Month: May 2023

At least half of dozen families on Thursday alleged that they have been tricked to avail loans by misusing their documents in Kangroosa village of north Kashmir’s Baramulla. Reports reaching Kashmir News Service (KNS) said that it came as a shock to the several families of Kangroosa Rafiabad after a team of Cooperative Bank officials arrived in the village to recover the amount from loan defaulters. The families expressed annoyance after the bank officials arrived at their residence to claim that the families have borrowed loans from the bank of 50 thousand, which have been swallowed to 2 lac rupees including the interest amount. Khursheed Ahamd Beig, a local told KNS that last Friday a team of Cooperative Bank Officials arrived at his residence and claimed that I have borrowed lo...

Jammu Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday said that the markets of Lal Chowk and old Srinagar will look like that of Delhi, Chandigarh and other cities and people while being Srinagar would feel they are in Mumbai or Delhi. “Lal Chowk and the old city will have new markets soon. People going to these markets will feel as if they are in Delhi, Chandigarh or Mumbai. In the coming days, there would be more new markets (under smart city projects),” LG Sinha told reporters after inaugurating the Polo View market of the city, renovated under the Smart City Project. The Polo-View market was completed recently under Smart City project and the shopkeepers had expressed their gratitude to the J&K administration for changing the face of the market. The LG also visited the...

Former Chief Minister and Parliamentarian, Dr Farooq Abdullah said that several pro-Pakistan persons in Kashmir have now become Indian and are trying everything to weaken the Jammu Kashmir-centric groups. "Those who were once pro-Pakistan in Kashmir have suddenly become Indian to weaken the National Conference, how they could have changed their stance so abruptly," " Dr. Farooq Abdullah said. Regarding the G-20 event, Farooq Abdullah mentioned that it is nothing new as one country hosts it every year, but added that it provides an opportunity for countries to discuss their problems and find solutions. Earlier, Dr. Farooq Abdullah had alleged that intelligence agencies have trained 15,000 children to provide them with information through mobile phones.

A unique fish was captured in Kashmir’s famed Dal lake surprising several experts on Thursday. Officials of the Lake Conservation and Management Authority (LCMA) during a routine de-weeding captured a unique fish in Dal Lake. Preliminary reports and observations suggest that it is a fish called “Alligator Gar”’, a predator fish found in North American areas. The presence of this unique fish in Dal Lake surprised everyone besides the experts. “For the first time we have seen such a type of fish in Dal Lake and it is known as “Alligator Gar” found in the North American areas”, LCMA Research and Monitoring Incharge Masood Ahmad said. The Fish is unique, resembles the crocodile and has never been seen before in the lake. “We will analyze the species with the Fisheries department...