Mercury plummets as season’s first snowfall, overnight rains end prolonged dry spell in J&K

Mercury plummets as season’s first snowfall, overnight rains end prolonged dry spell in J&K

MeT Director predicts 2-day wet spell from Sep 28, says no major precipitation expected for next one week The prolonged dry spell has come to an end in the Valley as several places including Zojila, Razdan Top and others received season’s first snowfall while the overnight rains lashed plains across Kashmir, bringing down the mercury … Read more

This entire village in Kupwara grows tomatoes, seeks govt’s help in fixing ‘genuine’ rates

This entire village in Kupwara grows tomatoes, seeks govt’s help in fixing ‘genuine’ rates

Hatchmarg, a small village in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, is becoming famous as the ‘tomato village’ of Kashmir. It is proving to be economically significant for the local population with women also making their livelihood from it. The village grows close to 4,000 quintals of tomatoes annually on 400 kanals of land employing almost the … Read more

Emotional scenes at historic Jamia Masjid as Mirwaiz returns to pulpit after 4 years

Emotional scenes at historic Jamia Masjid as Mirwaiz returns to pulpit after 4 years

Urges youth to stay calm, maintain peace, have faith; appeals KPs to return to their homeland, says he believes in peaceful coexistence of communities, nations, majority, minority Emotional scenes were witnessed at the historic Jamia Masjid as the Kashmir’s head priest Mirwaiz Umar Farooq returned to the pulpit of the grand masjid after a gap … Read more

Pulwama farmers worried over ‘rice blast’ disease, seek compensation

Pulwama farmers worried over ‘rice blast’ disease, seek compensation

They don’t cooperate, use traditional varieties, then blame agriculture department: Official The farmers in several areas of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district have complained of heavy loss due to the rice blast disease.The distressed farmers told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that they are worried due to the disease as around 50 percent of their … Read more

Fake Cardiologist Case: Investigation going on, measures being taken to prevent such incidents in future, says Div Com

Fake Cardiologist Case: Investigation going on, measures being taken to prevent such incidents in future, says Div Com

A day after a fake ‘Cardiologist’ was arrested from Lal Ded hospital here, the government on Thursday said that the investigation is in full swing and appropriate measures are being taken to ensure that the incident is not repeated.Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar Bidhuri, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that as … Read more

Justice G.D Sharma-led commission gets another extension of 6 months

Justice G.D Sharma-led commission gets another extension of 6 months

The administration of Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory has given another six-month extension to Justice (retd.) G D Sharma-led comissission, which was constituted in March 2020 to review reservation for different categories.Authoritative sources told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the J & K government has given another six-month extension to the panel. “The commission … Read more