India Looking To Set UP Separate Theatre Command For J&K: CDS Gen Bipin Rawat
India is looking at setting up a separate theatre command for Jammu and Kashmir, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat said on Monday. The air defence command is to be rolled out by the beginning of next year and the Peninsula command by the end of 2021, Gen Rawat told a select group […]
British MP Debbie Abrahams, who chairs UK Kashmir panel, denied entry to India
Debbie Abrahams, a Labour Party Member of Parliament who chairs a parliamentary group focused on Kashmir, was unable to clear customs after her valid Indian visa was rejected. Abrahams has been an outspoken critic of the August 5, 2019 abrogation of Article 370. India on Monday denied a British lawmaker entry after she landed at […]
NEWBORN BABY KIDNAPPED, RECOVERED
Police solves case within 12 hours, accused arrested SRINAGAR, Feb 16: Police solved a kidnapping case of a newborn baby here and arrested the accused person involved in the crime Police in Srinagar received information that last night, a day old baby was kidnapped from Lal Ded Hospital Srinagar by an unknown person, a police […]
Will take part in Jammu & Kashmir panchayat polls if curbs are lifted: Congress
Srinagar, Feb 17 (IANS) Days after the dates for bye-elections to Panchayats were announced, the Jammu and Kashmir Congress party has said that it will take part in the polls if restrictions on its leaders were lifted and they are allowed to move freely. State Party President Ghulam Ahmad Mir told IANS that the party […]
Highway of disruption
Srinagar Jammu highway has become a highway of problems and disruptions as in these winter days hundreds of vehicles along with people and essential commodities remained all along the road for days together without any intervention from the government. Especially during the winter day’s people now avoid to move to Jammu through this road as […]
J&K Administration Extends 2G Service Till Feb 24, Restrictions To Continue
New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has extended the 2G mobile data service and fixed line internet connectivity wherever provided across the union territory till February 24, an official spokesperson said on Sunday. However, the internet service providers (ISP) have been given directions to ensure access to 1,485 white-listed sites only and not to […]
Concerned Over J&K, Says UN Chief In Pak; India Rejects Mediation Offer
New Delhi: India on Sunday rejected an offer of mediation from UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Jammu and Kashmir, saying the focus instead should be on making Pakistan vacate the territories that it has “illegally and forcibly occupied”. India’s response came after Mr Guterres’s comment, saying he was “deeply concerned” over the situation in Jammu […]
NC decides to participate in panchayat polls, wants ‘roadblocks’ to be removed
Jammu, February 16 The National Conference (NC) has decided to participate in the Panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir next month but wants “roadblocks” placed in its way to be removed so that it can campaign freely. In a letter to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Shailendra Kumar, NC central secretary Rattan Lal […]
World SnowShoe Championship-2020 Japan: Kashmir athletes create history, bag 3 medals
Srinagar Just days after Union Sports Minister Kiran Rijju announced the first ever Khelo India Winter Games and included SnowShoe sport into the games, Kashmir athletes representing India in World SnowShoe Championship at Myoko Japan have bagged three medals. In the championship that saw athletes from around 17 Countries coming from different continents competing, Kashmir […]
Integrated farming viable option to bolster farmer economy: VC SKUAST-K
Srinagar Vice-Chancellor, SKUAST-K, Prof Nazir Ahmad on Sunday said that integrated farming was the most viable way to double income of farmers. VC said this while speaking as a Chief Guest at a start of 249 hours “Small Poultry Farmer and 200 hours Quality Seed Grower” Skill Development Training programs at KVK Budgam. District Development […]