Srinagar, Aug 31 (UNI) Mahant Deependra Giri, the custodian of Chhari Mubarak or Silver mace, led the final puja at the cave shrine of Amarnath on Thursday in Kashmir Himalayas, culminating the longest-ever yatra. The 62-day-long Amarnath Yatra commenced on July 1 and till August 22 more than 4.70 lakh people paid obeisance at the…
Srinagar, Aug 30 (UNI) Apple production, considered to be the backbone of the economy in Kashmir valley has reduced to 50 per cent compared to the last year due to unfavourable weather conditions and scab disease. Talking to UNI, Abdul Qayoom Dar, a fruit grower of central Kashmir’s Charar-e-Sharief town said that scab disease engulfed…
Srinagar, Aug 26 (UNI) Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has become the first force in the country to induct the “Wheeled Armoured Amphibious Platform” (WHAP) vehicle to enhance its operational capabilities in the Kashmir valley. The highly technology gadgets equipped vehicle has been designed to run on any terrain including water, road and muddy conditions…
Srinagar, Aug 26 (UNI) Mahant Deependra Giri, the custodian of the Charri-Mubarak of Swami Amarnath, the holy mace of Lord Shiva, accompanied by a group of Sadhus, left in a bus from Dashnami Akhara Temple Srinagar for the cave shrine to conduct the final rituals of the yatra amid tight security arrangements on Saturday. “Chhari…
Srinagar, Aug 26 (UNI) Security forces on Saturday arrested three militant associates of Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) during separate operations and recovered grenades in Jammu Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Police said in a significant joint operation, Jammu and Kashmir Police along with 28 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) apprehended two terrorist associates affiliated with the LeT in Kupwara. The operation…
Jammu, Aug 26 (UNI) The security forces launched a cordon and search operation on Saturday after a suspicious movement was seen in the woods of Surankote in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. Official sources said that acting on a tip-off, CASO was launched in the Ganga Top area of Surankote by the joint…
Srinagar, Aug 25 (UNI) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti was granted a regular passport, officials said on Friday. Iltija had moved High Court after she was issued a two-year United Arab Emirates (UAE) specific passport for higher studies in April this year. “She has been issued a regular passport now,”…
Srinagar, Aug 25 (UNI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that everybody knows that the land of Ladakh has been taken away by China from India and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not speaking the truth about the issue. Gandhi was addressing a public rally in Kargil district of Ladakh in the Union…
Shimla, Aug 24 (UNI) Eight houses were reduced to rubble in a landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Anni district on Thursday, officials said. The landslide, which occurred in the early hours, completely destroyed the houses in Kiran Bazar Sub Division. Two more houses located next to the new bus stand of the area were in precarious…
Srinagar, Aug 24 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday called upon the youth to discharge their collective responsibility in realizing the developmental goals for a glorious future. Addressing the gathering at Raj Bhawan after inaugurating and laying foundation stones for various developmental projects in Budgam District, Sinha called upon the public…
