kashmirpatriot - Kashmir Patriot is a window to the State of Jammu & Kashmir for comprehensive coverage and up-to-the-minute news,breaking news, views, features and beyond

SRINAGAR : Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday hiked tax on petrol and diesel, raised import duty on gold, levied additional surcharge on super rich and brought a tax on high value cash withdrawals as she sought to spur growth…

Srinagar: Abheek Barua, Chief Economist, HDFC Bank on the Union Budget Friday  announced that the government has tried to strike a balance between fiscal consolidation and supporting growth. With a hike in excise duties, increasing the…

Srinagar: People’s conference senior vice president and former minister, Abdul Gani Vakil Friday said that despite tall claims the Governor, Satya Pal Pal Malik-led administration had failed to root out corruption in the state. Vakil…

Srinagar : Objecting the recent announcement  about availing of metro service in whole Kashmir in few span of years Socio-Political Activist Asif Zargar while putting forth his objections about the announcement made by the authorities, he…

Srinagar : State Secretary CPI(M) Ghulam Nabi Malik has said that the decision of Jammu and Kashmir administration to restrict plying of civilian vehicles on the 97-km stretch from Qazigund to Nashri on the national highway and suspension…

Police on Friday said the militant killed in a gunfight with the security forces in south Kashmir’s Shopian was affiliated with Hizb ul Mujahideen outfit. An official identified the slain as Sameer Seh of Shopian. He said the slain…

Kupwara: The chance discovery of methane gas from a tube well in a remote village of Qaziabad in north Kashmir's Kupwara district. Reports reaching KNO stated that emission of gaseous substances was reported at a newly-dug tube well at…

Umar Rashid Srinagar : Goverment forces on Friday morning busted a militant hideout amid an operation in which a one militant was killed in an orchards at Narwani area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. Reports reaching GNS said…

Srinagar : A body of 25-year old youth was found inside a water tank at Achabal area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday. Reports reaching GNS said that some locals spotted the body inside water tank (water reservoir)…