Kashmir Relief

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday provided a compensation relief of Rs 5 lakh each to the next family of the victims of the boat capsize tragedy.

Family members of three men killed in a "staged" encounter in south Kashmir's Amshipora in July 2020 have dubbed as "grave injustice" the suspension of the life sentence of the Army captain and the grant of bail to him in the case.

Snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir and rains in the plains ended a prolonged dry spell and brought down the mercury significantly in the Valley which experienced record high temperatures this month, officials said on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed grief over the loss of lives in the Jammu bus accident and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50 thousand for people who sustained injuries.

On the recommendations of the NHRC, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has paid Rs 36 lakh as relief to the relatives of 12 infants, who had died after consumption of "unchecked spurious cough syrup" in Udhampur, officials said on Friday.

Dogs can be great stress-busters. And they are proving exactly that for soldiers of 44 Rashtriya Rifles who have found comfort in the company of two-year-old Rosh, a labrador whose ever-bubbling energy provides an instant relief after a hard day of patrolling.

An economic reliefpackage of Rs 1,350 crore was announced this afternoon for Jammu and Kashmir's ailing business sector - hit hard by prolonged Covid lockdown and the outbreak - by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, who took oath last month as the union territory's L-G. A discount of 50 per cent for people of J&K in water and electricity bills for a ...

After serving in Kashmir as part of the Central Reserve Police Force, 58-year-old Aish Mohammad lost his home in last week's violence in Delhi. "I feel like I do not have a right to live in this country anymore," he had told NDTV from a relief camp in northeast Delhi's Mustafabad.

Having served in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for 22 years and retired as a head constable in 2002, it is difficult for 58-year-old Aish Mohammad to come to terms with his situation in a makeshift relief camp in northeast Delhi.

Bringing massive relief to the people of Kashmir after months of communication and internet lockdown, the Supreme Court today said right to internet is part of the constitutional right to freedom of speech and ordered the Jammu and Kashmir administration to review within one week all restrictive orders in place since the government ended special st...

Many parts of Kashmir received fresh light snowfall today, leading to an increase in the minimum temperature which brought some relief to the people from the intense cold conditions, the meteorological department said.

Mobile Internet services have been restored in Kargil district of Ladakh more than 145 days after being suspended in the wake of the Centre abrogating provisions of Article 370 of the constitution, officials said.

The government may have released Jammu-based leaders detained in August ahead of local polls in the region, but it is unlikely that their counterparts in Kashmir will receive similar relief anytime soon. The Satya Pal Malik administration believes that it was because of preventive action taken against leaders such as National Conference leader Omar...

The number of deaths in the devastating earthquake that rattled Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and several places in Pakistan rose to 37 today as authorities stepped up relief efforts.

Large swathes of the country remained under the grip of relentless heatwave on Tuesday with Churu in Rajasthan recording a high of 48 degrees celsius, though rains did bring some relief to people in few areas.

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday provided a compensation relief of Rs 5 lakh each to the next family of the victims of the boat capsize tragedy.

Family members of three men killed in a "staged" encounter in south Kashmir's Amshipora in July 2020 have dubbed as "grave injustice" the suspension of the life sentence of the Army captain and the grant of bail to him in the case.

Snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir and rains in the plains ended a prolonged dry spell and brought down the mercury significantly in the Valley which experienced record high temperatures this month, officials said on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed grief over the loss of lives in the Jammu bus accident and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50 thousand for people who sustained injuries.

On the recommendations of the NHRC, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has paid Rs 36 lakh as relief to the relatives of 12 infants, who had died after consumption of "unchecked spurious cough syrup" in Udhampur, officials said on Friday.

Dogs can be great stress-busters. And they are proving exactly that for soldiers of 44 Rashtriya Rifles who have found comfort in the company of two-year-old Rosh, a labrador whose ever-bubbling energy provides an instant relief after a hard day of patrolling.

An economic reliefpackage of Rs 1,350 crore was announced this afternoon for Jammu and Kashmir's ailing business sector - hit hard by prolonged Covid lockdown and the outbreak - by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, who took oath last month as the union territory's L-G. A discount of 50 per cent for people of J&K in water and electricity bills for a ...

After serving in Kashmir as part of the Central Reserve Police Force, 58-year-old Aish Mohammad lost his home in last week's violence in Delhi. "I feel like I do not have a right to live in this country anymore," he had told NDTV from a relief camp in northeast Delhi's Mustafabad.

Having served in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for 22 years and retired as a head constable in 2002, it is difficult for 58-year-old Aish Mohammad to come to terms with his situation in a makeshift relief camp in northeast Delhi.

Bringing massive relief to the people of Kashmir after months of communication and internet lockdown, the Supreme Court today said right to internet is part of the constitutional right to freedom of speech and ordered the Jammu and Kashmir administration to review within one week all restrictive orders in place since the government ended special st...

Many parts of Kashmir received fresh light snowfall today, leading to an increase in the minimum temperature which brought some relief to the people from the intense cold conditions, the meteorological department said.

Mobile Internet services have been restored in Kargil district of Ladakh more than 145 days after being suspended in the wake of the Centre abrogating provisions of Article 370 of the constitution, officials said.

The government may have released Jammu-based leaders detained in August ahead of local polls in the region, but it is unlikely that their counterparts in Kashmir will receive similar relief anytime soon. The Satya Pal Malik administration believes that it was because of preventive action taken against leaders such as National Conference leader Omar...

The number of deaths in the devastating earthquake that rattled Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and several places in Pakistan rose to 37 today as authorities stepped up relief efforts.

Large swathes of the country remained under the grip of relentless heatwave on Tuesday with Churu in Rajasthan recording a high of 48 degrees celsius, though rains did bring some relief to people in few areas.