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BJP targets Rahul Gandhi after Congress MP’s ‘what’s done is done’ remark NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday tore into the Congress after its Jammu & Kashmir leader Tariq Anwar made a callous remark on the defacement of the National Emblem by extremists in the Valley.Dismissing the need for any action against…
A view of the cloudburst-hit village in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has directed the administration to ensure immediate relief and rehabilitation of people affected by a cloudburst in the Warwan Valley of Kishtwar district. Fifteen houses suffered damage along with…
A view of the cloudburst-hit village in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has directed the administration to ensure immediate relief and rehabilitation of people affected by a cloudburst in the Warwan Valley of Kishtwar district. Fifteen houses suffered damage along with…
Drivers make their way through a waterlogged street in Srinagar on August 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: Imran Nissar Water levels began receding in most rivers of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday (August 28, 2025), bringing relief to hundreds affected by the heavy rain, flash floods, and landslips over the past several days in the…
NEW DELHI: Amid renewed speculation about Jammu and Kashmir regaining statehood, National Conference leader and J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday dismissed the possibility of any major announcement in the immediate future, saying he expects “nothing to happen tomorrow” but remains hopeful for the rest of the monsoon session.“I’ve heard every possible permutation and…
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah (Pic credit: PTI) SRINAGAR: J&K’s Omar-Abdullah-led government has started dipping its toes in “hydropower tourism” with plans to allow hydel electricity generators to set up on-site tourism facilities as an incentive to attract more investors into such projects.J&K’s Draft Hydro Power Policy, 2025, proposes tourism infrastructure in hydel…
When one travels from Srinagar to Uri, the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Lieutenant Governor (LG)’s overhaul of the region’s challenging terrain is perceptible. His bureaucrats outline his main accomplishments: first, efficient transportation networks have facilitated better access to services, and tourism; and second, civilian killings and militant recruitment have considerably declined. The locals agree. Industrialists…
SRINAGAR: The Union government’s approval on Monday of 19 major road and tunnel projects worth Rs 10,637 crore, including a key tunnel on the historical Mughal Road linking Shopian, in the Kashmir Valley, with Poonch in Jammu, has caused widespread excitement across Kashmir.The proposed Peer Ki Gali tunnel, which will turn the 84-km Mughal Road…
JAMMU: Days after Union home minister Amit Shah declared that Indus waters will be taken to Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar through canals within three years, J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday opposed sharing such flows with other states.“I will never allow this (divert water from J&K to other states). Let’s use our water for ourselves…
Indian students returning from Iran via Armenia, under an evacuation operation facilitated by the Government of India, react as they meet their relatives while exiting from the Indira Gandhi International Airport, in New Delhi, Thursday, June 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday (June 19, 2025) announced…
