Asia’s largest handmade carpet….
Artisans give finishing touches to a handmade Kashmiri carpet in the compound of the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar on 16 May 2024. The artisans claim that it took them 9 years and more than 60,000 man-days for the production of the handmade Kashmiri carpet that would be exported. They also claimed that this Kashmiri […]
PC holds massive rally in Baramulla
Joined by Altaf Bukhari, Sajad Lone promises to end FIR and police verification culture Baramulla, May 16: As the north Kashmir Lok Sabha constituency, which includes Budgam and Beerwah after delimitation, readies for the polls on May 20, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) held an impressive rally at Baramulla today with Syed Altaf […]
Vote for Sajad, Altaf Bukhari urges voters
Baramulla: At the PC rally in Bramula, JKAP chief Altaf Bukhari urged the massive crowd to turn to polling booths on 20 May to ensure victory of Sajad Shab. “Me and my younger brother Sajad Shab is one. It is battle between truth and falsehood. We have to give befitting reply to political rivals,” he […]
LG invites devotees from India, abroad for 52-day Amarnath Yatra from June 29
Katra/Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday invited devotees from India and abroad to the annual Amarnath Yatra which begins on June 29. Sinha urged the devotees to become the messengers of equality, brotherhood, humanity and harmony. “The Amarnath Yatra will start on the 29th of next month. I invite devotees from India and abroad […]
Mufti warns of attempts to “repeat 1987” in Kashmir
Says betraying people’s trust in elections is fraught with dire consequences Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti warned on Thursday that attempts are underway to repeat the “tumultuous 1987 situation” in Kashmir, saying that betraying the trust of the youth in the electoral process could have dangerously dire consequences. Addressing election rallies in […]
Pension is property protected by Constitution as a fundamental right: HC
Quashes directions by MoD calling for demotion and recovery of pensionary benefits of a local officer Srinagar: Quashing the directions by top officers of the Ministry of Defence calling for demotion and recovery of pensionary benefits of a local officer, the High Court of J&K and Ladakh has held that pension is a property protected […]
Jamaat breaks up with separatism, ready to contest assembly polls if Centre lifts ban
We never issued boycott call in the past, we stayed away as there were threats and people were not voting: JeI Panel Head Srinagar: Spearheading the separatist politics from early 1990 till it was banned by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Government of India, Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir today affirmed its faith in Indian […]
Access to safe, adequate drinking water for every citizen is my commitment: LG
Says govt taking effective action to ensure water security in J&K Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha reviewed the progress of schemes and projects of the Jal Shakti Department today and directed the officials to ensure every household has access to clean drinking water through tap, an official press release informed. The LG said 14.91 lakh […]
Voter turnout reflects people’s anger against Article 370 abrogation: Mufti
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday stated that voter turnout in ongoing Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir reflected people’s anger against the decisions taken by New Delhi on August 05, 2019, which led to the abrogation of Article 370 and 35-A. She said people of J&K feel betrayed by such […]
People will teach lesson to three families who have looted J&K: Chugh
Jammu: National general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Tarun Chugh, has asserted that Jammu and Kashmir, often referred to as the paradise of India, was transformed into a den of loot by three prominent families. “These families, who ruled the region for an extended period, were deeply involved in corruption, depleting the state’s […]
