Dead body of mentally challenged person recovered

Srinagar, Feb 03: A dead body of a mentally challenged person from Srinagar was recovered in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday morning. An official said that a body was spotted by some locals in Nownagri village of Pulwama district who accordingly informed the police. He said that a team of police visited the spot […]
Air Traffic witnesses disruptions, several flights rescheduled

Srinagar, Feb 3 : Air traffic to and fro Kashmir Valley was affected with several flights already rescheduled on Wednesday amid light snowfall and poor visibility at Srinagar ‘international’ airport, officials said. The good news for the travelers was that the runaway has been cleared and visibility has improved at the airport to allow the […]
Fresh snowfall in Kashmir, temperatures improve

Srinagar, Feb 3: Parts of Kashmir Valley including Srinagar received fresh light snowfall, leading to a considerable increase in the mercury, the weatherman said on Wednesday. A meteorological department official said that Srinagar witnessed 0.8-centimeter of fresh snowfall till 0830 hours today while mercury settled at minus 0.7°C against minus previous nights minus 4.6°C in […]
Pakistan, India must resolve Kashmir issue in dignified, peaceful manner: General Bajwa

Islamabad, Feb 3 (PTI) Pakistan and India must resolve the Kashmir issue in a “dignified and peaceful manner”, Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Tuesday. General Bajwa was addressing the graduation ceremony at the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Asghar Khan Academy in Risalpur in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, according to the Army. Pakistan and India must […]
Biden signs executive order to ensure legal immigration system operates fairly, efficiently

Washington, Feb 3 (PTI) As part of his efforts to ensure that the legal immigration system operates fairly and efficiently, US President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday to review the policies of the previous administration, including that of the public charge. The review of the existing policies and the subsequent recommendations coming […]
People in Myanmar honk horns, bang on pots to protest coup

Yangon, Feb 3 (AP) Scores of people in Myanmar’s largest city honked car horns and banged on pots and pans Tuesday in the first known public resistance to the coup led a day earlier by the country’s military. What was initially planned to take place for just a few minutes extended to more than a […]
KU postpones MBBS exam scheduled today

Srinagar, Feb 3: The MBBS 1st year examination scheduled to be held today (3 February 2021) is postponed. New date for the deferred examination will be notified later on, Controller of Examination Prof Irshad A Nawchoo said in a statement.
Chill returns as MeT predicts snowfall

Srinagar: The minimum temperature in Kashmir, barring Srinagar and Pahalgam, improved on Tuesday, even as the MET Office forecast light to moderate rain and snow in some areas over the next three days, officials said. Srinagar and Pahalgam were the only places in the valley where the mercury went down on Monday night, while there […]
Post Abrogation of Art 370 tourism arrivals to JK declined: Govt
New Delhi: Tourist arrivals in Jammu and Kashmir have declined since the revocation of the erstwhile state’s special status, Tourism Minister Prahlad Patel informed Parliament on Tuesday. In a written reply to a query in Rajya Sabha, he said 84,326 tourists visited Kashmir since August 5, 2019 while 87,94,837 visited Jammu and 1,00931 tourists visited […]
JK’s security expenditure peaked post Article 370 abrogation
Srinagar: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Tuesday revealed that the annual security related expenditure (SRE) for the J&K UT was Rs 1267 Crore—highest ever since the killing of top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in 2016. The highest ever figure of SRE also coincided with the financial year of 2019-20, the year when […]