Tag: Jammu and Kashmir

Islam has attached much importance to the protection of environment asking its followers not to cut trees or pollute rivers or contaminate the atmosphere Water covers the 70% of earth’s surface but surprisingly only about 1% of it is available for human use. According to some reports over 1.5 ...

It is always encouraging and heartening to see if any organization comes forward and offers voluntary support to any society; it becomes more people friendly when the help come to treat any disease or correct some health related problem. Presently, scores of workshops are being held across the globe ...

Scores of residents of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday expressed resentment against the Roads and Building Department (R&B) for failing to construct the Narbal-Budgam bridge from the past two years. The bridge connects several villages of Central Kashmir.Fayaz Ahmad, a local commuter from the area told Rising Kashmir ...

Acting tough against social crimes, Jammu Kashmir Police in Srinagar arrested 11 gamblers from a gambling site and seized stake money from the gamblers.A police party from Police Station Zakoora raided a gambling site near Pathan Colony Zakoora following an input about gambling activities and apprehended 11 gamblers for ...

The Forum for Human Rights in J&K, an informal group of concerned citizens comprising ex-judges, academicians and senior ex-servicemen, on Wednesday released a report on the human rights condition in J&K after the revocation of its special status on August 5 last year.Co-chaired by justice Madan B. Lokur, a ...

As Jammu and Kashmir’s COVID-19 cases crossed the 15,000 mark, the J&K administration on Wednesday decided to re-impose a strict lockdown across Kashmir up to July 28.A government spokesperson announced “a complete lockdown in all red districts, excluding Bandipora, of the Kashmir division from today evening till 6 ...

A tipper turned turtle in a village in central Kashmir's Budgam district tonight after loading soil, resulting in the death of its driver on the spot. Officials said that a tipper overturned in Palour village of Budgam district during late night hours on Tuesday resulting in the death of its ...

The government on Tuesday said it has extended connectivity norms for work from home for IT and BPO companies till December 31. The time period for work from home was expiring on July 31.“DoT has further extended the relaxations in the terms and conditions for other service providers up ...

India16:20 GMT 21.07.2020Get short URLNew Delhi (Sputnik): The Amarnath Shrine pilgrimage is an annual affair in India when thousands of people undertake an arduous journey through difficult terrain unmindful of freezing temperatures to worship Lord Shiva. He is believed to manifest himself in the form of an ice stalagmite ...

With the target of providing protection to the local residents from shelling during the unprovoked ceasefire violations from Pakistan, the construction of underground community bunkers has started at villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri in the Baramulla district. The officials in charge ...