JKTDC begins 10 day HARISA festival
Jammu: J&K Tourism Development Corporation (JKTDC) today organized Harisa Festival ‘A winter cuisine of Kashmir’ to give a novel experience of Kashmiri traditional cuisine to Jammuites and to tourists. Managing Director JKTDC, Anjum Gupta inaugurated the 10 day festival which is being organized by JKTDC to bring the taste of Kashmiri traditional winter cuisine […]
Growers off for training-cum-exposure visit
Srinagar: With an aim to provide exposure to the growers, the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan today flagged off a group of growers representing different districts for training-cum-exposure visit to Division of Foriculture, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi. On the occasion, Director Floriculture and other concerned officials of the department were present. The tour is […]
Ganga participates in Christmas, Gurpurab celebrations
Jammu: Minister for Industries and Commerce Chander Parkash Ganga extended his wishes to people of Jammu, on the auspicious occasion of Christmas and Gurpurab. The Minister attended Christmas celebrations organized at Christian Colony, Bari Brahmana by Christian Welfare Association. He asserted that state government is following the development mantra of centre government “Sabka Sath Sabka […]
Social Media is a powerful platform for Dawah
Since my childhood I was very much interested in Dawah (invitation towards Islam). But one thing was missing: a good platform. In 2009, my dream came true when I first time logged in to social media platform Facebook. It gave me a great opportunity to reach to non- Muslims. By the grace of Allah, the […]
Editorial: Follow rules for reprimand
Srinagar: Though for wrong reasons most of the time, teachers have been in the news in our state. During the past two weeks the teaching community has been on the receiving end for not performing their teaching assignments- but for various other reasons. A couple of days back a sub-divisional magistrate allegedly thrashed and made […]
High-speed broadband internet service launched in JK
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh today launched a high-speed broadband internet service in the state as part of initiatives under the Digital India programme of the Central government. People living in Jammu, Srinagar, Ladakh, and Katra would be able to avail the benefits of the service. During the launch, Singh said: […]
SPO arrested with charas in J-K
Jammu: A special police officer (SPO) was today arrested and 700 grams of charas was seized from his possession in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, a senior police official said. The SPO, Mohammad Iqbal, a resident of Khori-Saroor village, was arrested on a specific information that he was involved in smuggling and sale of charas […]
Chief Minister meets Governor
JAMMU: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti met Governor N.N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan here today. During their half hour long meeting, Chief Minister informed the Governor about several important matters in regard to which the Cabinet had taken decisions a few days back. She also informed about her Government’s decision to commence Panchayat elections from […]
Forces lay siege to Pulwama village
Srinagar: Government forces on Monday evening started a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Talangam village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Official sources said that 55 Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operation Group Pulwama launched a joint search operation after receiving inputs about the presence of militants in the area. Local sources said that large number […]
Jadhav’s meeting with family did not constitute ‘consular access’: Pak
Islamabad: Pakistan today said that Kulbhushan Jadhav’s meeting with his family in the presence of an Indian diplomat did not constitute “consular access” and repeated its old allegations against the Indian prisoner. Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal briefed the media after the meeting of Jadhav with his mother Avanti and wife Chetankul this afternoon. […]