Kashmir

The brute silence of the world against Palestine massacre by...

( Jammu and Kashmir )

Srinagar | WTNS | Oct 25: Maulana Waseem Reza Al Kashmiri, a young religious scholar from Jammu Kashmir, said that the sheer and draconian stillness of the global peace stakeholder and human rights watch is entirely and mostly the ugliest form of inhumanities. This time call out the urgent establishment of universal unionism to put a full stop over the atrocities and the devilish plots . In a statement issued from the holy city of Qom Iran, the young Kashmiri religious preacher Maulana Waseem Reza...

Breast cancer leading cause of women’s deaths in repro...

( Jammu and Kashmir )

Srinagar | WTNS | Sep 24:Breast cancer remains a significant cause of cancer-related deaths among women in their reproductive years, and approximately one-third of cancer cases are associated with behavioural and lifestyle factors, prominent Oncosurgeon, Dr Shabnam Bashir said in an exclusive interview with the news agency. Dr Shabnam, Kashmir’s first female organ-specific Oncosurgeon, who is trained in advanced technologies such as Robotics, CRS with HIPEC, PIPAC therapy, and laser therapy,...

Centre approves 65 bridges for J&K under rural road con...

( Jammu and Kashmir )

Srinagar | WTNS | Sep 25: The Government of India has approved construction of 65 bridges in Jammu & Kashmir under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), an ambitious rural road connectivity programme launched in 2000. In a significant development, the Union Ministry of Rural Development has approved construction of 65 bridges during the empowered committee meeting held on September 5, 2023 to discuss the project proposals of bridges submitted by Union Territory of J&K under PMGSY-III...

As a part of strategy sikh community in Kashmir to choose ow...

( Jammu and Kashmir )

Srinagar | WTNS | Sep 26: All Party Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) has decided to carry out a mass contact programme across the Kashmir valley while from next week its members would visit each and every village of Kashmir valley for mass contact with the Sikh community. The APSCC in a statement issued to Wilayat Times, said that friends neither the successive governments of Jammu & Kashmir nor the people at the centre have resolved the issues of the Sikh community despite the fact that the...

Euphoria behind Eons : Mirwaiz’s reunion exhilarated p...

( Jammu and Kashmir )

Srinagar | WTNS | Sep 23: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq released after four years of house imprisonment came to an end today on 22 September after authorities liberated him and allowed him to the Friday congregation pray. His liberation marked the hearts of thousands of his followers with the jubilations blended with a sense of gratitude to the authorities . His excerpts from the Friday congregational prayer: In current scenario, there is no space for us, says Mirwaiz, Urges people to be patient,...

No lessons learnt from 2014 floods’: Urbanisation, encroac...

( Jammu and Kashmir )

Srinagar | WTNS | Sep 08:Urbanisation, unabated encroachment and flow of sewage are the reasons the river Jhelum is getting polluted, experts said. Jhelum which originates from Veerinag in south Kashmir and traverses through Srinagar before entering into Wular Lake is an important source of irrigation, drinking water and hydropower in the valley. Experts said the heaps of garbage, polythene, plastic and even pipes dropping sewage into the river are a common sight due to which this river has been...

United States likely to lift negative travel advisory on J&#...

( Jammu and Kashmir )

Srinagar | WTNS | Aug 24:In a significant development, Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Wednesday said that the United States was likely to rollback the negative travel advisory on the UT in the wake of the improving situation in Kashmir. Addressing the gathering at Rajbhawan Jammu after laying the E-foundation stone for the restoration of the holy shrine of Shiv Khori. The project has been handed over to JSW group that will add new facilities at the shrine which will increase...

Young Kashmir Authour Faheem-ul-Islam comes up with his thir...

( Jammu and Kashmir )

Srinagar | WTNS | Aug 24: A young author, Faheem ul Islam, hailing from the picturesque village of Achan in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, has once again captivated readers with his literary prowess. Currently pursuing Masters in International Politics from the Department of Strategic and Security Studies at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Faheem has unveiled his much-anticipated third book titled “Confronting The Crossroads: Muslim Youth in the 21st Century”. Faheem’s literary...

Drug Addiction Rattling the Valley, De-addiction centers wit...

( Jammu and Kashmir )

Srinagar | WTNS | Aug 23: The number of patients visiting OPDs in the Valley’s largest District De-addiction Centre in SMHS Hospital, Srinagar, jumped 75% to 41,110 in the year-ending March 2023, Indian Express reported. This means that one patient walked into the OPD every 12 minutes. As per the report, in the previous financial year, over 21,000 follow-up patients and 2,000 new patients had turned up at the DDC while in ’22, the number of new users has gone past 3000 and follow-up patients...

No outsider being given land under PMAY in J&K: LG Mano...

( Jammu and Kashmir )

Srinagar | WTNS | July 15:Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday said that no outsider was being given land under Pradhan Mantri’s Awas Yojna (PMAY) and those who grabbed state land illegally should stop misleading people. Addressing a function at Dak Bunglow, Baramulla district of north Kashmir, the LG said that many people came to him stating that they were eligible for the PMAY but they had no land. “So the administration took a review and decided to give such families...