Chat facility in gaming apps now communication tool for terror groups: Officials
Srinagar: Online war games akin to PUBG requiring chats with partners anonymous or otherwise have emerged as a key communication channel for terror groups and Pakistan’s ISI to convey messages to their recruits in Jammu and Kashmir, officials here said. As terror groups operating across the border seek to bypass social media and conventional channels […]
Kashmir craft dealers asked to remove machine-made items within 7 days
Violators will face blacklisting, deregistration SRINAGAR: The Department of Handicrafts & Handloom, Kashmir Friday issued a Notice giving Kashmir handicraft dealers a seven-day ultimatum to remove all machine-made products, largely imports from Turkey and Iran, from their Showrooms, failing which, the department warned, they will be blacklisted and deregistered for unfair trade practice under the […]
Strike by doctors at SMHS ‘unjustified, unacceptable’: Sakina Itoo
Srinagar: Minister Sakina Itoo on Friday condemned the strike by doctors at SMHS hospital, stating that such actions by which poor patients are made to suffer and move from pillar to post for no fault is “unacceptable” and “not tolerable” at all. Speaking to media persons at SMHS hospital, Sakina Itoo, described the incident as […]
Kargil Vijay Diwas: Army to inaugurate 3 projects to tell tales of soldiers’ valour
Drass (Kargil): The Army will on Saturday launch three key projects, including a portal where citizens can pay ‘e-shradhanjali’ to martyrs, as part of the 26th Kargil Vijay Diwas to make people aware of soldiers’ bravery and sacrifices. The other two projects are a QR code-based audio application on which people can listen to the […]
Operation Sindoor- India’s actions were measured, non-escalatory: Govt tells Parliament
New Delhi: Operation Sindoor was launched in response to a “barbaric” attack by “Pakistan-sponsored terrorists”, and the action focussed on dismantling terror infrastructure and neutralising terrorists likely to be sent across to India, the government said on Thursday. In a written response to a query in the Rajya Sabha, Minster of State for External Affairs […]
Viksit Bharat Yuva Connect Program
Youth will create a brighter future of J&K: Lt Guv SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday said that Youth will create a brighter future of J&K and ensure long-lasting peace and prosperity. Addressing the Viksit Bharat Yuva Connect Program at Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), Awantipora, the Lieutenant Governor lauded the transformative […]
Sale of machine-made carpets- Fakes would damage the globally renowned brand of Kashmiri carpets: CM
Calls for action against those selling fakes but labelled as ‘authentic’ SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday took a serious note of counterfeit machine-made carpets passed off as authentic Kashmiri hand-knotted products and gave instructions to Industries & Commerce department to take strong action against showrooms and retail outlets which are selling machine-made carpets under […]
Amarnath Yatra: Foreign devotees call pilgrimage experience as very special
Srinagar: Nine young foreign nationals from six countries have undertaken the annual Amarnath Yatra in the south Kashmir Himalayas, setting a beautiful example of global faith and spiritual harmony. These devotees, including from the United States, Canada and Germany, have undertaken the yatra via the Baltal route. They described the pilgrimage as a very special […]
Shah unveils new national policy to further strengthen cooperative movement
New Delhi: Union Minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced a new national policy to boost the cooperatives sector, with the vision to have more professionally-managed and financially-independent cooperative organisations in every village. The latest announcement comes 23 years after a similar policy for cooperatives was brought way back in 2002 when Prime Minister Atal Bihari […]
INDIA bloc likely to put up joint candidate for VP poll: Sources
New Delhi: The INDIA bloc is likely to contest the vice presidential poll after a collective decision on a common candidate as it feels that the numbers are not overwhelmingly stacked against the opposition despite the BJP-led NDA having a majority, sources in the grouping said on Thursday. They said that there is a feeling […]
