Tourism is dying
Tourism in Kashmir is in a very bad shape. The reasons are many however, the situation in Kashmir that is being reflected by the media outside and the inept response by the state administration is making things worse. Hotels across Kashmir are witnessing the lowest occupancy during the past few years now. During the current […]
NC didn’t field candidates in Jammu, Ladakh regions fearing defeat: BJP
Jammu, May 29 (PTI) The BJP Wednesday took a dig at the National Conference, saying it did not filed candidates in Jammu and Ladakh regions fearing a rout at the hands of the saffron party. J&K BJP spokesperson Brig Anil Gupta (retd) told reporters here that the NC got just seven per cent vote in […]
Shopian gunfight: Militant killed, civilian critical after hit by bullet
(Jahangeer Ganaie) Shopian: A militant has been killed in an encounter that raged between government forces and militants in Pinjora area of Shopian district, sources said. An official said that a joint team of forces including including 44 RR, CRPF and SOG Shopian launched a search operation after having specific inputs about the presence of […]
Gunfight Rages in Pinjura Shopian
(Jahangeer Ganaie) Shopian: A gunfight has started between government forces and militants in Pinjura area of Shopian district in south Kashmir. An official said that on specific inputs about the presence of militants in the area, a joint team of forces including 44 RR launched search operation in the area. On intensifying search operation towards […]
PHD Chamber Kashmir Felicitates Chairman J&K Bank
Srinagar, May 29: PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry Kashmir (PHDCCI) on Tuesday felicitated J&K Bank Chairman and CEO Parvez Ahmed for steering the Bank out of a tumultuous phase and spurring it to a profit of 464 crore rupees in the financial year 2018-19. A delegation of the chamber led by Chairman Mushtaq Chaya […]
Gunfight erupts in Kulgam, one militant killed
Kulgam, May 29 : A militant has been killed in an encounter that raged between government forces and militants in Tazipora Mohanpora village of Kulgam district in south kashmir. An official said that a joint team of forces including 9 RR, 18 BN CRPF and SOG kulgam launched search operation after having specific inputs about […]
Army Major dies of cardiac arrest in Machil sector
Srinagar, May 29 (GNS): An army officer died due to cardiac arrest in Machil sector along Line of Control (LoC) of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday, police sources said. A police official said that the army officer of Major rank identified as Rahul Singh (32), suffered cardiac arrest at 57 RR headquarter where he […]
Admin gear up
There seems to be no end to the steep price hike in essential commodities in Kashmir valley. The spiraling of the prices started with the advent of the holy month of Ramadhan and as the month nears its end the situation has not changed a bit but has even worsened. The price hike across the […]
Shah meets Modi ahead of swearing-in ceremony on May 30
New Delhi, May 28 (PTI) BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leaders are understood to have discussed the contours of the new government which will be sworn in on Thursday. There is a view within the BJP that Shah may join the government after playing a crucial role […]
Ex-militant among 3 detained under PSA
Jammu, May 28 (PTI) Three persons, including a former militant, were detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Tuesday, police said. Khurshid Ahmad Lone, who had surrendered as a militant of the erstwhile Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI); Tanveer Ahmad Gin, an active overground worker of the Hizbul Mujahideen and allegedly […]
