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Jammu & Kashmir planted more than 15 million trees last...
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Srinagar | WTNS | May 12:Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday said that Jammu and Kashmir government has planted more than 15 million trees in the previous financial year across the Union Territory. Speaking during the Youth-20 (Y20) consultation meet on climate change under India’s G20 presidency, Manoj Sinha said that Jammu and Kashmir is not famous only for snow clad mountains but also for intellectual brilliance. “In the past financial year only, we have planted more than 15...
Costlier Hajj: Chairperson Safina Baig seeks PM’s inte...
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Srinagar | WTNS | May 12:Amid the row over costlier air fares for Kashmiri Hajj pilgrims, J&K Hajj Committee Chairperson Safina Baig Thursday sought personal intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resolve the row. Baig in a tweet urged the PM for his intervention in reducing the exorbitant airfares from Kashmir for Hajj pilgrimage. “Despite the announcement of cheaper Hajj rates this year, high airfares from Kashmir are causing apprehensions among the people. As the leader of the...
Allama Sheikh Mehdi remembered on his 24th death anniversary...
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Srinagar | WTNS | April 03: Religious leaders and scholars today paid glowing tributes to Hujatul Islam Wal Muslimeen, Allama Shiekh Mehdi Hussaini Najafi on his 24th death anniversary. Remembering, late Allama, a congregational meeting was held in central Kashmir’s Budgam District where speakers threw light on the life and teachings of late Allama. A good gathering of people also participated in Quran Khawni majlis and thronged to his grave to pray for the departed soul. The majlis was organized...
Scholars in Kashmir Reach Consensus to Observe Shab-e-Qadar ...
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Srinagar | WTNS | March 28: To alleviate the widespread confusion among the people over the upcoming important events of ongoing holy month of Ramadhan, scholars of different schools of thought have reached a consensus over several issues including that of Shab-e-Qadar and unequivocally decided to observe the night on April 17, 2023. Talking to media persons, after due consultation and deliberation on the issues impending for the last several days, Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam, said that they have reached...
Rectal bleeding, blood in stool can be cancer, says senior d...
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Srinagar | WTNS | March 18:People should immediately consult doctors if they have rectal bleeding and blood in their stool as it can be dangerous for their health, Dr Kushal Mittal said on Friday. Dr Mittal who is secretary of Association of Colon and Rectal Surgeons of India told reporters on the sidelines of Bluethon 2023, annual colorectal cancer awareness event in Nigeen club Srinagar that people have blood in their stool and usually they think it is piles and start using homemade medicines. Once...
Soibugh Budgam’s murder `Inhumane, Unislamic and Disas...
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Srinagar | WTNS | March 18:Expressing deep anger over the painful incident of murder and mutilation of 30 year old woman in Central Kashmir`s Soibugh area of district Budgam , the young religious preacher of Jammu and Kashmir, Maulana Waseem Reza Qumi Kashmiri described the incident as inhumane, unislamic and disastrous. In a statement, Maulana Waseem Reza Qumi Al-Kashmiri, a young religious scholar studying at Jamiat-ul-Mustafa(S) Al-Alamiya of Howza Elmia Qom, strongly condemned the incident that...
The dying art: Kashmir’s traditional mat ‘Wagoo’...
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Srinagar | WTNS | March 10: Do you know about the Wagoo, the traditional, eco-friendly mat of Kashmir? Wagoo is a customary reed mat that has lost its place in Kashmiri households. The neighbourhood reed mat, which was once present in each and every family living in Kashmir, is battling for its presence. The traditional reed mat popularly Known as ‘Wagoo’ which was once a household name in Kashmir is fading from public memory. The traditional eco-friendly mat, according to people associated...
Minority Killings in Kashmir `a catastrophe in the Resurrect...
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Srinagar | WTNS | March 01: Expressing his anger and sorrow over the killing of Sanjay Sharma from Kashmiri Pandit community who was working as a bank security guard at Achan Pulwama , J&K based Islamic scholar Moulana Waseem Reza Qomi Al-Kashmiri termed the act as inhuman and most heinous. In a statement reaching here, Kashmiri dwelled Islamic Scholar studying in Jamia Al-Mustafa (S) Al-Alamiya of Howza Elmia Qom Iran, Waseem Reza condemned the Pulwama incident in strong terms and expressed...
On International Mother Language Day: Experts say Kashmiri i...
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Srinagar | WTNS | Feb 28: : Language is congenital to the interpretation of culture. It is the medium through which people communicate values, ideas, beliefs and customs thus it has an important social function and cultivates feelings of group identity and solidarity among the different communities, experts said on Tuesday. Experts said that there is nothing wrong in learning other languages but we should not feel shy in speaking our own language and should teach it first to the children. Noted historian...
Dishonoring of The Holy Qur’an staggeringly deplorable: Ma...
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Srinagar | WTNS | Jan 31:Strongly condemned act of desecration of the Holy Quran by a right-wing extremist in Sweden and Netherlands, Maulana Waseem Reza Kashmiri, an Islamic scholar of Jammu and Kashmir, said that carrying out such acts under the banner of freedom of expression is a clear sign of Islamophobia & extremism. In his condemning statement reaching here, Kashmiri dwelled Islamic Scholar studying in Jamiat Al-Mustafa (S) Al-Alamiya of Howza Elmia Qom Iran, Waseem Reza, termed dishonouring...