Srinagar, March 20 Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department will host Kashmir Travel Mart in April this year to highlight the tourism potential of the region. “J&K Tourism is set to host the Kashmir Travel Mart-2026 on 14-15 April, bringing together around 250 stakeholders from over 20 states across the country,” Chief Minister Omar Abdullah posted […]
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Srinagar, March 19 The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Counter Intelligence Wing (CIK) has busted a highly sophisticated international cyber fraud racket by arresting seven persons here, officials said on Thursday. “Part of the network was specifically designed to target victims in countries such as the USA, UK, and Canada, operate through international communication masking technologies, […]
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Jammu, March 18 The General Officer Commanding (GOC), Rising Star Corps, Lieutenant General Rajan Sharawat on Wednesday reviewed operational preparedness of the troops in Jammu and Kashmir’s Machhedi sector of Kathua district. The Bani-Macchedi mountainous belt in Kathua district has witnessed several attacks and encounters in the last two years. It is considered an infiltration […]
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Srinagar, March 18 A few areas in the higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall, while rain lashed most parts of the Valley on Wednesday, leading to a drop in temperature, officials said. Reports of fresh snowfall were received from Pir Ki Gali along the Mughal Road in Shopian district, and from Sonamarg, even as […]
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Jammu, March 17 Deputy Inspector General of Police, Udhampur-Reasi range, Sarah Rizvi on Tuesday reviewed security arrangements at the cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi and along the pilgrimage route ahead of the Navratri festival, set to begin March 19, officials said. Chairing a joint security review meeting at Katra, the base camp for the […]
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Srinagar, March 17 A massive fire broke out in a hotel in Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district early Tuesday, official said. Though no casualties were reported in the blaze, an employee of another nearby hotel was killed when he was allegedly hit by a fire tender that was reversing after the firefighting operation. Officials […]
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New Delhi, March 17 Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh received fresh bouts of snowfall on Monday, stranding several vehicles in both states, while the plains were lashed by rains. Other northern states of Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana received light rains, leading to a drop in temperatures by a few notches, while in the national […]
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Jammu, March 16 Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday emphasised the need to build a society that is technologically potent yet humanely sensitive, and said that time has come for India to reclaim its place in guiding a challenge-ridden world. He called upon the youth to enrich not just India but also […]
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Srinagar, March 16 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday threw open Asia’s largest tulip garden on the banks of Dal Lake here for visitors, and hoped that the tourism sector bounces back from the setbacks of last year. Abdullah was accompanied by his Cabinet colleagues and National Conference MLAs to the Indira […]
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Jammu, March 16 One person was killed and another injured in a landslide near a hydro-power project, while over 230 people, including women and children, were evacuated after they were caught in heavy snowfall at the high-altitude Sinthan top in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said on Monday. In view of the inclement weather, […]
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