Rising pollution and decline in water discharge during dry months in the Tawi is forcing the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department to rely on costly […]
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Nirmala Sitharaman raises Kashmir Issue to attack Congress in Gujarat
Nirmala Sitharaman said the Congress “talks in separatists’ voice and enthusiastically joins them. The Congress vice-president supports those misdirected youths of the JNU who talk […]
Talks and harassment can’t go together, Release political prisoners, revoke AFSPA: Mirwaiz to GoI
Hurriyat (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Friday said the government’s move to provide amnesty to first-time stone- pelters is “a cosmetic effort”. Addressing a Friday […]
Winter sets in, city’s overnight temperature drops to -3.1°C
The minimum temperature overnight in the city plunged to minus 3.1 degrees Celsius as residents face the early arrival of winter’s cold. The overnight minimum […]
Srinagar, Jammu witness season’s coldest night
Continuing its free fall on Thursday, the minimum temperature dropped to minus 2.3 degrees in Srinagar and 7.9 in Jammu, the lowest recorded at both […]
Use of banned calcium carbide continues to ripen fruits
Despite a ban by the state Horticulture Department, the use of harmful chemicals like calcium carbide by vendors to ripen fruits continues unabated. Whether it […]
Process on to grant amnesty to first time stone pelters: Mehbooba Mufti
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has announced amnesty for the first-time stone-throwers of the Kashmir valley by initiating the process of withdrawal of FIRs against them. […]
Pvt coaching centres ‘Fleece’ students by charging exorbitant tuition fee
The private coaching centres are fleecing the students by charging exorbitant tuition fee. Among the 182 coaching centres granted registration recently by the education department, […]
Surrendered a week ago, but footballer Majid Khan not yet home
A week after Anantnag footballer-turned-militant gave himself up before the security forces, Majid Irshad Khan is yet to return home. After a brief rendezvous with […]
Dineshwar Sharma arriving in Jammu today, to visit migrant camps
The Centre’s special representative Dineshwar Sharma will be in Jammu and Kashmir tomorrow for his second visit to the state during which he will visit […]