Category: Jammu & Kashmir

Markets shut, public transport off roads for 58th consecutive day in Kashmir

Srinagar, Oct 1: Normal life remained affected in Kashmir for the 58th consecutive day on Tuesday as the stalemate following the abrogation of Article 370 provisions continued with markets shut and public transport off the roads, officials said. Mobile services remained suspended in Kashmir except in Handwara and Kupwara […]

Normal life remains affected in Kashmir; some shops open in morning hours

Srinagar, Oct 4: Normal life remained affected in Kashmir for the 61st consecutive day on Friday as main markets were shut and public transport was off the roads, officials said. Few shops in some areas of the city here were open from 7:30 to 11:00 am, but downed their […]

Kashmiris throng weekly flea market in Srinagar

Srinagar, Oct 6:  People thronged the weekly flea market in Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital on Sunday even as some shops in the city opened in the morning hours, officials said. However, main markets across Kashmir were shut and most of the public transport was off the roads […]

144 juveniles were detained in J-K after Article 370 abrogation: Report

New Delhi, Oct 2: The Juvenile Justice Committee of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has told the Supreme Court that 144 juveniles were detained in the state after the Centre abrogated provisions of Article 370, but 142 minors were later released. The committee, in its report filed in […]

Journalists in Kashmir protest curbs on press

NEW DELHI — Dozens of journalists in Indian-controlled Kashmir have held a sit-in to protest a communications blackout in the disputed Himalayan region, describing the blockade of the internet and mobile phones as a government-imposed gag. For the last two months, mobile phones and internet services have been […]

India’s moves in Kashmir raise tension in part next to China

LEH, India — Nearly two months after the Indian government changed the status of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, new tensions are brewing in Ladakh, a remote and picturesque part of that territory that borders China. On Aug. 5, New Delhi stripped Indian-controlled Kashmir of its statehood […]

Govt extends renewal of licenses, registration certificates of hotels, guest houses, travel agencies

open view news desk SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 27: Government today extended registration to renew licenses and registration certificates for travel agencies, hotels, guest houses, tourist guides, pony wallas through off-line mode up to December 31, 2019.

Three ultras eliminated, one Army jawan killed in ongoing operation in J-K’s Ramban

Ramban/Jammu, Sep 28: Three terrorists were eliminated while an Army jawan was killed in an ongoing operation in the Batote area along the Jammu-Kishtwar national highway on Saturday, an Army officer said, as the nearly nine-hour long search operation entered its final stage. The militants were encircled by the […]

Kashmiris eagerly await India, Pakistan leaders’ UN speeches

SRINAGAR, India — Residents of Indian-controlled Kashmir hope speeches by Indian and Pakistani leaders at the U.N. General Assembly on Friday will turn world attention to an unprecedented lockdown in the disputed Himalayan region. Simmering tensions in Kashmir are threatening to erupt into open conflict between India and […]

Kansal for wider publicity of scholarship schemes

open view news desk SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 13: Principal Secretary, Social Welfare, Planning and Monitoring, Rohit Kansal Friday called for wider publicity of various scholarship schemes run by the Social Welfare Department. He made these remarks during a meeting to review status of various Social Welfare Schemes. The schemes […]

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