Cordon and Search Operation in Kakapora Village
Srinagar: Government forces on Wednesday morning started a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Laribal Village of Kakapora tehsil in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Official sources said that 55 Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operation Group (SOG) Kakapora launched a joint search operation after receiving inputs about the presence of militants in the area. Local sources said that […]
Wakf Board reinstates cleric found guilty in a sexual harassment case
Srinagar: Muslim Wakf board Jammu and Kashmir has hit a new low. The board which is the custodian of major religious places in the Valley has reinstated one of its employee after ruling him guilty in a sexual harassment case. Surprisingly, the employee who was performing duties of Imam in one of the renowned […]
Tassaduq Mufti’s LC nomination: Dilawar calls it ‘constitutional cover’
Srinagar: To provide constitutional cover to Tassaduq Mufti, brother of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is all set to nominate him as member of legislative council (LC) before appointing him as tourism minister. The nomination of Tassaduq, who is presently working as coordinator Chief Minister’s grievance cell in May, to […]
NC to go it alone in assembly elections
Jammu: Former Chief Minister and National Conference (NC) President Dr Farooq Abdullah on Monday announced to contest the next assembly election alone, saying his party was confident of a massive mandate on its own, given the support of the people tye party enjoys. “We won’t have alliance with any party,” NC President said while addressing […]
Snow, rains cuts off Valley for the second day
Srinagar: With the season’s first mild snowfall in the plains and heavy downpour in the hilly areas, the valley remained cut off from rest of the world as the road links remained suspended owing to the snowfall. The snowfall also led to disruption in some flights also. All the roads connecting the valley to the […]
Hard pressed medicos: ‘One doctor caters to three thousand patients in JK’
Srinagar: The health care facilities in the Valley are portraying a horrible picture if one goes by the doctor-patient ratio in Kashmir. The ration is nowhere close to the set standards raising eyebrows about the functioning of the health department. According to the data available, the current doctor-patient ration in Kashmir is 1:250 which as […]
Avalanche hits army post in north Kashmir, five soldier missing
Srinagar: Five soldiers went missing after avalanches hit two Army posts near the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. Two soldiers went missing in Kupwara district’s Nowgam sector on Monday evening and three others disappeared on Tuesday morning in Bandipora district’s Gurez sector, they added. Three army jawans went […]
Downpour brings down black carbon levels in atmosphere
Srinagar: The night long showers and snowfall in Kashmir plains has brought down the pollution levels which had touched alarming levels during the dry spell that was witnessed in the Valley over the past several months. As per officials at Meteorological Station Srinagar, the amount of toxic Black Carbons and other pollutants has considerably came […]
Snowfall mesmerizes young and old: People express jubilations through social media
Srinagar: As the residents living in plains received season’s first snowfall on Tuesday, the celebrations were galore across the Valley. Although the higher reaches of the valley, including the ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir, received snow a day earlier, the plains were blessed on Monday night where the residents woke up ecstatic seeing the […]
Banks apprehend cash crunch as RBI ‘halts’ cash inflow to Valley
Srinagar: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has restricted the cash flow to Jammu and Kashmir, sources privy to the development divulged, apprehending that it could be the worst ever fiscal disaster witnessed by the state in its modern history. Official sources working in different banks operating in the state said that the RBI […]