SRINAGAR, Mar 13: Intermittent rainfall continued across the Kashmir Valley for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday, while higher reaches, including the ski resort of Gulmarg, received fresh snowfall over the past 24 hours. According to the Meteorological Centre Srinagar, wet weather is expected to persist across Jammu and Kashmir until the weekend. The Valley … Read more
Srinagar, March 7 (IANS) After the three-month-long winter vacations, schools across the Kashmir Valley re-opened on Friday, bringing back activity, joy and cheer to over 9,000 government and private educational institutions here. Due to the absence of adequate heating arrangements and other facilities needed to protect children during the harsh winter months in Jammu and … Read more
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Taking another step towards making Delhi a ‘City of Flowers’, Lt Governor V.K. Saxena on Thursday unveiled a breathtaking sea of golden calendula spread across 20 acres at Yamuna Vatika on the river floodplains and invited citizens to enjoy the spring. Releasing a video of L-G’s visit to Yamuna Vatika, … Read more
Jammu, March 6 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah told the Legislative Assembly on Thursday that Bungus Valley in Kupwara district will be developed as an offbeat tourist destination. The CM said the government is planning to develop Bungus as an off-beat destination and that funds for providing some basic facilities for tourists … Read more
Jammu, Mar 6: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday announced that the Bungus Valley in Kupwara district is being developed as an offbeat tourism destination with development works totaling Rs 72 lakh proposed for the area. Responding to a query from Jammu and Kashmir Assembly member Sheikh Khursheed during Question Hour, Abdullah … Read more
Jammu, Feb 16 (IANS) The inauguration of Vande Bharat train service to Kashmir Valley has been postponed, officials said on Sunday. Earlier reports, which the officials said were unconfirmed, had said that the Vande Bharat train service between Udhampur, Srinagar and Baramulla would be inaugurated on February 17 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The authorities … Read more
Jammu, Feb 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the train to Kashmir Valley on February 17 to fulfil the over 70-year-old dream of a rail service to the landlocked valley. With its commercial inauguration by PM Modi, the Vande Bharat train will chug on the most ambitious railway project ever built in India … Read more
Jammu, Jan 28 (IANS) National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday raided six locations in the Valley in connection with the ongoing investigation into killings of non-locals by the terrorists. A statement issued by NIA said, “NIA on Tuesday conducted extensive searches in three districts of Jammu & Kashmir in a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) linked case of … Read more