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Choice between Hijab and education is injustice: Zaira Wasim

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 Editor

Former Bollywood actress Zaira Wasim has said that any woman who has to decide between wearing either Hijab or pursuing her is an absolute injustice to the women in India. “Stacking bias against Muslim women and setting up systems where they should have to decide between education and Hijab or to give up either is an absolute injustice,” Zaira Wasim wrote on Facebook. She wrote that there is an attempt to compel them to make a very specific choice that feeds your agenda and then criticizing them while they’re imprisoned…

Tulip Festival 2022: Garden to open on March 20

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 Editor

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The famous tulip garden of Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar city will be thrown open on March 20 as 15 lakh tulips are expected to bloom this year. Sheikh Fayaz, commissioner/secretary floriculture department told some reporters that because of the comparatively better weather this season, the tulip garden will be thrown open earlier than usual. He said 2 lakh tourists visited the garden last year. Tulip Festival 2022 04 Nights & 05 Days (03 Star) Offer Price Rs. 24750.00 (Couple) Hotel & Houseboat Accommodation Exclusive Tulip Garden Tour (Entry Tickets Included)…

J&K opens new trekking routes to offbeat locations

February 20, 2022 Editor

Most of these 75 trekking routes are offbeat locations in Jammu and Kashmir and trail deep inside forests providing a thrilling experience to the adventure seekers, trekkers, and tourists Nature adventurists can now challenge their trekking skills through wild and virgin routes of Kashmir amid gushing streams, serene glaciers, lakes and vast meadows surrounded by pine and kail forests as many fresh routes have been thrown open in J&K. Most of these 75 routes are offbeat locations in Jammu and Kashmir and trail deep inside forests providing a thrilling experience…

Delimitation: Political parties reject delimitation panel report

February 20, 2022 Editor

Draft report attempts to divide people on communal lines: Altaf Bukhari, Draft prepared in BJP office, the panel just a puppet: J&K Congress Calling the Delimitation Commission’s draft report as an imitation of the ‘Dixon Plan’ aimed at dividing people on communal lines, president of J&K Apni Party Syed Mohammed Altaf Bukhari on Saturday rejected the report as “it has deeply disappointed all sections of society in both the regions of J&K”. Bukhari also questioned five MPs of J&K in the Parliament for their silence which shows that they have…

Brengi Water Stream: How a flowing stream disappeared into the sinkhole in Kokernag

February 18, 2022 Editor

A 20-km-long stretch of the Brengi water stream has suddenly disappeared in Kashmir after it was swallowed by a massive sinkhole, leaving locals concerned A famous Kashmir trout stream has vanished into a sinkhole spreading fear in the south Kashmir Kokernag area. As per reported information, the 20-km-long stretch of the Brengi water stream has been draining into a sinkhole since early this week; the phenomenon has left the downstream portion dry, killing fish in large numbers. We take a look at what happened, its effect on the environment, what…

National Conference workers to gear up for ‘Big Challenge’ exhorts Farooq Abdullah

February 17, 2022 Editor

Exhorting the party cadre to gear up for the “big challenge” being faced by the Jammu and Kashmir and work to further strengthen the National Conference at every level, party president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said they are committed to assuage the urges and aspirations of every segment of the society in all regions and sub-regions Interacting with various delegations and welcoming new entrants into the party at a brief function here, Abdullah said that the National Conference was deeply rooted in every nook and corner, and the cadre must…

Talks with India only if special status of Kashmir restored: Imran Khan

February 17, 2022 Editor

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said India’s decision to scrap the special status of Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019 increased Islamabad’s security concerns. There is currently “no relationship” between India and Pakistan and talks between the two countries can be held only if New Delhi restores the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday. The Kashmir issue is the “main difference” between the two countries and Pakistan’s security concerns increased after India’s decision to scrap the special status of Jammu and Kashmir…

This year amid warmer temperatures migratory birds leaving Kashmir earlier

February 17, 2022 Editor

Owing to warmer temperatures and decreased precipitation in Kashmir this winter, migratory birds have started leaving the Himalayan valley early this year Wildlife officials say that there has been a marginal decrease in the number of migratory birds this year, compared to last winter, as there has been a dip in rain and snowfall. This was observed in a census of migratory and other endemic birds nesting in the valley wetlands conducted by wildlife officials and experts on February 12. “We are yet to arrive on the final figures, but…

Anees-Ul-Islam Shah grandson of Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s remained “aloof from the activities of his grandfather” claims in job petition

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 Editor

Anees-ul-Islam Shah, the grandson of late Syed Ali Shah Geelani, has filed a petition before the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, challenging his termination from the government job. He claimed that he remained “aloof from the activities of his grandfather”. The 33-year-old was appointed as a research officer in Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Complex (SKICC), a subsidiary wing of the J&K Tourism Department, in March 2017. In October, the Jammu and Kashmir administration terminated the services of Shah in the interest of the “security of the state”. Shah…

Kashmiri Students being profiled in Karnataka colleges, Authorities denies the process

February 17, 2022 Editor

A senior official in Karnataka’s Internal Security Division confirmed to TNM that students’ details have been collected for years. The Karnataka police are asking colleges in the state to profile Kashmiri students and submit their personal details to the police, including students’ names, phone numbers, their present, and permanent addresses. The details have been demanded by the Internal Security Division (ISD) of Karnataka police since the beginning of February 2022, according to a highly placed source in the police force. While on record, police officials have denied that they are…