19, including 12 shopkeepers booked for defying lockdown

Srinagar: Acting tough against the violators of Government prohibitory orders, police arrested 19 persons including 12 shopkeepers in Srinagar and Ganderbal. Police also seized 12 vehicles for defying lockdown orders over COVID-19. In Srinagar, police arrested 12 shopkeepers from Jehlum Market Batamaloo for defying government orders. Cases under relevant sections of law have been registered […]

Despite testing positive for Covid-19 teacher continues to educate students

Leh: Despite having tested positive for COVID-19, a teacher in quarantine in Ladakh is making sure his students don’t miss out on learning mathematical formulas or algebra problems more complex than the curveballs life may sometimes throw at them. Lodged in an isolation centre in Leh, Kifayat Hussain is taking online classes using internet communication […]

U’khand experiments with establishing ‘tulip garden’

Omar Abdullah says Tulips in Kashmir are the best

Dehradun: Photographs of the tulip garden in Munsyari, a tourist hotspot, by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat immediately went viral on Twitter and attracted a number of reactions, including from former Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah. Seeing the pictures of the tulip garden, Abdullah, in a tweet, said though the tulips being grown […]

Kashmiris in Dubai demand evacuation

Says ready to undergo quarantine for required period

Srinagar: Stuck in Dubai, Kashmiris especially the elderly persons who want to return to Valley have appealed the administration in Jammu and Kashmir to take steps to evacuate them to the Union Territory. Zahid Ahmad, one of the Kashmiri resident said that over 500 people especially elderly have been facing tremendous hardships in Dubai amid […]

161 Kashmiri students stuck in Bangladesh land in Srinagar

Srinagar: 161 Kashmiri students who were stuck in Bangladesh arrived in Srinagar on Tuesday. Official sources said that 161 stranded students arrived in Srinagar. They landed in a flight at Srinagar International Airport, were screened and sent to administrative quarantine. Earlier, 168 students mostly pursuing medicine in Bangladesh had arrived in Srinagar. An official said […]

High speed internet barred in JK till 27 May

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Tuesday extended ban on high-speed internet till May 27 even as 2G service shall remain suspended in Pulwama and Shopian district for now. Among others, the government has cited use of high speed mobile internet for coordinating acts of militancy, both within and from across the border. “Over […]

Two cops sustain injuries in road mishap

Srinagar: Two police personnel sustained injuries in a car accident that took place in Pouni area of Reasi district Tuesday morning. Police sources said that an accident took place on Tuesday morning when a car bearing registration number JK12B 3670 was plying on Bhambla Reasi road when it rolled down in a gorge near Thanda […]

Prof Shakil A Romshoo is new Dean Research KU

Srinagar: Prof Shakil Ahmad Romshoo has been appointed as the new Dean Research, University of Kashmir. Prof. Romshoo has a multidisciplinary academic and research background having obtained his Ph.D. in Water resources engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan and M.S. in Space Science from the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok Thailand. He has more […]

DC Srinagar visits fire affected families at Hazratbal

Sanctions 15 lakh rupees ex gratia in favour of affected families

SRINAGAR: Following an incident of fire breaking out before dawn today at Hazratbal area the Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary visited the affected families to console them and assess the damage from the tragic incident. Notably, five houses were damaged and a total of 10 families affected in the fire incident at the […]