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  Sameer Ahmad Anantnag: Just days after Masrat Hashim, CEO of Pahalgam Development Authority (PDA), raised concerns over 300 illegal constructions in Pahalgam, the official has been transferred and posted as Deputy Labour Commissioner (Central), J&K, on Monday. According to official sources, Masrat Hashim, CEO of PDA, had expressed serious…

  Sameer Ahmad Anantnag: An outbreak of jaundice has been reported in Gotligund Verinag village of South Kashmir’s Anantnag District on Monday. Sources told Arising State that at least 27 people, among them mostly children, have developed jaundice infection, which is due to contaminated water supplied to them, sources said.…

  SRINAGAR, JANUARY 26: The 76th Republic Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm and patriotic fervour across Kashmir, with a series of functions held at District level to commemorate the day.   Republic Day marks the adoption of India’s constitution and the country’s transition to a republic on January 26,…

Bengaluru: ISRO will launch its 100th satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on January 29, the space agency said on Friday.The agency is gearing up to launch the GSLV-F15 NVS-02 mission.GSLV-F15 with Indigenous Cryogenic stage will place the NVS-02 satellite into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit and the…

New Delhi: Castigating a man for throwing out his estranged wife and minor daughters from the matrimonial home, the Supreme Court on Friday said such behaviour eliminated the basic difference between human and animal.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh asked, “What kind of a man you…

New Delhi, Jan 24: All opposition members of the parliamentary panel on the Waqf Amendment Bill were suspended for a day on Friday amid continuous protests and accusations against Chairman Jagdambika Pal of steam-rolling through the proceedings.The suspended members are Kalyan Banerjee, Mohammad Jawed, A Raja, Asaduddin Owaisi, Naseer Hussain,…

Srinagar: The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday alleged that the Jammu and Kashmir government was using education as a “propaganda tool” by “forcing” students to attend a Tiranga rally organised by the RSS-affiliated ABVP, calling it unacceptable.”The J&K Education Department, under the NC government, has made it mandatory for…

Srinagar: The minimum temperature dropped in Kashmir on Friday as cold conditions tightened their grip on the valley, with the Meteorological Department predicting mostly dry weather until the end of the month, officials said.The minimum temperature in Srinagar settled at minus 3.3 degrees Celsius on Thursday night, down from the…