Tag: Valley

Built around 2500 BCE, Mohenjo Daro was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley civilisation | Pakistan’s Department of Archaeology has called for urgent attention towards conservation and restoration work at Mohenjo Daro, apprehending that the site may be removed from the world heritage list if ...

California's Death Valley is set to bake in a dangerous heatwave, just a month after it experienced record-breaking rainfall.Death Valley is known as a location of extremes. It is the hottest place on Earth, setting the world record highest air temperature of 134 degrees Fahrenheit (57 Celsius) in July, ...

A team of glaciologists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, who are camping in Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti to document the health of certain glaciers that are losing mass rapidly and significantly, have said that the low altitude glaciers in the region are losing mass at the rate ...

The numbers of Kashmiri Pandits started dwindling with the large-scale conversion of the population to Islam around the 13th century. Kashmiri is the mother tongue of both Hindus and Muslims from the Valley. The two communities have much in common in terms of eating habits, dress code and cultural ...

SRINAGAR: Kashmiri Pandit Sangharash Samiti (KPSS) on Tuesday asked the community members to leave the valley in the wake of increased attacks on them by the militants.“With another deadly attack on Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir, the terrorists have made it clear that they are going to kill all the ...

Srinagar’s Zadibal sees big procession, restrictions in Budgam, Abi Guzar Srinagar: Hundreds of Shia mourners on Tuesday joined Ashura processions on the tenth day of Muharram at several places in Kashmir.Ashura processions were taken out by mourners, including women and children, in Srinagar’s Zadibal while similar processions were taken ...

Kashmir witnessed a street protest by the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a partial spontaneous shutdown in Srinagar, as the revocation of J&K’s special status completed three years on Friday. On the other hand, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha participated in multiple events to promote different projects.PDP ...

Good news from the Valley: Minority Hindus finally feel safe in Kashmir Jagdish N Singh   The Government of India has taken several measures to improve the law and order scenario in the region. It is fully aware that the Pandits in Kashmir have suffered throughout in history because ...

Home Minister Nityanand Rai told the Parliament that as per records the number of Kashmiri Pandits who are still residing in the Valley stands at 6,514 Home Minister Nityanand Rai told the Parliament that as per records the number of Kashmiri Pandits who are still residing in the Valley ...

New Delhi: The central government has approved construction of 6,000 transit accommodations for Kashmiri migrant employees working in the Valley under a special package of the prime minister, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also said the government has acquired state ...