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 the sculpture of godddess Durga dates back roughly to 7th-8th AD.
Amidst apprehensions of renewed upsurge in terror strikes, the top commander of the Srinagar based strategic 15 Corps of the Army, Lt. General DP Pandey has said that the security situation in the Kashmir valley is under control and there is nothing to worry about the fallout of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan.
The relation between Jammu and Kashmir and films is legendary but this relation got snapped in 1990 when terrorism broke out in J&K and film producers chose to shift to shooting locations in Kulu and Manali of Himachal Pradesh that were almost identical to those of Kashmir.
The PAGD leaders, who met at the Srinagar residence of Dr Farooq Abdullah, also asked the government to “stop humiliating” people in J&K as the trend might have “dangerous consequences,” said the Alliance’s spokesman Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami while briefing media persons after the meeting.
IGP (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar described it as a big success.
