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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...

India launches historic Chandrayaan-3 mission to land spacec...

( India )

New Delhi | WTNS | July 15: An Indian spacecraft has blazed its way towards the far side of the moon in a follow-up mission to its failed effort nearly four years ago to land a rover softly on the lunar surface, India’s space agency said. Chandrayaan-3, the word for “moon craft” in Sanskrit, took off from a launch pad in Sriharikota, an island in southern India, with an orbiter, a lander and a rover, in a demonstration of India’s emerging space technology. The spacecraft will embark on a...

MMU led by Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir strongly condemns desecration o...

Srinagar | WTNS | July 06 :Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema strongly condemned the outrageous act of burning copies of the Holy Qur’an by a miscreant in Sweden on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha in the presence of the government and the administration who had given permission to that person to commit the blasphemous act. The desecration of sacred texts and insults to revered personalities , deeply disturbs the followers of the religion whose symbols are being abused, and badly hurts their sentiments and feelings....

Kashmir’s Chinar Man: On a mission to preserve legacy,...

( Jammu and Kashmir )

Srinagar | WTNS | July 04: Setting a glaring example of social-responsibility, a man in Kupwara has planted hundreds of Chinar trees to preserve the legacy of Kashmir’s rich past and contribute towards the conservation of environment. Earning the tag of the “Chinar Man of Kashmir”, Abdul Ahad Khan, 36, a resident of Hatmulla Mughabpora in North Kashmir’s Kupwara has since past many years, embarked on a journey to plant hundreds of Chinar trees in the remote district’s...

Grand Ayatollah Sistani slams desecration of Holy Quran in S...

( Iraq )

Baghdad | WTNS | June 30:The office of Iraq’s top religious authority has urged the United Nations to prevent desecration of Islamic sanctities following repeated acts of sacrilege in Sweden. Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani, the prominent Marja in Iraq, described the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden as insulting and emphasized that freedom of speech in no way justifies violation of sanctity of Quran and promotion of extremism. As per the reports of Wilayat Times News Service, the office...

Ayatollah Khamenei: Hajj can foil all plots of arrogant powe...

( Saudi Arab )

Srinagar | WTNS | June 28:Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the annual Hajj rituals can foil all the plots of the arrogant powers and the Zionists against humanity. In a Tuesday message to the 2023 Hajj pilgrimage, the Leader said the rituals can render ineffective all the plans of the arrogant powers and Zionism aimed at the moral downfall of humanity at the current time and future. Ayatollah Khamenei added that the arrogant powers and Zionism are targeting...

Jammu & Kashmir planted more than 15 million trees last...

( Jammu and Kashmir )

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...

( Jammu and Kashmir )

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...

( Jammu and Kashmir )

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 ...

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...