The Kashmir Monitor

Gulmarg: All tourists stranded mid-air after a technical snag halted the Gulmarg Gondola cable car service on Monday were rescued safely following a massive multi-agency operation involving Jammu and Kashmir Police, SDRF, Army and NDRF. DGP Nalin Prabhat speaking said, the technical fault developed around 1:20 PM, leaving several cable car cabins suspended mid-air with touris...

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday handed over regularization orders to contingent paid workers (CPWs) of the School Education Department from Ganderbal and Bandipora districts. An official told that the orders were issued in the presence of Health and Education Minister Sakina Itoo at the chief minister’s office. The chief minister expressed h...

Bandipora: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday led a mega anti-drug ‘padyatra’ in Bandipora town as part of the ‘100 Days Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyaan’, officials said. The march witnessed a large turnout of students, locals and civil society members, they said. LG Sinha, while addressing the gathering, described the youth as the “true build...

New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices on Monday were hiked by up to ₹2.71 per litre, the fourth increase since the revision of rates resumed on May 15, pushing the total cumulative rise to more than ₹7.5 per litre. State-owned oil marketing companies raised petrol price by ₹2.61 per litre in the national capital, taking the rate to ₹102.12 per litre from the previous level of ₹...

SRINAGAR: The ongoing anti-drug campaign, ‘Nasha Mukt JK Abhiyaan has recorded remarkable achievements and impact across awareness generation, rehabilitation, law enforcement, treatment, surveillance and prevention initiatives, reflecting an unprecedented whole-of-government approach against the menace of substance abuse in Jammu and Kashmir.As on today, the campaign has mobi...