Shabir Shah’s ‘close aid’ arrested by ED
Following a crackdown on the separatist leadership by the sleuths of National Investigation Agency (NIA), a close aide of separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah was arrested by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Srinagar, sources said. They said that Muhmmad Aslam Wani, close aide of separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah was today arrested by Enforcement Directorate […]
Valley simmers as temperature heads North
Though the scorching heat in the Valley has left people bewildered, the weatherman here predicted a sigh of relief to the people, saying the rains would occur from Monday evening. Pertinently, Kashmir Valley witnessed a higher temperature that Jammu on Sunday. According to the Meteorological (MeT) department, the maximum temperature was recorded 33.7 degrees which […]
Death trap widens, as drug abuse goes rampant
There seems to be no end to the availability of drugs and narcotic substances to drug abusers in most parts of South Kashmir raising serious question over the working of state Police in tackling the menace which is endangering human lives. A patient (20), hailing from South Kashmir who used to take Heroin on daily […]
Amid shutdown, youth injured in Sopore clashes
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Partition horror to be relived as tales to be made public
A collection of horrific and emotional tales of the Partition of India with over 4,300 witness interviews is set to go public for the first time this week, it was announced on Sunday. A portion of the complete oral history interviews will be released online on August 10 from Stanford University Library’s Digital Repository, US-based […]
CM chairs SC Advisory Board meeting
Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has stressed the need for taking the welfare schemes for SC community to their doorstep so as to ensure their optimal execution. Chairing a review meeting of the J&K Advisory Board for Development of Scheduled Castes, the Chief Minister asked the concerned Departments to launch awareness drives about these schemes […]
CS reviews BADP implementation, AAP of 162 Cr approved for 2017-18
The State Level Screening Committee on Border Area Development Programme (BADP) headed by Chief Secretary, B B Vyas today held a comprehensive review of the implementation of the programme in the State. Principal Secretary, H&ME, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Commissioner/Secretary, PW (R&B), Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Commissioner/ Secretary, Science &Technology, Secretary Education […]
Agriculture Deptt to play key role in doubling farmers income: Dy CM
Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh today asked the agriculture department to formulate a vision document for facilitating the farmers for better use of technological intervention in the field of agriculture and providing better marketing support to realize Prime Minister’s dream of doubling farmers income by 2022. The Deputy Chief Minister said this during one […]
Govt launching youth as entrepreneurs, employment generators
Fuzaib Farooq is a successful entrepreneur from Kashmir. He has his own brand name “Pashmilon” and is exporting his products all across the country as well as the Middle East. Besides earning a successful livelihood, he provides employment to many other persons in his unit that manufactures silken blended cloth, stoles, shawls, arabian rumals, […]
Muslims perform last rites of Hindu woman
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