Property tax aimed at providing better facilities to people: Div Com

Srinagar: Property tax rates are comparatively low in Jammu and Kashmir and the move is aimed at ensuring better facilities for the people, valley’s divisional commissioner, V K Bidhuri, said here on Saturday amidst an uproar over its proposed implementation from April. Speaking to reporters here, Bidhuri said J-K is the last among the states […]

DGP emphasises need for detailed household surveys in border areas

Jammu: Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh has underlined the need to conduct detailed household surveys in border areas and use technology to strengthen the anti-infiltration grid, an official spokesperson said. Singh said this while chairing a meeting of the Border Management Task Force, which was attended by various senior officers of police, Army, […]

HC transfers trial in molestation case against former minister

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has ordered the transfer of the trial in a nine-year-old molestation case against a former Congress minister from a court in Srinagar to Jammu on his request, saying it cannot be stated that his apprehension of not receiving a fair trial in the valley is “unfounded”. Former health […]

Low wages: Artisans mull abandoning world famous Kani shawls

Srinagar: A choice of drape for the well-off, including celebrities, the Kani Pashmina shawl may not find any hands to weave it in the near future as forced by dwindling wages many artisans are deciding to not let their children pick the craft. A Kani Shawl made of Cashmere wool, locally known as Pashmina — […]

Lt Guv chairs high level meeting to review Road Safety

Says concerned departments to conduct causative analysis of road accidents

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday chaired a high-level meeting to review the Road Safety measures in J&K, at the Civil Secretariat. The meeting was attended by Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to Lt Governor; Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary; RK Goyal, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department; Dilbag Singh, DGP; H. Rajesh Prasad, Principal Secretary, […]

Bat manufacturing company signs MoUs with international boards, leagues

Anantnag: A Kashmir-based cricket bat manufacturing company has signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with various international boards and leagues, in order to help them to scout young talent in the valley. The company, ‘Gr8 Sports’, is the first bat manufacturing company to introduce the Kashmir willow bats in international cricket. Bats manufactured by the company […]

Videos of Pakistani citizen’s praise for PM Modi goes viral

Islamabad A Pakistani man’s fulsome praise for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in interactions with a popular YouTuber has gone viral on both sides of the border. After the Pakistani citizen’s comments on the YouTube channel of Sana Amjad in which he said that he prayed for his country to get a leader like Modi […]

MeT forecasts scattered to fairly widespread rains, snow in JK

Srinagar: The weather department on Thursday forecast scattered to fairly widespread light rain and snow over Jammu and Kashmir in next 24 hours. A meteorological department official here said that scattered light rain and snow was expected for subsequent two days. Regarding temperature, he said, Srinagar recorded a low of 1.6°C, the same as on […]

Himachal to record heavy rains, snowfall from Feb 28

Shimla: Mid and higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh are likely to receive rain and snowfall due to a western disturbance from February 28 onwards, according to the Meteorological (MeT) Department. The western disturbance is likely to affect the Western Himalayan region from Tuesday onwards. The local MeT office has issued a yellow warning of heavy […]