Saina Nehwal pays obeisance at Amarnath cave Shrine

Srinagar: Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal undertook the Amarnath Yatra to pay obeisance at the holy cave shrine housing the naturally-formed ice-lingam of lord Shiva in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said on Thursday. The badminton player is currently staying at the picturesque tourist resort of Sonamarg, in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, which falls on the way […]

Amid security, another batch of pilgrims leaves for Amarnath cave

Jammu: A fresh batch of over 9,200 pilgrims, the largest so far, left the base camp here in the early hours of Thursday for the Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas. While 6,035 pilgrims left in a convoy of 194 vehicles for Pahalgam, another convoy of 112 vehicles carrying 3,206 pilgrims left for the Baltal […]

MHA permits foreign tourists to visit Hanle for Ladakh Nomadic Festival

Leh: The Ministry of Home Affairs has granted permission to foreign tourists to visit and stay at Hanle, Changthang, specifically for the upcoming Ladakh Nomadic Festival scheduled to be held from July 15-16. In a statement chairman LAHDC Advocate Tashi Gyalson expressed heartfelt gratitude to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Lt Governor, Ladakh, Brigadier […]

MeT forecasts mainly dry weather in J&K

Srinagar: Amid forecast for mainly dry weather with possibility of “isolated very light rain and thunderstorm” during next few days, the minimum temperature recorded a rise at most places in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. A meteorological department official here said that “intermittent light to moderate rain” was expected at many places of J&K from […]

Three non-local labourers shot at in Shopian

Srinagar: Terrorists on Thursday shot at and injured three non-local labourers in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. “Terrorists fired upon three outside labourers in Shopian. Injured persons are Anmol Kumar, Pintu Kumar Thakur and Heralal Yadav, all residents of Distt Supaul, Bihar, being shifted to hospital,” Kashmir Zone Police said on Twitter. The area […]

India home to second largest population of Muslims in world: Prez Murmu

New Delhi: India, as a multi-cultural and multi-religious society, celebrates unity in diversity and its over 200 million Muslims make the country the second largest population of the community in the world, President Droupadi Murmu said on Wednesday. Welcoming Muslim World League Secretary General Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, who had called on the president at […]

Lt Guv chairs J&K Higher Education Council meeting

Discusses multidisciplinary education, ecosystem for research and innovation

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired the meeting of J&K Higher Education Council at Raj Bhawan, Wednesday. The meeting deliberated on a range of themes like multidisciplinary education, ecosystem for research and innovation, Indian philosophy and languages, and project based learning mode, combined with needs and challenges of society. Prof. Dinesh Singh, Vice Chairman, J&K […]

AT&C losses go down in Kashmir: Govt

Says work on Rs 800 Cr project under RDSS scheme going on

Srinagar: The government on Wednesday said that the installation of smart meters have successfully assisted in reducing the Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) losses in Jammu and Kashmir, saying that the illegal hooking by the consumers have almost come to an end in the areas where the smart meters have been installed. Managing Director, Kashmir […]

India’s defence system, forces backed by strong govt: Anurag Thakur

Srinagar: India is one of the most powerful countries and its defence forces and system are backed by a strong government, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said on Wednesday. On the last day of his two-day visit to Ladakh, the minister for information and broadcasting, interacted with personnel of the army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police […]