Six percent population in JK has no access to toilet facility: Survey
Srinagar: Six percent of the population in Jammu and Kashmir has no access to toilet facilities, the National Health and Family Survey (NHFS) has reported. Shopian in south Kashmir is the only district with 100 percent access to toilet facility, while just 82 percent of the population in Kathua district has access to toilet facility. […]
Renounce: My ‘innocuous dissent’ was seen as act of ‘treason’: Shah Faesal
Srinagar/New Delhi: Shah Faesal, the first resident of Jammu and Kashmir who topped the civil services exam in 2009, on Tuesday said his decision to join politics last year had done more harm than benefit as his “innocuous act” of dissent was seen as an “act of treason”. A day after announcing that he was […]
Subdued festivities: After 1868 people in JK will celebrate Eid staying indoors
Srinagar: As Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of slowing down, the situation has brought back the gory memories of 1868 pandemic when people across J&K spent Eid-ul-Azha (festival of sacrifices) by sitting in their homes. As per the historians, it was in 1868, when the people of Kashmir were reeling under similar circumstances due to […]
Teenage girl becomes voice of the ‘speechless’
Srinagar: A 17 day old girl from Nowgam area of Srinagar is, winning hearts by proving to be the voice of the deaf and dumb sportspersons registered with Jammu and Kashmir Sports Association. Arwa Imtiyaz, a class 11th student from Nowgam started interacting and accompanying the deaf and dumb sportspersons since the age of 12. […]
School fee row: Private schools, parents reach consensus
Srinagar: Private Schools’ Association of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday announced 100 per cent fee waiver to the wards of the families who had no income during the lockdown period. Private Schools’ Association of J&K (PSAJK) after lengthy deliberations with Parents Association of Privately Administered Schools (PAPAS), trade bodies and representatives of tourism, transporters and […]
Woman, her daughter spend night outside as in-laws deny entry to home
Srinagar: A woman and her five-year daughter had to spend a night under the open sky after her in-laws denied them entry to their matrimonial home, despite a court directing police to ensure she is not harassed. Police said they have registered a fresh FIR into the allegations of a scuffle with the woman by […]
Muslims perform last rites of deceased Pandit woman in Bandipora
Bandipora: Muslim in North Kashmir’s Bandipora helped perform the last rites of an elderly Kashmiri Pandit woman on Thursday. Locals said that as soon as the news of the death of 75-year-old woman Rani Bhatt wife of Moti Lal Bhatt spread, Muslim neighbours came together to help in performing her last rites. Many people amid […]
Srinagar girl comes to rescue of womenfolk in need of hygiene outside home
Srinagar: A Srinagar girl has come up with a unique initiative to assist the women folk in Srinagar in case of any medical need by making all the necessary items available at the ladies conveniences in the district. Irfana Zargar, daughter of Late Ghulam Hassan Zargar has so far covered at least five ladies conveniences […]
Hundreds converge at Ashmuqam, participate in traditional ‘Zool’ ritual
Aishmuqam: Hundreds of devotees on Saturday thronged the holy shrine of Sufi saint Sakhi Zainuddin Wali (RA) in Aishmuqam where they performed the traditional ‘Zool’ ritual. The ritual is being performed by devotees as a mark of respect for the saint as it is held to mark the beginning of the agricultural activity after a […]
Highway ban causes inconvenience to civilians
Srinagar, Apr 7 (PTI) Ghulam Mohammad Bhat started off from his home here to reach a hospital where his daughter is admitted, but cannot find any means of transport to get there due to the ban on civilian traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar highway. “I have been walking for the past 15 minutes, but there is […]
