Minimise dependency on highway
The road connectivity between Jammu and Srinagar has always grabbed headlines. Few years back this highway would offer lot of roadblocks to commuters as well as load carrying vehicles. The road stretch between Ramban and Banihal and elsewhere would always trouble the drivers and unpredicted landslides and shooting stones made life even more difficult, especially […]
Train connectivity is redefining tourism in Kashmir
By: Mohammad Hanief For decades, tourists flocking to Kashmir had to rely on the twists of mountain roads or the uncertainty of air travel. Flights were expensive, buses uncomfortable, and winter snow often cut off the Valley from the rest of the country. Today, that picture is changing fast. With the completion of landmark railway […]
Connecting Mizoram
By: Ashwini Vaishnaw For many decades, the North East was considered a distant frontier, waiting for development. Our brothers and sisters living in North Eastern states carried aspirations of progress, but the infrastructure and opportunities they deserved remained out of reach. All this changed when Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi initiated the Act East policy. […]
Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH) celebrations: GDC Ganderbal hosts debate and Naat Competition
Ganderbal: Marking the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH), the Government Degree College Ganderbal reverberated with soulful recitations and thought-provoking deliberations as the Departments of Islamic Studies, Urdu, and Kashmiri jointly organized a Debate and Naat Competition. The event sought to celebrate spiritual heritage, ignite intellectual reflection, and reaffirm the timeless relevance of the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) […]
Lt Guv reviews preparations for ‘Sewa Parv’ celebration
SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review the preparations ahead of ‘Sewa Parv’, to be organised across the Union Territory from 17th September to 2nd October, 2025. The meeting was attended by Atal Dulloo, Chief Secretary; Shantmanu, Additional Chief Secretary, Higher Education Department; Shailendra Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture Production […]
J&K BOSE notifies dates for filling of examination forms for 11th, 12th classes
Urges institutional heads to adhere to timeframe SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (J&K BOSE), has notified online submission of Annual examination Forms for class 11th and 12th, Regular, 2025 (Oct-Nov session). As per the notification issued by the Joint Secretary, Examinations JD/ KD, all eligible students of Kashmir Division including winter […]
Cheque Bounce Case: Budgam man convicted, sentenced to one-year jail term
Srinagar: The Court of 4th Additional Munsiff (JMIC) Srinagar has convicted Mohammad Maqbool Wani, a resident of Ichgam, Budgam, in a cheque bounce case under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments in Act, 1881. Delivering the judgment on September 3, 2025, the court held Wani guilty after finding that the cheque he issued to settle […]
Police attaches property of ‘notorious drug peddler’ in Budgam
Court orders attachment of property at Pattan in north Kashmir Srinagar: Police attached immovable property of a notorious drug peddler in Humhama area of district Budgam, a police spokesman said Thursday. He said that the property, comprising a double-storey residential house belonging to Sahil Yousuf Bhat son of Mohammad Yousuf Bhat resident of Humhama, has […]
Police arrests drug peddler in Khrew, Awantipora
Srinagar: Police in Awantipora arrested a drug peddler and recovered contraband substance from his possession, a police spokesman said Thursday. He said that during naka checking at Babapora Khrew, a Police Party intercepted one person in suspicious condition, who tried to flee from the spot but was apprehended tactfully. During search, 01 gram of […]