Kashmir

ECI to notify Lok Sabha poll schedule in next 20 days: J&K CEO PK Pole

ECI to notify Lok Sabha poll schedule in next 20 days: J&K CEO PK Pole

Say admin’s top priority is to ensure free, fair and transparent elections Srinagar, Mar 2 : Chief Electoral Officer Jammu and Kashmir Pandurang Kondbarao Pole on Saturday said that the Election Commission of India is likely to notify the schedule for Lok Sabha polls in the next 20 days. Speaking with reporters during his visit […]

Former NC media analyst joins Peoples conference in JK

Former NC media analyst joins Peoples conference in JK

Srinagar: Bismah Meer, a former media analyst of the National Conference joined the Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Conference (PC) here on Saturday. She was welcomed into the party fold by PC President Sajad Lone, a party statement said. The Peoples Conference termed Bismah as a dynamic youth, political, and social activist. A spokesperson of the […]

8th standard exams to commence from Mar-13 in soft zones

8th standard exams to commence from Mar-13 in soft zones

Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir State Council of Educational Research and Training (JKSCERT) Saturday rescheduled the annual examination dates for 8th standard. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), JKSCERT said that the exams in the soft zones will commence from March-13 and will culminate on April-02. Similarly, the JKSCERT said that the […]

JK-DMA Issues Avalanche Warning for Multiple Districts

JK-DMA Issues Avalanche Warning for Multiple Districts

Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Authority on Saturday issued a medium-danger level avalanche warning for multiple districts in Jammu and Kashmir. “Avalanche with Medium Danger Level is likely to occur above 2200 metres over Doda, Kishtwar, Poonch, Ramban, Resai, Anantnag and Kulgam districts in next 24 hours,” reads an advisory, as per GNS. […]

Health advisory panel set up for implementation of Chawla Committee recommendations

Health advisory panel set up for implementation of Chawla Committee recommendations

Committee to be headed by Ex-director SKIMS Dr Ajit Nagpal Srinagar, Mar 2 : The Jammu and Kashmir Health and Medical Education Department has constituted an advisory committee for holistic advancement of the health sector, roadmap for implementation of Chawla Committee along with comprehensive Budget analysis in the Union Territory. According to an order issued, […]

Editor Subha Kashmir Nazir Ahmad Wani passes away

Editor Subha Kashmir Nazir Ahmad Wani passes away

Daily Asian Mail expresses condolence, prays for eternal peace to the departed soul Srinagar: Senior journalist and Editor Subha Kashmir Nazir Ahmad Wani passed away after prolonged illness on Saturday. He was suffering from kidney ailment and breathed his last at SKIMS Soura. A resident of Peerbagh Srinagar, Wani was known for his philanthropic outlook […]

Gusty winds damage several structures in Anantnag’s Verinag

Gusty winds damage several structures in Anantnag’s Verinag

Verinag : A strong wind storm that swept across south Kashmir on Saturday morning damaged several structures in the Verinag area of Anantnag district, officials said. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that strong winds damaged a rooftop of a house and shops in Nowgam village today morning. Sign boards of over […]

Labourer found dead in south Kashmir’s Kulgam

Labourer found dead in south Kashmir’s Kulgam

Kulgam: A 25-year-old labourer was found dead under suspicious circumstances in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday morning. The deceased, identified as Suheel Ahmad Guroo resident of Redwani Payeen, was found hanging in his residential house. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival. A police officer said a […]

Incessant rains drench plains in J&K, 1.3-ft fresh snowfall in Gulmarg

Incessant rains drench plains in J&K, 1.3-ft fresh snowfall in Gulmarg

Srinagar: Incessant spell of rains drenched plains while higher reaches including Gulmarg recorded fresh snowfall, officials said on Saturday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that in 24 hours till 0830 hours today, Srinagar received 20.5mm of rain, Qazigund 45.4mm, Pahalgam 27.5mm (0.8cms), Kupwara 16.6mm (2 cms of snowfall), Kokernag 30.4mm, Jammu 6.7mm, Banihal […]

J&K Bank shines at MSME Banking Excellence Awards – 2023

J&K Bank shines at MSME Banking Excellence Awards – 2023

Wins Best MSME Bank Award, Second Best Award for Promoting Government Schemes Srinagar: Adding another feather of excellence to its cap, J&K Bank won the ‘Best MSME Bank’ Award last night at MSME Banking Excellence Awards (2023) – an event organized by the Delhi-based Chamber of Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CIMSME). The Bank […]