Stresses on fast tracking of construction work Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon today directed the concerned departments and executing agencies to speed up […]
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Bikram Chowk-Gandhi Nagar flyover project to miss Aug 2016 deadline
ERA sets December 2016 as new deadline for Rs 95-cr project after legal impediments The much-needed Expressway Corridor (flyover) from Bikram Chowk to Women College […]
Mobile phones can ‘cook’ sperms, lower fertility: Research
Mobile phones could be cooking the sperm of people who have them in their pockets, according to a new study. Talking on a phone that’s […]
JNU row escalates; Kashmir University erupts with pro-Kanhaiya Kumar, ‘azaadi’ slogans
As Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) continues to simmer over the ‘pro-Afzal Guru’ event, slogans in support of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar were raised in Kashmir […]
As soldiers fought terrorists, mosques nearby hailed mujahid
A large swathe around the Pampore encounter site resounded with praise for ‘mujahid’ (holy warriors) from loudspeakers as Indian security forces fought terrorists holed up […]
Non-local skilled workers take up Kashmir’s famed art
Wood Carving In Its Last Throes Manzoor Ahmed Shah, 57-years-old, has seen the best of the times when the downtown area in Srinagar had hundreds […]
Domestic violence cases on rise in Jammu
Domestic violence cases in Jammu seem to be on the rise as registration of such cases in the women cell here has seen an upward […]
Curfew-like restrictions in Pampore, adjoining areas to prevents protests
Curfew-like restrictions were imposed on Tuesday in areas from Pantha Chowk to Pampore around the Srinagar-Jammu highway to prevent protests against the death of three […]
Protests, clashes rock Pampore
Massive protests kept Pampore town and its adjacent localities on the boil on Monday while the encounter at Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) in Sempora area […]
Army caught between enemy bullets and ‘friendly’ brickbats
Bullets whizzed from the front while stones and invectives flew from behind when soldiers battled 50 hours to flush out terrorists from the 15-acre campus […]