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Bandipora: Locals of Kanzalwan village in the Gurez Valley of Bandipora district staged a protest on Sunday afternoon against prolonged and erratic electricity supply, blocking the road near Grid Station Kanzalwan and bringing traffic to a…

Srinagar: The higher reaches of Tulail Valley in north Kashmir’s Gurez sector in Bandipora experienced fresh snowfall on Sunday, leading to a noticeable drop in temperatures across the region, officials said. The snowfall began during…

Simply stepping outside on polluted day may do same harm as smoking several cigarettes, says weather expert Srinagar: Simply stepping outside in Srinagar on a polluted day may be doing the same harm as smoking several cigarettes, an…

Tears, silence, gratitude fill Lok Bhavan; LG Sinha calls it ‘tribute to their sacrifice’ Srinagar: It wasn’t a usual government function. At Srinagar’s Lok Bhavan Auditorium on Saturday, silence often spoke louder than words. Eyes…

Says her grandmother single-handedly raised her after her father’s killing 25 years ago Srinagar: After Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s event for next of kin (NoKs) of terror victims concluded at Lok Bhavan in Srinagar, a young woman…

Says LG Manoj Sinha gave his family ‘dignity, hope & reason to live again’ Srinagar: For 25 years, he carried a silence too heavy for words. On Saturday afternoon, standing inside the Lok Bhavan Auditorium in Srinagar, 26-year-old…

Says LG Sinha understood pain, recognized their sacrifice Srinagar: Barely ten minutes after Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s function at Lok Bhavan in Srinagar concluded, a father who had attended the ceremony stood inside hall, his…

Srinagar: District administration on Saturday demolished three illegal brick kilns operating in the Nowbugh area of Chadoora in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, officials said. The action was taken after it was found that the brick…

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday strongly pitched for the immediate reopening of tourist destinations that have been closed after the Pahalgam attack, saying such decisions send a negative signal at a…

Handwara: Fresh instances of illegal timber smuggling have surfaced from the Mawer Forest Range in north Kashmir’s Handwara town, where deodar trees were allegedly cut down during night hours and later set ablaze to erase evidence,…