DDC results: Independent candidates emerge kingmakers, win 18% seats
'Various parties approaching us, decision in peoples hand who voted for us'
Jahangeer Ganaie
Srinagar,: In a recently held District Development Council (DDC) polls, independent candidates have emerged as kingmakers as they managed to win…
Cloudy weather marks first day of ‘Chillai Kalan’
Weatherman predict dry weather till December 25
Mubashir Aalam Wani
Srinagar : The 40-day harshest winter period, Chillai Kalan, began on Monday while the weatherman predicted dry weather till December 26.
The Kashmir Valley has been…
J&K DDC polls to go with ‘golden words’ in India’s history : Shahnawaz Hussain
Says not a single law & order incident took place during polling, BJP contested on 80 seats, supported independent candidates elsewhere, Our vote share will be up this time; hopefully 4G services will be restored soon, Agencies doing…
Year 2020 saw 90 gunfights, 180 militants’ dead, reveal official figures
9 militants captured alive at encounter sites; Jammu region witnesses 10 gunfights, Over 70 encounters in South Kashmir alone
Abid Bashir
Srinagar : The year 2020 has been deadly in Kashmir as it witnessed the killing of 180 militants in…
COVID claims 7 lives, 388 test positive in J&K
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir on Friday recorded seven deaths due to COVID-19, taking the toll of deaths due to the virus to 1,833. The government informed that 388 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 163 from Jammu division…
In 21st century, Bandipora’s Nunbal village craves for electricity
Haven't seen light in bulb since India's Independence: Locals
Sajid Raina
Bandipora: The villagers of Nunbal at upper-belt of Onagam area in North Kashmir's Bandipora district complained of being forced to live in darkness for the last…
In Gurez, snow cricket is new attraction to promote winter tourism
Urge authorities to explore the place for winter sports like Gulmarg
Sajid Raina
Bandipora : To attract the attention of higher authorities and the outside world for promoting winter sports, youth in Dawar village of Gurez has organised a…
Year after J&K’s bifurcation, Ladakh youth cry for job opportunities
Tasaduq Hussain
Ladakh : A year after the bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, the youth of Ladakh are crying for job opportunities as the region is witnessing a surge in the unemployment scale.
The residents believe…
MBBS students protest against SKIMS Admin for not conducting clinical classes
Tasaduq Hussain
Srinagar: As many as 250 MBBS students on Friday morning staged a protest in the premises of SKIMS Medical College Srinagar against the administration for not taking concrete steps to commence the clinical classes and…
Babar Qadri killing: Families of accused stage protest, demand release of their kin
Allege their children implicated in ‘fabricated’ case, tortured ‘brutally’ by police
Faizan Wani
Srinagar: Family members of three old city youth, arrested in connection with the killing of Advocate Babar Qadri, Friday staged a ‘joint…