In a landmark step toward strengthening healthcare access and social security for workers, Union Minister for Labour & Employment and Youth Affairs & Sports, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, inaugurated a 30-bedded Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital at Ompora in Budgam. The facility marks the first ESIC hospital in Kashmir, signalling a major expansion of…
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Stone sculpture recovered from Jhelum river handed over to archaeology dept (Picture credit: IANS) SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday handed over a stone sculpture of goddess Durga, recovered by a fisherman from the Jhelum river in Baramulla district, to the department of archives, archaeology and museums.Police said, fisherman Nazir Ahmad Latoo informed Sheeri…
India Launches First Hydrogen-Powered Water Taxi in Varanasi Kashmir Life Source link
SRINAGAR: The Government has capped surge pricing by app-based cab services at no more than twice the State-notified base fare during peak hours, according to the Motor Vehicles Aggregators Guidelines, 2025 tabled in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. The policy also allows fares to drop up to 50 per cent below the…
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir high court has given the Union Territory administration and the Centre three months to respond to petitions challenging a ban on 25 Kashmir-related books, an official in the additional advocate-general’s (AG) office said.The ban was clamped by the home department under lieutenant-governor (LG) Manoj Sinha on Aug 5 this year on…
File photo (Picture credit: AP) SRINAGAR: A 29-year-old Chinese national was questioned by police and intelligence officials in central Kashmir’s Budgam district Sunday for travelling to J&K and Ladakh without permission and violating visa norms, a police official said.The man, who was found staying at a homestay in the area, told interrogators that he had…
NEW DELHI: The NIA has arrested a Kashmiri resident who had conspired with suicide bomber Umar Un Nabi to carry out the suicide blast at Red Fort last Monday.Amir Rashid Ali, a resident of Samboora, Pampore, in whose name the car involved in the attack was registered, was arrested in Delhi.“Amir had come to Delhi…
SRINAGAR: Expanding its crackdown on ‘white-collar terror’, J&K Police’s Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) on Thursday carried out searches at 13 locations across the Valley in connection with the ongoing probe into the Delhi blast case. A police officer confirmed the raids, but did not reveal if anyone was detained.In a related development, State Investigation Agency (SIA)…