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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…
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday brought up the issue of the restoration of statehood to the Union territory, at the flagging-off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Vande Bharat Express between Srinagar and the pilgrim town of Katra.“If you see, by the blessings of Mata (Vaishno Devi), lieutenant…
Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah (File photo) SRINAGAR: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti called for a permanent ceasefire along Pakistan border in J&K, urging both central and state govts Saturday to prioritise humanitarian relief for civilians caught in recent artillery fire and drone incursions during Operation Sindoor.“Homes are not battlefields and families are not collateral. Every…
Omar Abdullah (left), and Mehbooba Mufti NEW DELHI: The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday criticised Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah for his recent comments about the Tulbul Navigation Project and the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). The party said such remarks could affect the “fragile” peace and ceasefire along the Line of Control…
JK CM Omar Abdullah (File photo) NEW DELHI: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti may have slammed Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah over his call for reviving the Tulbul Navigation Project, but he has echoed India’s long-term interests, with experts flagging how its implementation will yield socio-economic benefits for the entire UT.The project, also known as…
New Delhi: A public spat broke out between Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his predecessor Mehbooba Mufti on social media on Friday over calls for revival of the Tulbul Navigation project after the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty. Ms Mufti accused Mr Abdullah of adopting “provocative” measures amid ongoing tensions between…
