Govt signs historic MoU with Flipkart to promote local handloom and handicrafts sector
SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 15: In an important step towards the promotion of rural economy and to boost the sale of genuine exotic products of Handicrafts & Handloom sector and find new destinations for niche handmade products from Jammu & Kashmir which hold sway in the international market, the Government today signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding […]
COVID-19: All secretariat employees to undergo Rapid Antigen Testing
The government on Thursday ordered that all the employees working in the civil secretariat in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir will have to undergo Rapid Antigen Testing for the deadly COVID-19, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). In an order, the government said that all the employees will have to […]
J-K govt orders new transfer policy for employees
The government on Thursday ordered a new transfer policy for the government employees working in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and said that transfer shall be ordered in April every excluding the teaching staff and transfers to Ladakh UT, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). In a order, the government […]
Chestnuts have arrived, vendors making windfall
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar Chestnuts have arrived in the Srinagar markets with vendors both locals and Biharis selling them at very high prices. The arrival of chestnut is the signal of mid autumn in Kashmir valley as the students used to buy them while coming from tuition centers before pandemic in the previous year. […]
Hurriyat condemns slapping of PSA on three Shopian school teachers
Srinagar : All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday expressed concern over what they said oppression unleashed upon people especially the youth, their arbitrary arrests and the violation of basic human rights in Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement issued, it said such measures aimed at silencing the voice of […]
Mehbooba visits father’s graveyard
Anantnag: Two days after her release, former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti Thursday visited her father’s graveyard in her hometown Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Eyewitnesses said that Mehbooba was accompanied by several senior leaders of the party when she visited her father’s graveyard. Mehbooba was released after 14 […]
One held along with narcotics in Poonch
Poonch: Jammu and Kashmir police seized one kilogram of narcotics during a raid last night at Mankote area of Mendhar in Poonch district. A police official said that a police party headed by SDPO Mendhar Zaheer Abbas Jafri assisted by SHO Police Station Mendhar Manzoor Kohli established a naka at Mankote on the intervening night […]
Trust deficit
There is a huge cleavage between New Delhi and Kashmir as the trust which was created in the past seven decades has evaporated post abrogation of article 370 on August 5, 2019. This trust deficit is only increasing with each passing day as the decisions taken by the central government post August 5, last year […]
JCO injured in cross LoC firing in Rajouri
Rajouri: A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of Army was injured in firing by Pakistani army along the Line of Control in Rajouri district, officials said on Thursday. They said that Pakistan army resorted to firing mortar shells and other arms in Sunderbani, resulting in injuries to the JCO identified as Gopalan of 17 Madras. He […]
If Abdullah’s, Mehbooba stoke trouble on Article 370, they have to be ready for serious repercussions: BJP
BJP on Wednesday smell foul in the meeting of Abdullah’s with PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti at her residence, saying if trio will stoke any kind of trouble in valley onwards, they have to be ready to bear its serious repercussions then. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), BJP J&K chief Ravinder Raina termed Gupkar Declaration […]
