Observer News Service - December 31, 2017
JammuThe Jammu and Kashmir government today announced a cash reward of Rs five lakh to shooter Chain Singh who made the state proud by winning six gold medals at the 2016 South Asian Games besides clinching a medal in 2014 Asian Games. The cash award for the son of the soil was sanctioned on […]
Observer News Service - December 31, 2017
PahalgamWith tourists flocking famous ski resort Gulmarg in droves, the department of tourism Kashmir this year celebrated New Year at Pahalgam to promote the destination for winter tourism. Pahalgam, which primarily is a summer destination, receives lesser tourist footfall in winter months as compared to Gulmarg which remains packed. However, for past few years, the […]
Observer News Service - December 31, 2017
SrinagarThe number of youths joining militancy in Kashmir has come down drastically after the security forces launched ‘Operation All-Out’ this year, police officials said, Sunday insisting the aim of the drive was not just to kill militant but win them back into the mainstream. Speaking to the media, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of […]
Observer News Service - December 31, 2017
New DelhiThe Congress Sunday slammed the government over a fidayeen attack on a CRPF camp in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, saying it was a sign of failure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy. Party spokesperson Sushmita Dev said here that such recurring attacks send a message that anti-national forces do not […]
Observer News Service - December 31, 2017
SrinagarLeh experienced the coldest night of this winter with the minimum temperature there settling around 15 degrees Celsius below the freezing point, as the mercury continued its downward trend in Kashmir valley and Ladakh region. Leh town, in the frontier Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a minimum temperature of minus 15.2 degrees […]
Observer News Service - December 31, 2017
SrinagarThe Jammu and Kashmirs Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu on Sunday confirmed the reports that the state government is getting back Srinagars Centaur Hotel from the Hotel Corporation of India Ltd, Ministry of Civil Aviation, GOI. Drabu told KNS that the Ministry of Civil Aviation, GOI has decided to transfer the Centaur hotel back to the […]
Observer News Service - December 31, 2017
SrinagarHeavily armed militants Sunday launched a pre-dawn suicide attack on a CRPF camp in Lethpora area of Pulwama district of south Kashmir, killing five paramilitary personnel of the force and injuring three others. CRPF officials said two militants holed up in a building block in the camp were killed in the subsequent operation to neutralise […]
Observer News Service - December 31, 2017
JammuAs the sun sets on the evening of December 31 and people across the globe ponder over what they went through all the year, people of Jammu & Kashmir would have a reason to smile and be contended with. As the scars of 2016 unrest-both physical and economic-were yet to heal, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti […]
Observer News Service - December 31, 2017
SrinagarAs the deadline for the completion of Swach Bharat Mission in Jammu and Kashmir has been set as March 31, 2018, the government here is yet to construct more than 16 thousand public toilets across the state. The figures are hinting that the state could possibly miss the deadline for the implementation of such a […]
Observer News Service - December 31, 2017
SrinagarBaramulla Police on Saturday claimed to have the blind murder case by arresting a person who according to them raped and killed the woman in the orchards. According to Police, on Dec 29 (Friday) at 02:00 PM, Police Post Delina received information that an unidentified dead body of a lady is lying in orchards of […]