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Festival to bring Kashmiri crafts, culture to Delhi

6:55 pm December 16, 2019

New Delhi: To promote peace, and prosperity, while offering “a new perspective” from Jammu and Kashmir, an upcoming festival here will showcase the crafts, cuisine, and culture of the recently created union territory. Titled “Urooj-e-Kashmir” (Rise of Kashmir), the six-day cultural extravaganza will be organised by Delhi-based organisation India Talent Treasure Trust at the India […]

43-day winter vacation in schools in Leh begins

8:17 pm December 9, 2019

Leh: All government and private schools in Leh district of Ladakh Union Territory were closed on Monday after the administration announced a 43-day winter vacation. According to an order issued by the secretary of education for the Union Territory of Ladakh, Saugat Biswas, these schools shall observe summer vacation from December 9 to February 2020. […]

100 booked for violating Covid guidelines in J-K's Samba

Efforts underway to bring JK on pilgrimage tourism map

9:32 pm November 23, 2019

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday said efforts are underway to bring the Union Territory on international tourist pilgrimage map as the region is replete with the historical religious sites of immense importance. This was stated by K K Sharma, advisor to Lt Governor G C Murmu, during his visit to the Buddhist site […]

Narayanasamy says PM levelled "unfounded charges'

Treat Puducherry as ‘transgender’ iffirm stand can’t be adopted while granting funds: Pondy CM

8:34 pm November 21, 2019

Puducherry: Accusing the Centre of adopting different stances while sanctioning grants to Puducherry, Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Thursday said it could as well treat the union territory as a “transgender”. The present “whimsical approach”in treating Puducherry as a ‘State’ for some schemes and as ‘Union Territory’ for others was “helpless,” he said. Inaugurating a […]

Cold wave conditions prevail in most parts of J-K

11:18 pm November 11, 2019

Jammu: Cold wave conditions prevailed in most parts of Jammu and Kashmir with Srinagar’s maximum temperature settling at 3.4 degrees Celsius– 14.5 degrees below normal during this part of the season, a MET department official said. Jammu, the winter capital of the Union Territory, also recorded a drop of 4.7 degrees in the day temperature […]