Several hotels in Kashmir’s iconic Pahalgam were inundated due to flash floods triggered by two cloudbursts in south Kashmir's Anantnag district on Saturday night that also damaged homes, roads and farmland, disrupted essential services and prompted the evacuation of tourists and pilgrims, officials said.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday called for a fundamental shift in Jammu and Kashmir tourism policy, advocating a transition from volume-driven tourism to a sustainable, value-based model that protects the region's fragile ecology while ensuring long-term economic growth.
A top commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Zakir Ganai, was killed in an encounter with security forces in south Kashmir's Shopian district on Wednesday, marking a major breakthrough in an intelligence-based operation.
Taking cognizance of alleged irregularities in on-spot registration of Amarnath pilgrims, the authorities in Kashmir's Ganderbal district suspended four teachers, officials said on Wednesday.
Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday called for keeping the Amarnath Yatra free from politics, saying Kashmir has a long tradition of hospitality towards pilgrims while urging the administration to ensure both pilgrims' safety and minimal disruption to local life.
Police said that terrorists fired upon a checkpoint party at Gangoo Crossing in Pulwama from a nearby apple orchard seriously injuring ASI Vinod Kumar.
While those in favour of re-establishing Indo-Pak trading say that doing so could usher in economic benefits and foster peace constituencies, they ignore the logic for disengaging with India.
Ajay Bhatt served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly before state elections in 2017. He has held several portfolios in the Government of Uttarakhand as a minister. He is one of the senior-most BJP leaders from Uttarakhand.
The minimum temperature was 18.7 in Jammu, 17.7 in Katra, 11.1 in Batote, 11.6 in Banihal, and 11.8 in Bhaderwah.
The one day volunteer training programme was conducted by AAP in North Zone of Kashmir, where a large gathering of volunteers joined the session wherein a team of experts from Delhi including Imraan Hussain, the cabinet minister in Delhi and election in charge Kashmir was present, said an AAP spokesperson.
