Preserving, maintaining cultural heritage

Adopt value-based conservation using expert advice: Lt Guv

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday advised for adopting a value-based conservation procedure with the help of experts besides ensuring transparency and effective onsite monitoring of projects. While chairing a meeting to review the action plan for effective implementation of the scheme for ‘Revival, Restoration, Preservation and Maintenance of Ancient Cultural Heritage’ in Jammu […]

Jammu Film Festival to begin from Sep 3

54 films from 15 countries to be screened

Jammu: The second edition of Jammu Film Festival will be held here from September 3 with 54 films from 15 countries slated to be screened over two days of the event, officials said on Saturday. The first ever international film festival here was held in September in 2019 in Jammu, the winter capital of the […]

JK reports 557 covid-19 cases, two fatalities

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 557 fresh covid infections during the last 24 hours while two persons succumbed to the virus, officials said on Saturday. 282 cases were reported from Jammu division and 275 from Kashmir division, taking the overall tally to 459544, they said. Giving district wise details, they said, Jammu reported 169 cases, […]

Young entrepreneur revives mud house tradition in Kashmir

Mahwish Mushtaq Khan Srinagar: Mud houses were an integral part of Kashmir culture in the past but with time they have become a rare sight due the construction of sophisticated, luxurious houses. However, a young entrepreneur Sameer Majid is trying to revive the age-old tradition by building mud houses long forgotten by the people of […]

Rains lash parts of JK, MeT forecasts more downpour

Srinagar: Rains continued to lash most parts of Jammu and Kashmir even as the weatherman on Saturday forecast more light to moderate showers and thunderstorms during the next 24 hours. “Fairly widespread light to moderate rains/TS over Jammu and Kashmir,” said a meteorological department official regarding the forecast for next 24 hours. For the subsequent […]

Three minors among 4 killed in Samba road mishap

15 people suffer injuries

Jammu: Four people, three of them minors, were killed and fifteen others were injured in an accident involving an auto and a truck on highway in Samba district late last night, officials said on Saturday. They said that the accident between auto (tempo-type, bearing registration no. JK21A-2268) and truck happened at 2325 hours, resulting in […]

Gunfight rages in Qaimoh Kulgam

Kulgam: An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists at Rampora village in Qaimoh area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said on Saturday They said that a joint of team of police, Army and CRPF after receiving information about the presence of terrorists launched a search operation in Rampora area of Kulgam. He […]