Would love for international teams to consider touring Pakistan, says Sangakkara
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) captain and president Kumar Sangakkara said on Thursday that the players were “really, really impressed and very, very moved and we understand very, very easily how much passion there is and how the lack of international cricket is not a great thing for Pakistan,” a press release issued by the Pakistan […]
Water scarcity hits summer capital Srinagar
Srinagar,, KNT: With summer just about to begin the people in summer capital Srinagar are already anguished with routine water scarcity. A source inside Public Health Engineering (PHE) department Rajbagh said that for the last more than two months, more than two lakh people are without water supply as government has failed to fix the […]
Citizenship Amendment Act may leave Muslims stateless, says U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres
U.N. chief says he is personally concerned about the future of minorities in India. India’s new citizenship law may render a large number of Muslims stateless, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said. In an interview to The Dawn newspaper in Pakistan, he expressed concern about the Citizenship Amendment Act, and urged countries to act humanely while framing new […]
PDP’s Mansoor Peer booked under PSA
Srinagar Senior Peoples Democratic Party leader and former vice-chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB) Peerzada Mansoor Hussain has slapped the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), taking the number of political leaders booked under the law to nine. A Jammu based newspaper Daily Excelsior quoted sources as having said that a dossier was […]
New Farming
Jammu and Kashmir is far behind in the latest techniques of productive farming especially integrated farming and different government wings responsible for bringing such revolution on ground are still acting in the old bureaucratic manner. In such scenario few awareness camps in some villages will not bring the change which is the need of hour […]
BSF Officer Shoots Self Dead In Kathua
JAMMU – An Assistant Commandant of the Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle inside a camp in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. V B Yadav of the 90th Battalion was posted in Karal Krishna Border Post area along the International Border. He shot […]
Five killed in Samba mishap
Samba: At least five persons hailing from Jammu region were killed in a tragic road accident that took place in Jatwal area along Jammu-Pathankote national highway on Thursday morning, officials said. According to wire service–Kashmir News Observer (KNO), police officials said that the accident took place when a car was on its way from Kathua […]
Ahead Of Donald Trump Visit, US Congressmen Raise Concerns On Kashmir
Ami Bera and George Holding — belonging to the Democratic and Republican parties respectively — expressed hope that political detainees in the Valley are released soon. New Delhi: Two US Congressmen from opposite sides of America’s political divide today expressed concern over the Kashmir issue, insisting that the Narendra Modi government release political detainees and […]
Load carrying trucks banned to entertown from 8 am to 6 pm: DM Ang
ANANTNAG, FEBRUARY 19:According to the District Magistrate Anantnag, no heavy goods motor vehicles like trucks, tippers, tractors are allowed to enter the Municipal limits of Anantnag town particularly from Khannabal, JangalatManddi and Sarnal from 8:00 am to 6:00PM.
Hirdesh Kumar takes stock of public grievances at Srinagar
SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 19: Commissioner Secretary, School Education and Social Welfare Department, Hirdesh Kumar today took stock of people’s grievances during a day-long public grievance camp held here today. During the programme, a large number of deputations and individuals from across Kashmir districts including, Srinagar, Budgam, Anantnag, Baramulla, Ganderbal, Kulgam, Pulwama, Shopian, Gurez, Bandipora, Kangan and […]