Our membership drive a grand success, unexpected results across Valley: BJP
Srinagar, : In a significant development, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has finally managed to make serious inroads in Kashmir by registering at last 80,000 new members into the party fold in the ongoing membership drive that started on July 7. The party leaders claim that BJP’s Kashmir unit was getting overwhelming response in Kashmir […]
12 Years On, Pakherpora to Charar-e-Sharief Road Yet To Be completed
In yet R&B’s another prototype of sluggish approach of development, the road that connects block Pakherpora to Tehsil Charar-e-Sharief via Mohan Pora, Futli Pora and Zanipanchal has not been macadamized since it was carved out. The time when the road was constructed more than a decade back, it has not been macadamized since. The length […]
Hokersar wetland
Recently the authorities have decided to demarcate the Hokersar wetland and finally go for its preservation. In the past few years post-2014 floods we have already lost lot of portion from the remaining wetlands to the encroachments and to the siltation. The State administration has begun the process of peripheral demarcation of Hokersar […]
Three persons die in 2 separate road accidents
Srinagar:A motorcyclist died on Monday after his bike skidded off the road and fell into the other side of the road in Surankote area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Sunday late night. Reports said that a motorbike under registration number JK02-2931 skidded off the road and turned turtle. As the bike fell down […]
Unity in diversity strength of our state: Tarigami
Srinagar Senior CPI (m) leader and former MLA Kulgam Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami on Monday said that an irreversible movement for a genuine sharing of power and self-governance is the only means to put together the state of Jammu and Kashmir, considered to be a variant of sub-continental diversities, with its multi-religious, multi-lingual and multi-cultural polity. […]
Cross LoC Firing: Army man killed in Rajouri
Srinagar:An army man was killed on Monday as Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district, second such incident in the last three days, media reports claimed. Reports said that the Pakistani army resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation in Sunderbani sector early morning […]
JKYF distributes six lakh rupees among 43 families in Kishtwar
Srinagar:J&K Yateem Foundation on Monday distributed about Rs 06 lakh among 43 families including 06 families from the minority community, at Kagrana Keshwan in Kishtwar district of Jammu province. Kagrana village is located about 25 km from Kishtwar headquarters. The spokesman said that thirty-five persons including 14 women, one infant and 20 men lost their […]
Let us all support war against corruption: Er Rasheed
Srinagar:Reacting to Governor’s remarks against corruption, Er Rasheed has said that any step taken with sincerity to eradicate corruption should be welcomed and it is most appropriate to take bigger fishes to task on priority, however asking militants to kill corrupt politicians is a confession that government has miserably failed to handle the issue and […]
People of state feeling vulnerable in absence of elected government: Dr Farooq Abdullah
Srinagar:Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President and Member of Parliament Dr Farooq Abdullah on Monday said the state is caught in a blizzard and the need of the hour requires us to give a combined response to the challenges the state is facing particularly on its identity. Addressing workers and party functionaries at party headquarters […]
Amarnath: 13,377 Pilgrims pay obeisance today, cross last year’s mark
Srinagar;On the 22nd day of the ongoing Amarnathji Yatra, 13,377 Yatris paid obeisance at the Holy Cave and cumulatively since the beginning of the pilgrimage on 1st July 2019, 2,85,381 Yatris had darshan at the Holy Cave. The spokesman said that during last year’s 50 days Yatra, the total number of pilgrims who visited Holy […]