The morning flights were delayed at the Srinagar airport after a fresh spell of snow in parts of Kashmir valley on Saturday early morning, officials said here. Director Srinagar Airport Santosh Dhoke while said that in view of continuous snowfall the flight operations at Srinagar Airport have been delayed. “As soon as the weather improves the flight operations will resume. So far no flight has landed at Srinagar Airport today,” he said. Meanwhile, Airport Authorities in a Tweet said there might be delays in flights due to fresh snowfall in the valley. "Runway not available till 09:00 due to snowfall. Flights may delay. Plan accordingly @Aaisnrairport @AAI_Official @aaiRedNR,” Srinagar Airport Tweeted. Meanwhile, ADGP Traffic told KNO that the traffic authorities have allowed...

The Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the adoption of Jammu & Kashmir Industrial Land Allotment Policy, 2021-30 to evolve a highly structured industrial land bank for promoting equitable industrial growth in Jammu and Kashmir. The new policy attempts to address various land-related issues impeding industrial development in J&K by laying down a framework to regulate zoning of industrial areas, project appraisal and evaluation, and the subsequent process flow. The new policy proposes zoning of industrial areas at block/ municipality level after taking into consideration various factors including the existing level of industrial development, location of the proposed zone, and level of urbanization. Th...

The 4G internet speed in Jammu Kashmir has been extended by an official order, the ban will continue till 5 February. After the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu Kashmir on 5 August 2019, the Central Government completely stopped the mobile Internet service. Security agencies say that anti-national elements would then intensify propaganda and internet service would prove to be helpful for them. About four months later, in addition to Jammu division, in some districts of Kashmir, this service was started with 2G internet speed. The Home Department held several meetings with security agencies and representatives of the district administration to discuss the restoration of 4G internet speed, but each time the ban was pushed forward citing security arrangements. Today once agai...

Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK), which represents the interests of over 3800 schools in the region, has filed a writ petition before the Supreme Court seeking restoration of 4G mobile internet services. The Association as per a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that the restriction on the high-speed internet has severely impacted the quality of education for lakh of students in the entire Jammu Kashmir. “Our students have been suffering since 05 August 2019 due to prolonged school closures which were first imposed in the aftermath of abrogation of Article 370 and then extended on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. The children of Jammu Kashmir have already lost two academic years because it is impossible to conduct online cla...