Heat wave intensifies; MeT predicts hot & dry weather for the week ahead
Srinagar: Srinagar recorded the hottest day of the season thus far at 31.6 degrees Celsius while in Jammu the mercury hovered above 41 degrees Celsius. Reports said that temperatures recorded at almost all weather stations across Kashmir including Srinagar, Qazigund, Pahalgam, Kupwara, Kokernag and Gulmarg are pointing to the prevalence of heat wave. In Qazigund, […]
Two more Govt employees disengaged for violating MCC at Ganderbal
GANDERBAL: The government today disengaged two employees for violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in the Ganderbal district. An official spokesman said that acting tough against the violation of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) guidelines, the authorities in Ganderbal disengaged two more government employees, today. The order issued in this regard stated that Mushtaq […]
Chief Justice administers oath of office to Justice Nargal
Jammu: Chief Justice, High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, Justice N Kotiswar Singh, today administered the oath of office to Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal as Additional Judge of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, in the Chief Justice’s Court Room here. The oath-taking ceremony was attended at Jammu by Justice […]
BJP supporting party whose leader build business on Hawala money from Pak: Mufti
Poonch/Jammu: The BJP is supporting a party which has been involved in Hawala money pumped in from Pakistan to fund militancy in Kashmir, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said on Wednesday, in a veiled attack on Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari. Bukhari, a former PDP leader, was expelled from the party in January 2019. His Apni […]
No room for dynastic rule in democracy: Bukhari
Questions NC, PDP for their silence on autonomy, self-rule Srinagar: Apni Party president, Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, on Wednesday said, “We live in a democratic country, and in democracy, there is no place for Khandani Raj (dynastic rule).” He stated that “the leadership that ensured J&K’s accession to India in 1947 was supported by the people […]
Omar Abdullah pitches for a strong national-level Muslim leader in the country
“Azad could have played the leadership role but he confined himself to just the Chenab Valley” Pahalgam: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah highlighted the absence of prominent Muslim leaders on the national stage when the community faces challenges, and said Ghulam Nabi Azad could have played the leadership role within the Congress, […]
MeT predicts rise in temp for next week
“No forecast of any activity till May 28” Srinagar: Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu & Kashmir and Qazigund, the gateway of Kashmir recorded a heat wave on Tuesday while the weatherman here has predicted an increase in the maximum temperature for the next week, saying that most areas of J&K are expected to record […]
Focus on actualizing human potential in service of society: LG Sinha
Higher Education Council meeting discusses comprehensive transformation of education sector in J&K Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Tuesday called upon all stakeholders to focus on actualizing human potential in service of the society. He said this while chairing the meeting of J&K Higher Education Council, at Raj Bhawan, an official press release informed. […]
HC asks KU to pay Rs one lakh as damages to student for having wrongly failed him in examination
Srinagar: The High Court of J&K & Ladakh has directed the University of Kashmir to pay Rs one lakh as damages to a student for its “mindless action of wrongly applying the re-evaluation statute” and failing him in the examination. Justice Javed Iqbal Wani while disposing of the case of Abdul Basit, a bachelor’s student […]
More than 17 lakh voters, four serious contenders, 18 independents …and Baramulla goes to polls today
Baramulla: More than 500 centenarians are among the 17.37 lakh voters eligible to exercise their franchise in north Kashmir’s Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency, with political observers expecting a high turnout on the back of the huge crowds that thronged election rallies and roadshows. The first major political battle post abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 […]
