Day: June 10, 2021

Jammu erupts over the opening of liquor shops in residential areas

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Jammu erupts over the opening of liquor shops in residential areas

Protests continued in various localities of winter capital city, Jammu, over opening of wine shops in residential areas on Wednesday. Witnesses told a local news agency, Kashmir Post, scores of people including women and children staged a protest in the city’s Shakti Nagar area and against the administration. The protesting residents said the proposed shop is next to residential apartment, which houses three families, majority of them female members. “We are around ten female members living in the house, which has been proposed as new wine shop, which we will…

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‘Situation is Distressing, Pathetic’: Kashmir in grip of suicides

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‘Situation is Distressing, Pathetic’ - Kashmir in grip of suicides

By Farheen Qureshi Back-to-back lockdowns have not only affected Kashmir’s people economically but psychologically too, resulting in more deaths by suicide. A transient thaw and the despairing dozens were back on a bridge pleading a diver to rescue a sinking woman. Between the fatal action of the woman and the fraught reaction of masses, the valley in the second viral wave only witnessed another addition in the surging suicides. The distrait woman had appeared on one of the seven bridges of Old Srinagar, on a balmy summer day, and jumped…

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My Nation is being built by Outsiders

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My Nation is being built by Outsiders

Javid Amin Youth are an essential component of the progress of any concerned society of the world. Their participation in the progress process is paramount. Tall calms are being projected by Government of India that “Jammu & Kashmir is on the path of development” but who is developing my Jammu & Kashmir? There are more than 2,50,000 educated young women and men in Jammu and Kashmir who are bearing the brunt of the lack of employment and struggle to find jobs due to the lack of a job policy —…

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With new hope, Kashmir gears up to revive tourism

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With new hope, Kashmir gears up to revive tourism

The tourism department proposes special vaccination drives for all stakeholders involved with the industry From vaccinating 80% of stakeholders to elaborate guidelines for hotels, the Tourism department in Kashmir has chalked out a meticulous plan to receive tourists again, as the second wave of coronavirus pandemic dips significantly. “We are working on two fronts for safe and secure means of reviving tourism, as the pandemic level is likely to dip further. First, special vaccination drives for all stakeholders involved with the tourism industry. Two, capacity building on protocols to handle…

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Glaciers across J&K melting fast, need ‘Continuous Monitoring’

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Glaciers across J&K melting fast, need ‘Continuous Monitoring’

Junaid Nabi Bazaz More alarming evidence has come to the fore that Jammu and Kashmir are sitting on an imminent climatic disaster. The bad news has come both from a central government report as well as from the well-known Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSW).According to the CSE report, all the 10 glaciers in Jammu and Kashmir are among the 39 glaciers in India that have been found to be at high risk.As per the report, these glaciers are melting fast, with a 40 percent increase in their water…

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Won’t resign as MP in case any unfavorable decision is taken by the GoI: Farooq Abdullah In PAGD Meet

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Won't resign as MP in case any unfavorable decision is taken by the GoI - Farooq Abdullah In PAGD Meet

Farooq Abdullah says will douse flames in the fire Tarigami appointed new spokesman of conglomerate The signatories of Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) Wednesday held a meeting at the former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief, Mehbooba Mufti’s Gupkar residence wherein it discussed several issues and appointed Muhammad Yusuf Tarigami as conglomerate’s new spokesman. According to the news agency, the meeting chaired by PAGD’s president and National Conference (NC) president Dr Farooq Abdullah, started at 05:10 PM. Soon after holding the meeting, the leaders from PAGD stated…

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As Srinagar sizzles at 34.7, MeT predicts a 2-day wet spell from Saturday

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As Srinagar sizzles at 34.7, MeT predicts a 2-day wet spell from Saturday

After witnessing scorching heatwave conditions for the last three days, there is the possibility of a respite as the Meteorological Department has predicted a two-day wet spell in Jammu and Kashmir beginning Saturday and cloudy weather on Friday. Sweltering hot weather continued on Wednesday as the summer capital witnessed the hottest day of the season and recorded 34.7 degrees Celsius, 6.8 degrees Celsius above normal. This temperature is the second-highest June temperature in Srinagar in the last 11 years. This also makes Srinagar the hottest recorded weather station in the…

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2000 – 20,000 Badami Bagh Cantonment Board begins levying Property Tax

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2000 - 20,000 Badami Bagh Cantonment Board begins levying Property Tax

People living within the jurisdiction of Badami Bagh Cantonment Board (BBCB), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Defense, have begun receiving property tax bills from the board for their commercial and residential structures in Srinagar. Residents of several localities including Sonwar, Indra Nagar, Batwara, and Shivopora said that they have received property tax bills from the Board for the ongoing year. The bills have been charged as per the value of the property and range from Rs 2000-20,000. The authorities, according to locals, have unilaterally valued their properties and…

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