Fresh snowfall in higher reaches, rain in plains as temperatures rise across J&K
IMD predicts largely dry weather till Feb 20 Srinagar, Feb 10 : Fresh snowfall was reported in the higher reaches of the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday, while several areas in the plains received rainfall, even as temperatures showed a marginal improvement across Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Light snowfall occurred in the middle and upper reaches…
J&K’s Apple, Saffron Farmers at Risk from US Trade Deal : CM Omar Abdullah
Jammu, Feb 10; Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday expressed serious concerns that the India-U.S. trade deal would adversely affect the Union Territory’s economy, which is heavily reliant on horticulture. Speaking to reporters here CM Omar Abdullah as per news agency Kashmir News Service (KNS) said the pact offered “no benefit” and…
FFRC Bars Private Schools From Charging Transport Fee During Vacations
Srinagar, Feb 10 : The Fee Fixation and Regulation Committee (FFRC), Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, has issued a strict circular directing private schools to stop charging transport fees during winter and summer vacations where transport facilities are not owned and operated by the schools themselves. In a circular issued by the Fee Fixation and Regulation…
Casual Employees Protest Outside CM Residence Over Regularization
Jammu, Feb 10: Casual employees on Tuesday staged a strong protest outside the Chief Minister’s residence in Jammu, expressing anger over the absence of any announcement regarding their regularization in the latest budget. The protesters said that despite repeated assurances by successive governments over the years, their demand for regularization has remained unresolved for decades. They…
QR Code Scam Exposed in South Kashmir’s Awantipora
Awantipora, Feb 10 : The Jammu and Kashmir Police have exposed a QR code-based payment fraud in Awantipora area of south Kashmir and arrested an accused involved in cheating local shopkeepers, officials said on Tuesday. Police said complaints were received from shopkeepers alleging that they were being cheated during digital transactions. Acting on the complaints, an…
Deadly winter trap: Snow on Bhaderwah–Chamba road kills 10 soldiers, 10 injured airlifted
Doda, Jan 22 : Ten Indian Army soldiers lost their lives and eleven others were injured in a road accident on the Bhaderwah-Chamba road in Doda district on Thursday. According to an official briefing by Deputy Commissioner Doda Harvinder Singh, the accident occurred on the snow-covered stretch of the Bhaderwah Chamba road when an Army vehicle…
Dry spell threatens Wular Lake, fishermen fear loss of livelihood
Bandipora, Jan 21 : Wular Lake, one of Asia’s largest freshwater lakes and a critical lifeline for inhabitants of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, is witnessing a sharp decline in water levels due to prolonged dry conditions, triggering serious concerns over livelihoods and ecological balance. Fishermen associated with the lake said the receding waters have begun affecting…
SSP Traffic Srinagar counsels minors, warns parents against underage driving
Srinagar, Jan 20 : SSP Traffic Srinagar City on Tuesday counselled traffic violators, including underage riders, during a special awareness drive aimed at curbing reckless and illegal driving by minors on city roads. During the interaction, two young boys, one of them just 14 years old, were found riding two-wheelers without valid driving licences. The minors…
Temperatures improve across J&K as wet spell looms
Light snowfall expected at isolated higher reaches till Jan 21; rain, snow forecast to intensify thereafter Srinagar, Jan 15 : Minimum temperatures across Jammu and Kashmir showed a slight rise at most places on Thursday compared to the previous day, while the weather department forecast light snow at scattered locations till January 21 and a wet…
Not Just a Thought, Ink and A Paper, A Columnist’s Story
Zaman Noor In a world increasingly dominated by fleeting digital content, instant messages and videos that disappear after twenty-four hours or so, there exists something timeless and powerful that many have wrongly declared obsolete, Some people look at it and see an old-fashioned medium that belongs to their grandparents’ generation. But to me, ink on…
