Sixth Schedule for Ladakh in jeopardy as People’s Alliance takes Kargil on board
SRINAGAR: Kargil local leaders seem to have joined People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), planning for Leh to get a sixth schedule by Union Home Ministry as promised after the latest LAHDC elections. People of Leh are waiting anxiously with their leaders for the central government’s announcement about “safeguarding their land and jobs” as the […]
30-year-old man among four more die of COVID-19 in Srinagar
Srinagar : A 30-year-old man was among eight more persons who succumbed to covid-19 in the last 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. Among the victims, they said, six were residents of Kashmir Valley and two from Jammu. Regarding the deaths from Valley, they said, four were residents of Srinagar, and […]
Lt Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurates Workshop on Youth Engagement & Outreach in J&K
UT Government is aiming to create institutional mechanism, an assembly line, to groom our youngsters, to make them valuable for the J&K and for the country: Lt Governor “We’re open for business & committed to build strong and sustainable partnership”: LG Seeks support of the national-level investors and industry experts in creating robust infrastructure and employment […]
455 new covid-19 cases take tally in J&K to 94785
Jammu and Kashmir reported 455 new covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, taking the total tally to 94785, officials told GNS on Saturday. They said that Srinagar reported 124 cases, Budgam 21, Baramulla 60, Pulwama 8, Kupwara 41, Anantnag 10, Bandipora 9, Ganderbal 16, Kulgam 3, Shopian 2, Jammu 110, Rajouri 7, Udhampur 7 Doda […]
Central leadership will decide on participating in Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration: J&K Cong
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Congress on Saturday said it would take a call on participating in the Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) after consultations with the party’s central leadership, even as it asserted that there is a need to have a common platform to fight for the rights of the people of the erstwhile […]
Athrout Donates Oxygen Concentrators To NGOs
SRINAGAR: A non-government organisation Athrout has distributed oxygen concentrators to various credible NGOs working across Jammu and Kashmir to bolster collaborative efforts to combat the pandemic by augmenting/supporting the NGOs facing a paucity of essential resources and also ensure that people living in far-flung areas are benefitted. “At an event organized at its Head office […]
Life disrupted in Kashmir on Saturday against land law amendments
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar Life remained disrupted in Kashmir valley on Saturday on the call of moderate Hurriyat Conference, in protest against recent amendments to the land laws allowing outsiders to purchase land in entire Jammu and Kashmir without any hassles. According to the local news agency the call was given by Mirwaiz Hurriyat […]
Prominent religious cleric Mushtaq Veeri released from detention
Srinagar : A prominent religious cleric and Vice President of Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadees, Moulana Mushtaq Ahmad Veeri was on Saturday released from detention. A relative of Veeri confirmed to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Moulana Mushtaq Ahmad Veeri has reached home and he was welcomed by locals as well as by relatives. Veeri was […]
Jammu in churn
Jammu civil society is in a churn as they are now shaping a huge public resistance for the statehood to Jammu and to separate it from Kashmir. Common people in Jammu do not want to be part of Kashmir anymore as they feel that they are being punished for the wrongs being committed by the […]
J-K government transfers 24,000 Kanals of land to I-C department
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has transferred 24,000 kanals (3000 acre) of land to the Industries and Commerce Department for investment purposes, Daily Excelsior newspaper reported. According to an official spokesman, while the government has fixed target of 48,000 kanals of land for inviting investments in Jammu and Kashmir, only 24,000 kanals had been transferred so […]
