Srinagar, April 10 : Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday said that the UT is full of talent and the government is working to see Water Sports Academy for Olympics in J&K. Addressing Khelo India function after co-inaugurating the water sports festival at famous Dal Lake here along with union minister of state for […]
New Delhi : Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and the country is capable of solving its own problems, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said here Friday, asking other nations to “confine themselves to their domestic problems” rather than giving unsolicited advice to India. On his first Jammu and Kashmir visit since […]
Srinagar, April 8 : Amid spike in the number of covid-19 cases, the Lieutenant Governor has ordered imposing “Corona curfew” from 10 pm to 6 am in the urban areas of 8 districts, five of them in Kashmir Valley and three in Jammu division. “Directed the Divisional administration to impose Corona curfew from 10 pm […]
Jahangeer Ganaie Shopian, Apr 08 : Three unidentified militants have been killed in an ongoing encounter that raged between militants and government forces in Jan Mohalla main town in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday, officials said. A top police officer said that three militants have been killed in the gunfight so far while Chief of […]
Srinagar, Apr 08 : Apni Party President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Thursday asserted that the restoration of Statehood remains a prerequisite for the holistic development of Jammu and Kashmir as the bureaucratic set-up stands impuissant for efficiently addressing the public grievances any longer. “Apni Party has been repeatedly urging the government of India not […]
Nadeem Nadu Srinagar, April 7 : Jammu and Kashmir reported 812 fresh covid-19 cases while more persons succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, the highest number of infections as well as fatalities reported in a single day this year, officials said on Wednesday. Among the fresh cases, they said, Jammu division reported […]
Srinagar, Apr 07 : With Kashmir valley facing second wave of Covid-19, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday warned that the new wave could be worse than the first. “Second waves of pandemics have been harsher,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement issued to Kashmir Despatch. “We have […]
Sheikh Danish Srinagar, Apr 07 : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday said that the leaders who quit her party in the recent times preferred to stay in it when they were made ministers, MLAs and Rajya Sabha members and that those who quit would answer in a better way whether they left out […]
Sheikh Danish Srinagar, Apr 07 : The National Conference president and incumbent parliamentarian from Srinagar constituency Dr Farooq Abdullah, who is admitted at SKIMS Soura has again tested positive for Covid-19. Official sources said that Farooq Abdullah has once again tested positive for Covid-19. Earlier, Farooq Abdullah had tested positive on March 30 and was […]
One year has passed; Basit Khan’s family still awaits justice Abrar A. Mattoo KUPWARA, April 6: In the tragic village of Kunan, Kupwara, Hafeeza Begum, a fifty-year-old woman is responsible for feeding her four daughters, an eleven-year-old son, and her eighty-year-old father. She runs the house on the thrifty sum of Rs. 7500; money that […]
