College Students Question Existing Summer Vacation Schedule, Call It a Mere Formality; Says Scorching Heatwave Affecting Health, Attendance and Studies; Urge Govt to Announce Vacations Srinagar, July 10 : With Kashmir witnessing an intense heatwave over the past several days, students from the University of Kashmir and various colleges across the Valley have urged the…
ASIA SPEAKS NEWS SERVICE SRINAGAR, JULY 10: Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha on Friday visited the Baltal base camp and reviewed the arrangements for the pilgrims of Baba Amarnath. The Lieutenant Governor inspected Base Camp Hospital, on-spot registration counters, tents and other facilities, along with the senior officials and directed all line departments to ensure…
NASIR ALI Srinagar: As Srinagar continues to experience an intense heatwave with temperatures crossing 35 degrees Celsius, residents across the city are facing a double crisis of prolonged power outages and an acute shortage of drinking water, triggering widespread public resentment. Consumers from both Uptown and Downtown localities have alleged that unscheduled power cuts, coupled…
MUHEEB MALIK Srinagar, Jun 19: The three-day national mega-event “Rise in Jammu & Kashmir 2026 – Building the Path Towards Viksit Bharat @ 2047” concluded here on Friday, with the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) bagging the top honor for outstanding participation.The exhibition, which served as a dynamic platform to showcase the region’s growing role…
Srinagar, Jun 19 : The Jammu and Kashmir State Allied and Healthcare Council (SAHC) has issued show-cause notices to four private institutes for allegedly conducting allied and healthcare programmes without obtaining mandatory approvals from competent authorities. The institutes named in the notices accessed news agency Kashmir News Service (KNS) including Boston Institute of Medical Science…
ASIA SPEAKS NEWS SERVICE Srinagar, Jun 18: Thousands of students, researchers, and young professionals on Thursday thronged the Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) here on the second day of the mega exhibition ‘Rise in Jammu & Kashmir 2026’. The three-day event, themed “Building the Path Towards Viksit Bharat @ 2047”, is being organized by Tarmeh…
ASIA SPEAKS NEWS SERVICE SRINAGAR, JUNE 18: Chief Engineer, Distribution, KPDCL has informed that the Shutdown of 33 kV GIS Tengpora Exhibition (Tapline) CARGO Portion will be observed due to which power supply to HSHS Market, Batamaloo, PCR Batamaloo, Firdousabad, Sarai Bala and adjoining areas will be affected from 08 AM to 02 PM on…
ASIA SPEAKS NEWS SERVICE SRINAGAR, JUNE 18: Social Welfare Department (SWD)- SANKALP Hub for Empowerment of Women Srinagar, organized an awareness camp on women’s legal entitlements, including legal aid and legal counsel, at Anganwadi Zone Lal Bazar, Srinagar today. The programme was aimed at creating awareness among women regarding their legal rights and the various…
Srinagar, June 4: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said that it arrested a man in Ganderbal district for allegedly posing as a government employee and duping vendors and service providers by falsely promising to facilitate their access to the Amarnath cave shrine in exchange for money.Police said a credible information was received on May…
NASIR ALI Srinagar: Residents across several districts of Kashmir, particularly Srinagar, are raising serious concerns over the seasonal spread of cotton-like pollen released by Russian poplar trees, saying the problem has turned into a recurring health and environmental issue that authorities have failed to address despite repeated public pleas over the years. Over the past…
