Newsmakers
ELECTED: Mohammed Shahnawaz Chaudhary has been elected the President and Pranab Shagotra as the Vice President of J&K Youth Congress. Chaudhary bagged 1,555 votes...
Briefing
Now comes Bollywood boost. Katrina Kaif whose father is presumed to be a Kashmiri, would fly in for the first time to shoot for...
News Notes
Another COMMITTEE
Finally state government has constituted a Task Force headed by the Administrative Secretary, General Administration Department, to look into the circumstances leading...
Briefing
SIACHEN
An investigation is underway about the crashing of a Cheetah chopper over the Siachen glacier. Its pilot Major Chandrashekhar Singh (Hajipur, Patna) was killed...
News Makers
DETAINED: Five members of Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena (BSKS), a Delhi based organization, were detained for few hours for locking the main gate of...
News Notes
Home Secretary’s VISIT
The recent visit of Union Home Secretary R K Singh to Kashmir is being seen as a significant one as it comes...
Briefing
SRINAGAR
J&K Bank board recommended an all time high divided of 33.5% for the fiscal 2011-12 in which its profits soared to more than Rs...
Newsmakers
ATTACHED:
State High Court attached two under-construction bungalows to the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority till further orders. The bungalows near Dachigam National Park violated...
Newsmakers
ARRESTED: Arif Gilkar resident of Khanyar has been arrested for his alleged involvement in stone pelting and cyber crime. Police says his name figured...
MUZAFARABAD
At least four PaK residents are being held in Jammu since 1965 when they were arrested at the peak of war. Identified as Alam Sher, Brakat Hussain, Sakhi Muhammad
A New tourist spot OPENS
After remaining closed for almost twenty-two years the scenic Nagin meadow , 10 kilometres uphill of ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir was opened for tourism last week. The access to the meadow had been shut down with the onset of armed insurgency in Kashmir.
Newsmakers
BOOKED: J&K Police registered a case of ‘attempt to murder’ and ‘stone pelting’ against Syed Ali Shah Geelani, 83, after he addressed a gathering...
KARGIL
What almond is to Kashmir, apricot is to Kargil. Right now it is snow-white in a vast belt as apricot is in bloom. Hardass...
J&K Bank Is A Public OFFICE
In a landmark decision State Information Commission has declared Jammu and Kashmir Bank as a public authority and holds it liable to provide information...
KOLKOTTA
Kolkata filmmaker Nilosree Biswas’s short film on Kashmir’s ‘Half Widows’ would be shown at the prestigious Festival de Cannes in May. ‘Broken Memory, Shining...
