Dates, watermelons flood Kashmir markets ahead of Ramadhan
Srinagar: Dates and watermelons have flooded the markets of Kashmir as the Muslims of the valley are likely to start month-long dawn-to-dusk fasts of Ramadhan from Tuesday. Shops and handcart vendors have prominently displayed the dates and watermelons as their sales are expected to pick up with the start of Ramadhan expected from tomorrow. The […]
Night temp rises above normal across Kashmir
MeT predicts another downpour Srinagar: With weather department here forecasting rains and snow till March 14, night temperature recorded an increase and settled above normal in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a minimum of 6.3°C against 2.2°C on the previous night. It was above normal by […]
CS favours ecosystem to generate 50,000 success stories in entrepreneurship
JAMMU: In his special address on the first day of 2-day conference of experts on the theme of ‘Accelerating Employment avenues through Entrepreneurship in J&K’, Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo Monday contemplated to create a feasible and enabling ecosystem for giving rise to over 50,000 success stories of entrepreneurship in the next 5 years here. The […]
PM-chaired high-powered panel to meet on March 15 to appoint ECs: Report
New Delhi: The prime minister-chaired high-powered committee will meet on March 15 to finalise the names of new election commissioners, top sources said. Two vacancies of election commissioners came about following the resignation of Arun Goel and Anup Chandra Pandey’s retirement. The panel is chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has a Union minister […]
Traffic suspended on Jammu-Srinagar highway for road widening work
Jammu: Traffic movement on the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained suspended on Sunday morning as authorities were carrying out road widening work on several problematic stretches in Ramban district, officials said. Vehicular movement on the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country was suspended late Saturday night to allow the widening […]
North India’s first govt homoeopathy college coming up in J-K’s Kathua, says Jitendra Singh
Kathua/Jammu: North India’s first centrally-funded government homoeopathy college will come up in the Jasrota area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday. The college will come up at a cost of about Rs 80 crore, he said. The Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office said the […]
It will be easier for people of J-K to elect govt that will work for them, says Azad
Srinagar: It will be easier for the people of Jammu and Kashmir to elect a government that will work for them as all regional and national parties have had a chance to govern the region, DPAP leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Sunday. “Every party — be it a national or a regional party — […]
Andrabi visits Rajouri
Lays foundation stone of Jamia Masjid Ziyarat Shahdara Sharief, Markazi Jamia Masjid RAJOURI: Chairperson, Jammu & Kashmir Waqf Board, Dr. Syed Darakhshan Andrabi today laid foundation stone for Jamia Masjid at Ziyarat Shahdara Sharief and Markazi Jamia Masjid here. After inauguration, the Chairperson addressed a mammoth gathering, during which she highlighted that J&K Waqf Board […]
KCCI delegation calls on Lt Governor
SRINAGAR: A delegation of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry, led by its President Sh Javid Ahmad Tenga called on Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha, today at Raj Bhawan. The delegation apprised the Lt Governor of various important matters pertaining to the promotion of industries and tourism sector in Jammu Kashmir. Later, Sh Gulzar Ahmad […]
Hideout busted in Poonch, 7 IEDs seized
Jammu: Security forces on Sunday busted a terror hideout in a forest in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district and seized seven rusted improvised explosive devices and a wireless set, officials said. They said the hideout located inside a cave was uncovered during a joint search operation by police and the Army at Dara Sangla in […]
