Srinagar, Feb 3 (IANS) Both maximum and minimum temperatures improved across Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, with Srinagar city recording 2.8 degrees Celsius and Gulmarg ski resort minus 5.3 degrees as the night’s lowest temperature.The Meteorological (MeT) Department officials said a weak Western Disturbance (WD) is presently active over the union territory. Under this influence, generally cloudy weather with rain and snow at many places is likely to occur.From February till the evening of Febr…
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New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Ignition Dynamics, a deep‑tech startup incubated at NIT Srinagar’s Greenovator Foundation, has developed its first prototype, Magnetized Plasma Testbed, that studies plasma under controlled electric and magnetic fields, a report has said.The report from Kashmir Observer said the testbed lets researchers and students perform experiments by “switching on” plasma, heating it in different ways, and observing its response within a small laboratory setup.These experimen…
Bareilly, Feb 2 (IANS) All India Muslim Jamaat (AIMJ) National President Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi on Monday criticised the Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh governments over recent attacks on Kashmiri shawl sellers in both states, alleging that the administrations have failed to maintain law and order and protect vulnerable traders. His remarks come days after two Kashmiri shawl sellers were attacked in Uttarakhand, while another seller was allegedly harassed and assaulted in Himachal Pradesh’…
Jammu, Feb 1 (IANS) J&K Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) said on Sunday that it has arrested a drug peddler with 18 Kg poppy straw in Jammu city. ANTF spokesperson said that following the arrest huge quantity of contraband substance was recovered during a naka checking operation at Sidhra Panjtirthi link road, Jammu.Acting on specific input, a team of ANTF intercepted an Alto car bearing registration number JK02AF-0417 at Sidhra Panjtirthi link road, Jammu. During a meticulous search of the …
Srinagar, Feb 1 (IANS) A charge sheet has been filed against two accused in the fake international prize scam case, the J&K Crime Branch said on Sunday.”The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of Crime Branch J&K has produced a charge sheet in Case FIR No. 24/2017 under Section 420, RPC, read with Section 66(d) of the IT Act, against two accused persons before the Hon’ble Court of City Munsif, Srinagar, after establishing their involvement in a prize money fraud case,” the Crime Branc…
Srinagar, Jan 31 (IANS) J&K Students Association (JKSA) on Saturday wrote to Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, on the recent attack on a Kashmiri shawl seller in Uttarakhand, as former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mehbooba Mufti, voiced concern over the safety of Kashmiris. JKSA wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking urgent intervention over what it described as a “disturbing and sustained pattern of identity-based harassment and violence” against…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) While Pakistan’s propaganda machinery prepares to stage another so-called annual “Kashmir Solidarity Day” on February 5, its dreaded intelligence agencies continue to work through terror proxies to threaten the elimination of Kashmiri intellectuals who expose Islamabad’s state-sponsored terrorism. In the latest development, Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) – functioning under a proxy name of The Resistance Front (TRF) – has issued a death threat to we…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Saturday commemorated the third anniversary of the culmination of the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ of Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi at Srinagar, calling it an event that will be “cherished for decades to come”. Ramesh, General Secretary in-charge Communications of the Congress, said in a social media post, “The Bharat Jodo Yatra concluded three years ago with @RahulGandhi’s stirring speech at Srinagar. The 4,000 km padyatra was und…
Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh), Jan 31 (IANS) Tabish, a 17-year-old boy on Saturday recalled the horror of the assault he endured in Uttarakhand, when a shopkeeper attacked him late at night after he and his brother were speaking in Kashmiri, leaving him with serious head injuries and fractures.Tabish told IANS about the attack: “My father had gone to Haryana that day. I was at home with my mother. Later, I went out and while returning at night, around 3:00–3:30 AM, I told my brother, ‘Let’s…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir leaders on Friday condemned the alleged mob attack on a young Kashmiri shawl seller in Uttarakhand, in which the victim suffered multiple fractures and serious injuries, with several of them alleging that such incidents are increasingly being reported in states ruled by the BJP, and called for strict action against those responsible. According to reports, the victim, a minor from Kashmir who had travelled to Uttarakhand to sell shawls, was allegedly ass…