CM stresses on developing heritage spots along Mughal Road
Describing Pir Panchal region as a treasure of heritage and adventure tourism, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today stressed on developing spots, particularly heritage sites, along the historic Mughal Road to attract niche tourists from all across the country. Chairing the Governing Body meetings of Poonch and Rajouri Tourism Development Authorities here today, the Chief Minister […]
Fear of aggression affects health care performance: DAK
Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Sunday expressed dismay after the authorities disallowed the protest of doctors, nurses and paramedical staff against the ‘repeated attacks’ on medicos here. According to the statement issued here, DAK President, Dr Nisar ul Hassan said, “It was unfortunate that we were not allowed to protest against the repeated attacks on medicos.” […]
Chief Minister reviews water, power availability in Jammu
Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today reviewed the arrangements put in place by the divisional administration of Jammu to meet the needs of people during the summer months. Deputy Chief Minster, Dr. Nirmal Singh and Minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control, Sham Choudhary were present in the meeting. The Chief Minister expressed dismay over the […]
UPA candidate for President 2017 seeks votes in Srinagar
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) nominee for President of India in 2017, Meira Kumar on Sunday met Congress, National Confrence and other Independent candidates in Srinagar to garner support in her favour. Later she along with core group held a press conference in SKICC Srinagar. The union of 17 Indian political parties to back me for […]
West Bengal on the verge of becoming Kashmir, says BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led state is on the verge of becoming another Kashmir, reports said. BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi said that people are not safe in Bengal anymore. “I want to say that Bengal is on the way to become Kashmir. Lot of people […]
One killed, 24 injured in Kathua
One person was killed and 24 others were injured after a bus they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into the deep gorge in Khanera area of district Kathua on Saturday. A police official said that 3 passengers were rushed to GMC Jammu and other 21 were shifted to District Hospital Kuthua. […]
Restrictions lifted in Kashmir, says official
Authorities today lifted restrictions in the Valley after two days of restrictions and strike as the first death anniversary of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani remained “by and large peaceful”. According to the officials, there were no restrictions on the movement or assembly of people anywhere in the Valley today. “There were few incidents of […]
Amarnath Yatra resumes from Jammu, Baltal and Nunwan base camps
Amarnath yatra resumes after it was suspended for two day ahead of Hizb commander Burhan Wani’s death anniversary on Saturday. According to the reports, new batches of yatris left Baltal and Nunwan Pahalgam base camps for Amarnath cave in south Kashmir this morning. Yatra movement on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway was resumed this morning taking […]
Train service between Banihal and Baramulla resumes
Train services between Baramulla in north Kashmir and Banihal in Jammu region resumed today after remaining suspended for two days due to security reasons, a railway official said. He said train services between Srinagar-Badgam and Baramulla in north Kashmir have been resumed. Similarly, the train services between Badgam-Srinagar-Anantnag-Qazigund in south Kashmir to Banihal in Jammu […]
Army person died due to heart attack at Tangmarg
An army personnel died in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday morning, sources said. According to the sources, an army driver, Bashir Ahmad Ganaie son of Muhammad Asadullah Ganaie of Boniyar Uri, 37, died due to heart failure at Tangmarg Baramulla. More Details awaited.
