Tag: Kashmir

Spelling out the contours of his model of governance, newly appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, has stressed on zero tolerance for corruption in the union territory and called for the promotion of youth-centric programmes, an official said here on Saturday.The Lt Governor chaired a high-level ...

A senior doctor in Kashmir who was on the forefront of the battle against COVID-19 died at a hospital here on Sunday after contracting the disease, officials said. Dr Mohammad Ashraf Mir, a resident of Pampore area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district, passed away in the morning at ...

 The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Saturday urged commercial buildings owners to revert parking spaces within 15 days or they would be sealed by the administration.As per an order issued by SMC, all commercial buildings which do not have parking or have converted their parking spaces into some other use ...

As a social practice, the concept of marriage varies from community to community and over time periods, making it the most unequivocally discussed subject in social sciences. Globally, societies have witnessed the changing perspectives of marriage corroborating the fact that underlying reasons and motivations for tying the knot are ...

46 travelers were among 463 new Corona infections in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 24390, officials said on Saturday. Among them, 81 were reported from Jammu Division and 382 from Kashmir Valley. Giving district wise breakup of the cases, sources said Srinagar reported 178, Baramulla 20, Pulwama 38, ...

A 600 km-long highway will be constructed along the border touching all picturesque tourist spots in the Kashmir Valley, each of which will be "another Gulmarg", Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam has said.The Rs 8,000 crore road project will connect Gulmarg with Kargil and Drass in Ladakh."We ...

The World Bank has expressed its inability to take an independent decision on the appointment of a neutral expert or a Court of Arbitration for the settlement of a long-pending water dispute between India and Pakistan, saying the two countries will have to bilaterally choose one ...

Two wonderful human beings – each easily eloquent, warm, and welcoming – have passed on in the past couple of days. Each drank fully of the spring of life, and exuded inspiring positivity even in ruinous times. Each had dignity and grace at levels that cannot be taught.Agha Ashraf ...

Former Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Girish Chandra Murmu was sworn in on Saturday as the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said.Murmu made and subscribed to the oath of office before President Ram Nath Kovind, it said in a statement.At a ceremony held in the Ashoka Hall, ...

Girish Chandra Murmu has assumed office as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India from August 8, 2020, an official statement said on Saturday. Earlier in the morning, the former Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor was sworn in as the Comptroller and Auditor General at ...