama: Peoples Democratic Party president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Sunday called for an unrelenting peaceful struggle for the restoration of democratic and constitutional rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a convention of senior party workers of District Pulwama, Mufti said that people of Kashmir should not let despair decide their […]
CB files charge-sheet in land fraud case in Jammu
Jammu: The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police has filed a charge-sheet in a four-year-old case of cheating a woman of over Rs 4.20 lakh on the pretext of selling her a plot of land here, an official said on Sunday. The charge-sheet was filed in the court of Jammu’s sub-judge against the accused […]
Two avalanches hit Kashmir; no loss of life reported
Srinagar: Two avalanches hit Kupwara and Ganderbal districts on Sunday but there was no loss of life, officials said. An avalanche occurred on Chowkibal-Tangdhar Road in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district around 11:45 am, they said. The officials said another avalanche occurred near Army Convoy Ground in Sonamarg in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district in the afternoon. […]
One-way LMV traffic from Srinagar on Jmu-Sgr NH today
Srinagar: Authorities on Sunday informed that one way traffic from Srinagar towards Jammu shall be allowed on the Jammu-Srinagar highway for Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) Monday subject to fair weather and better road condition. A communiqué by the J&K Traffic Police asked Traffic Control Unit Srinagar to liaise with that in Ramban to release the […]
Woman’s body found in Poonch
Srinagar: A 48-year-old woman’s body was recovered from Boniketh Surankote area of Poonch district in Jammu division on Sunday. Official sources identified the deceased as Hajra Begum, wife of Abdul Hamid, a local. Police said initial reports suggest that she was trying to cross river near Boniketh from a small bridge and died after falling […]
Kashmir’s Missing Mutton
Mutton, the all-time favourite diet of Kashmiri populace, is missing from the markets. The non-availability of mutton has created a crisis like situation in Kashmir where people consume around a whopping 51,000 tons of mutton annually.
The trouble started in November last year when Mutton Price Fixation Committee headed by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir came up with a new price list — 480 rupees per Kg — for the retail meat sellers. They refused the government fixed rate giving birth to a crisis that continues even today. Saturday, Feb 27, divisional administration […]
Dr Jitendra Singh appreciates early dev of COVID-19 vaccine in India
Attends “National Science Day” at Jammu University
JAMMU: Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) and Prime Minister’s Office, Dr Jitendra Singh, today said that the cumulative experience and knowledge gives a sense of scientific intuition and it was the PM, who for the first time, let the government diversify the applications of Space Technology and scientific innovations […]
