Category: Jammu & Kashmir

Srinagar: As the tourist season kicks off with the opening of the famous Tulip Garden in Kashmir, airfares to Srinagar have skyrocketed, making travel to the Valley even more expensive than international trips. The prohibitively high ticket prices are deterring tourists and burning a hole in the pockets of locals who need to travel from […]

Srinagar: After surviving on salt and water for 21 days, noted climate activist and education reformer Sonam Wangchuk has ended his hunger strike to press for statehood for Ladakh and the protection of the fragile Himalayan ecology, but insisted that his fight will continue. “I will continue to fight for constitutional safeguards for Ladakh and […]

Srinagar, Mar 23: Kashmir’s Tulip Garden, one of the biggest in Asia, was officially thrown open to the public on Saturday. According to the officials, this year the garden will bloom with 17 lakh flowers of different varieties with a boast of five new flower varieties this year. An officer from the floriculture department told […]

Posters have once again surfaced in Srinagar and other areas of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, with solidarity and greeting messages for the people and Government of Pakistan on Pakistan Day being celebrated today. The posters and Pakistan flags appeared in Srinagar, Bandipore, Doda and other areas of J&K, said a press release. The […]

New Delhi, Mar 20: Union Minister of Home and Cooperation Amit Shah Wednesday said that elections in Jammu and Kashmir would be held before September. Speaking at the fourth edition of the CNN-News18 marquee leadership conclave — Rising Bharat Summit 2024 – which was held in New Delhi from March 19 to 20, the Home […]

Jammu, Mar 16: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar Saturday stated that it was not possible for the Election Commission of India (ECI) to conduct assembly polls, concurrently with the parliamentary polls, in J&K due to security complications. CEC said the entire (J&K) administrative machinery in unanimity conveyed that it (simultaneous assembly polls) was not […]

According to reports of Greater Kashmir news web: Srinagar, March 16: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has extended the ban on Yasin Malik led Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) by another five years, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said today. In a post on X, Shah said: “The Modi government has declared the […]

New Delhi, March 8 : Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari announced on Friday that an allocation of Rs 2,093.92 crore has been approved for widening two highways and a ropeway project in Jammu and Kashmir. The minister said an outlay of Rs 1404.94 crore has been approved for the widening and […]