27-Year-Old Man Sets Up First Village Soil Testing Lab in Ganderbal
SRINAGAR: To promote agricultural innovation and empower youth through self-employment, 27-year-old Saqib Sidiq Mir from Thune village has established the first-ever Village Soil Testing...
Unidentified Male Body Retrieved from Jhelum
SRINAGAR: An unidentified body of a man was recovered by locals from the river Jhelum near the Athwajan area of Srinagar on Thursday, officials...
Make Urdu Non-Mandatory in Naib Tehsildar Test, LoP Sunil Sharma Urges LG Sinha
SRINAGAR: Leader of Opposition in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Sunil Sharma, on Thursday urged Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to intervene in the...
Jammu Kashmir Civil Society Urges Transparency in Reservation Policy Review Process
SRINAGAR: The Jammu Kashmir Civil Society (JKCS) has called for transparency in the ongoing review of the region’s reservation policy by formally submitting a...
Amid IWT Suspension, 2 Projects Can Be Taken Up in Jammu Kashmir: CM Omar
SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that two projects can be taken up in Jammu and Kashmir amid the ongoing suspension of...
Air India Aircraft Carrying 242 Passengers Crashes, Rescue Ops Underway
SRINAGAR: An Air India aircraft, Flight AI 171 bound for London, carrying around 242 passengers crashed during take-off at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International...
Students Decry Government Inaction on Reservation Policy Review
by Babra Wani
SRINAGAR: The Student Open Merit Association has accused the Jammu and Kashmir administration of failing to honour its six-month-old promise to review...
Jammu Kashmir Leads in Smart Metering, Says Union Minister
SRINAGAR: Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said that the Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Department is way ahead than the other states...
Omar Abdullah Flags Bureaucratic Apathy, Calls for Statehood in Interview with Kapil Sibal
SRINAGAR: In a candid conversation with former Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal on his YouTube series “Dil Se Kapil Sibal”, Jammu and Kashmir Chief...
Advisor to CM Urges LG to Reopen ‘Soft’ Tourist Spots in Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Chief Minister’s Advisor Nasir Aslam Wani on Thursday appealed to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to reopen soft tourist destinations that were closed following...
Man Dies of Electric Shock While Repairing Line at Home
SRINAGAR: A 45-year-old man dies of electric shock after coming in contact with a live wire in Sultanpora Pattan area in north Kashmir’s Baramulla...
Delhi HC Dismisses Shabir Shah’s Bail Plea
SRINAGAR: The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed the bail plea of Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah, who has been in custody since...
With 172 Alerts, Jammu Kashmir Faces Record Forest Fire Risk in Two Weeks
SRINAGAR: With over 1,700 square kilometres already designated as a ‘High Risk’ zone for forest fires, Jammu and Kashmir over the past two weeks...
Cabinet Alone Can Decide on CSC Report Disclosure, Says Former Bureaucrats
SRINAGAR: Amid demand from certain quarters to make the cabinet sub-committee’s report on reservation public, J&K’s former bureaucrats on Wednesday said that it is...
Jammu Kashmir Police Sets Precedent under New Criminal Laws with Convictions
SRINAGAR: In a significant display of the new criminal justice reforms taking root, District Police Shopian has successfully secured eight convictions in separate criminal...
