UN membership: US reaffirms support for India seeking place in reformed UNSC, NSG
Washington: The Biden administration has reaffirmed its commitment to support India’s permanent membership in a reformed UN Security Council and New Delhi’s entry to the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group. The US also praised India for its significant contributions as a member of the 15-membered apex decision making body of the UN. In a joint statement issued […]
Triumph : Tral village gets to see the glow of eclectic bulb after 70 years
Locals thank administration, requests them to provide other facilities
Tral: For the residents of Gujjer Basti of Bajwani village, a small hamlet located on the hilly terrain of Tral today was a special day. The residents could not believe their eyes as the tiny hamlet got connected to the world of electric wires for the first time. This tiny village had over the past […]
Huge cache of arms, ammunition recovered in Anantnag
Srinagar: Police Tuesday recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from a vehicle abandoned by a person in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said here . During a routine night domination near MehmoodAbad Bridge in Dooru on Monday, a vehicle was spotted which stopped after noticing the police party, raising suspicions, officials said. “The […]
Overnight Kulgam gunfight ends : One among the two killed militants was active for five years: Police
Srinagar: The overnight firefight between militants and joint team of police and army in Kulgam district of south Kashmir ended with the killing of two militants of Jash-e-Mohammad, one of them being “active for five years,” while two policemen suffered injuries, officials said on Tuesday. “On 11 April 2022, based on a specific input regarding […]
Woman held for mercilessly beating her toddler
Jammu: A chilling video of a woman mercilessly beating her nine-month-old baby in Samba district went viral on social media, thereby prompting police to arrest her. The netizens demanded police action against the woman for the brutality, officials said. In the heart-wrenching video, apparently shot by a relative, the woman was purportedly seen thrashing, slapping […]
Jammu sizzles at 39.6 degrees as mercury soars across JK
MeT says 89% deficiency in rainfall reported in over one month
Jammu: The mercury maintained an upward trend across Jammu and Kashmir with winter capital Jammu recording the season’s hottest day on Monday at 39.6 degrees Celsius — 7.5 notches above normal. Jammu city also recorded the hottest night at 22.9 degrees Celsius which was also 3.7 degrees above average during this part of the season, […]
Dry weather conditions affect owing season
Srinagar: Dry weather conditions in spring has left farmers worried in Kashmir as according to them it will directly affect irrigation and dwindle the annual produce. Farmers from different areas of Kashmir complained that they are in dilemma whether to sow seeds or not as there has been no rains during the spring. “We always […]
Lt Guv launches dedicated portal of Mission Youth: Says move will connect youth with the industry
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Monday launched a dedicated portal of Mission Youth in collaboration with Vision India, to connect the youth of J&K with the industry. The initiative aims to provide more than 10,000 job opportunities to the youth in 2022. The dedicated portal – AVSAR-‘Connect to Opportunities Initiative’– has been provisioned to facilitate […]
Amarnath Yatra 2022 expected to be ‘much bigger’ than before: Official
Srinagar/New Delhi: This year’s Amarnath Yatra is expected to be “much bigger” than before, with the administration here preparing to welcome about eight lakh pilgrims to the cave shrine in south Kashmir, officials said on Monday. The arrangements for the 43-day pilgrimage, to be held after a gap of two years due to the Covid […]
Militants again using mosques, madrassas as shelters: Officials
Srinagar: Faced with people in Kashmir increasingly refusing to give them refuge, militants are going back to taking shelter in mosques and madrassas that not only help them evade security forces but also provide them a school of young minds to indoctrinate, officials said on Monday. The people’s reluctance to help terrorists and the government’s […]
