National Conference on Monday highlighted the PDP-BJP Government’s “brazen and shocking discrimination against Srinagar” during the District Development Board meeting chaired by CM Mehbooba Mufti. […]
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Kashmir
Unabated sand mining poses threat to trout production in Kupwara
Despite a ban on sand mining, contractors in Kupwara district are using heavy machinery like earth cutters to extract huge quantities of sand and boulders […]
Kashmir witnessed 2690 stone pelting incidents in 2016
1248 incidents reported in North Kashmir, 875 in South Kashmir and 567 in Central Kashmir JK saw 3-fold rise in rioting in 2016: Govt data […]
Srinagar City ‘Discriminated’ in road sector as well
Raising a question mark on the PDP-BJP government’s Common Minimum Program that calls for “equitable and balanced development” of all regions of Jammu and Kashmir, […]
Four laning of Boulevard to begin from March 10
After getting clearance from Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA), work on the four-laning of Boulevard road along the Dal Lake is likely to be […]
HC asks govt to consider rehabilitation issue of affected villagers of Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project within 3 months
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the government to consider and decide in three months rehabilitation issue of villagers affected by the Kishanganga […]
Clashes erupted in parts of Valley post Friday Prayers
The police today lobbed teargas shells to quell stone-throwing protesters in the Nowhatta area of Srinagar. Meanwhile, clashes were also reported from various areas of […]
US Researchers discover ancient primate species in Kashmir
“Among the primates, the most common ones in the Kashmir region are from a genus called Sivapithecus, which were ancestral forms of orangutans,” Patel said. […]
Newly installed Bailey bridge at Mehjoor Nagar thrown open
After mounting public pressure, government on Tuesday afternoon opened the newly installed Bailey bridge at Mehjoor Nagar for vehicular movement. The Mehjoor Nagar bridge was […]
When scores of protesters were killed in twin massacres in Srinagar: March 1, 1990
Memories of the killings carried out by Army at Zakoora Crossing and Tengpora in the city outskirts 27 years ago are still fresh in the […]