Early spring and snow warning has a mixed feeling on people of Kashmir
By: Shayib Bhat VOV Srinagar With the sudden rise in both minimum and maximum temperatures in Kashmir valley, many of the spring flowers have already sprouted and the gardens are giving a glowing look. Tourists are enjoying the early spring while going to the gardens in Kashmir, but there is a warning from a weatherman […]
Gold futures decline 20% from record highs of 2020
Gold futures plunged around 20 per cent from the record highs as the bullion market which peaked at the height of the pandemic last year has come to a halt. The fall in gold prices comes at a time when hopes of economic recovery in post-pandemic era is gaining momentum. The recent decline comes largely […]
‘Give Smith Test captaincy if he wants it’
BRISBANE: Former Australia batsman Usman Khawaja has called for Steve Smith to take back the captaincy of the Test side once Tim Paine’s tenure is over. Smith, who led the team for nearly three years, was stripped of the captaincy and banned from leadership roles for two years in the wake of the Newlands ball-tampering […]
Six BJP Workers Injured In Bomb Blast In Bengal, Victims Blame TMC
Six people were injured in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district in a bomb blast when they were allegedly manufacturing bombs in a residential area of Gosaba village, police said on Saturday. The incident took place at the residence of one of the injured persons on Friday night, a senior police officer said. A preliminary […]
Post Friday detention Mirwaiz says for Indo-Pak dialogue and peace
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar Mirwaiz Umer Farooq after his detention on Friday when he was not allowed to move to the Jamia Masjid told media that the JK administration was not allowing the Hurriyat leadership to have a contact with the public and said that such measures of the government will not change the […]
Pakistan PM Imran Khan Wins Trust Vote Amid Opposition’s Boycott Call
Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan on Saturday won a trust vote in the National Assembly by securing 178 votes in the 342-member lower house of Parliament amid a boycott call by the Opposition parties. The trust vote has further strengthened his government’s legitimacy after an embarrassing defeat of the finance minister in the hotly-contested […]
Term extended
The central government recently extended the term of the Delimitation Commission by one year and excluded the north-eastern states from its mandate giving fuel to the speculations that there would be no elections and this exercise was purely Kashmir centric and the earlier claims of the government that it was for many areas had not […]
After 2 Months, SEC Orders Re-polling for DDC Seat in Drugmulla Constituency
Kupwara:After keeping the counting process in animation for nearly two months over antecedents of a PaK born female candidate contesting DDC elections from Drugmulla constituency, State Election Commission has finally announced nullification of the then held elections even as dropping the name of candidate in question permanently from electoral rolls. State Election Commissioner in an […]
Free Media Is In Everybody’s Interest: KEG
Kashmir editor’s guild has expressed concern over the recurrent incidents of media bashing in the Valley. While on Friday, a group of journalists covering the Friday congregation at Jamia masjid was roughed up by the security personnel, a senior journalist has been asked to vacate his official residence for unexplained reasons. At least two photo […]
ED summons Mehbooba Mufti in money laundering case
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Mehbooba Mufti, former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, in a money laundering case, reported Press Trust of India. The ED has summoned the president of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on 15 March. According to a notice served to Mufti, the ED has asked the PDP president to be […]
