Good step
LG Manoj Sinha has recently given his nod for the Jammu and Kashmir administration to join hands with the foreign agency to know the impact-based flood forecasting observations and get the information for the future. According to the officials, the mechanism will predict impacts to people, their houses, crops, livestock, and transport routes, thereby mitigating […]
Elections and statehood
Recently union government merged the Jammu and Kashmir cadres with all other union territories fueling the speculations that Jammu and Kashmir will stay as a UT for more time. Such speculations were translated into questions when the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha asked the government if it wanted permanent status for UT of Jammu […]
In focus
While the police chief of Kashmir recently said that they are at the verge of concluding the facts and circumstances of Hokarsar encounter, the families are demanding permission to bring back the bodies from Sonmarg for a dissent burial. IGP Kashmir Range Vijay Kumar said that they were collecting all the evidence which will prove […]
Serious allegations
Former Chief Minister and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti have recently made a serious allegation against the JK administration and Police. Being leveled by a former chief minister and head of a political party they cannot be dismissed as mere allegations. Mehbooba Mufti recently said that senior officers within the JK administration and police are helping […]
Long wait
People of Jammu and Kashmir are waiting eagerly for the comprehensive financial package for all sectors especially for tourism as a bailout from the central government. But in the latest session of parliament it did not happen and now all the tourism stakeholders in Kashmir valley are waiting for the season to pick up especially […]
High-speed internet is back
After 18 long months of wait, the people of Jammu and Kashmir got pleasant surprise on Friday when a senior officer of the administration tweeted that high-speed internet service will be restored soon. There was a growing demand of the business community and student community of Kashmir for the restoration of high-speed internet and Private […]
Respite from cold
After the recent spells of snow, people living in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir, got a respite from a subzero temperature as the harshest period of winters is over. There have been lot of hardships for the people of the valley as the drinking water supply are disrupted due to the frozen pipes. Now […]
Tourism industry
We are already in the second month of 2021, and the tourist footfall was not as massive as expected by the locals because Kashmir received a string of snowfall, turning virtually this valley into a blanket of white. Due to the efforts of local tourist trade bodies along with some efforts by the local administration, […]
How to move?
While there are internal rumblings within the PAGD after the one of its important units Peoples Conference walked out from this political platform saying that there was breach of trust between the units and it was visible during the DDC elections. There is not all well within the PAGD as the PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti […]
Valid concerns
After the recent heavy snowfall followed by sub-zero temperatures, it seems that the people in the rural areas and also in the Srinagar city have to look for remedies themselves for their problems as the administration has not been prompt and responsive. In many areas of Kashmir especially in South Kashmir a video went viral […]