68 dead in Venezuela prison fire, says prosecutor
Caracas: Venezuela’s top prosecutor said 68 people have died in a fire at a police detention facility, where an inmates’ rights organisation reported an attempted jailbreak. “In light of the terrible events that took place in the Carabobo state police headquarters, where 68 people died in a presumed fire, we have appointed four prosecutors… to […]
Farmers feel the heat of soaring pesticide prices
Shopian: At a time when the orchardists are busy in spraying their orchards with various pesticides, the farmers have raised concern about the high prices of ‘substandard’ pesticides, saying that the authorities are acting as mute spectator. Orchardists while talking to ‘Kashmir Vision’ alleged that the pesticide retailers are selling the pesticides of same company […]
‘Militant recruit’ turns out to be a shopkeeper: Police
Srinagar: Police on Wednesday clarified that a man who was described as a new militant recruit on various social media platforms is a respectable citizen running a shop in Beehama area of Ganderbal and has not joined any militant outfit. A spokesman of police said that today a photograph of a shopkeeper from Ganderbal was […]
KU students stage protest, seek whereabouts of ‘missing’ student
Srinagar: Students of Kashmir University (KU) on Wednesday staged a protest on the campus against the ‘disappearance’ of a student last week. The protests continued for third consecutive day today as the students boycotted classes and protested seeking the whereabouts of the missing student. Pertinently, a student of applied Geology, Department of earth sciences, Sameer […]
Students of Women’s College Anantnag protest against KU
Srinagar: Scores of undergraduate students from Government Degree College for women on Wednesday held a protest demonstration in the college ground in South Kashmir’s Anantnag area against the Kashmir University authorities demanding reduction of syllabus of their 5th and 6th semesters. Raising Slogans, ‘We want justice’ ‘reduce syllabus by 50 per cent for 5th and […]
Students of Behnipora HSS protest against official apathy
Handwara: The students of Government Higher Secondary School Behnipora Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district Wednesday staged protest against the non-availability of the required teaching staff in the institute. Reports said that the students marched from the school amid sloganeering to protest against what they termed as the apathy of the higher ups. Protesting […]
‘After cent percent distribution, record 2.50 lakh qtls of rice saved current fiscal’
Srinagar: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA), Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali Wednesday revealed that the department has made a history by saving more than 2.50 lakh quintals of food grains in Kashmir division for the current financial year. The Minister provided the information after taking stock of supply position of food grains […]
CM stresses on incentivizing High Density Apple scheme
Jammu: Terming the High Density Apple plantation as a game changer for the horticulture industry of the State, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has stressed on further propagation of the scheme and incentives among orchardists to achieve optimal results. Chairing a review meeting in this regard, the Chief Minister asked for adopting a convergent approach by […]
RBI holds 39th Empowered Committee meeting on MSMEs
Srinagar: The 39th Empowered Committee (EC) meeting on Micro and Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the State of Jammu & Kashmir was held on Tuesday. The meeting was chaired by Ashok Kumar Mattu, General Manager, RBI, Jammu. Vagish Chander Sharma, Executive President, JKB, Vinay,Sawhney, Vice President, JKB, B S Raina, DGM, Punjab National Bank, […]
From Kishtwar, Dy CM launches electrification project for 53 villages
Jammu: Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh Wednesday said that the government is committed to ensure timely implementation of the Power For All initiative taken up by Prime Minister The Deputy Chief Minister was speaking after launching the initiative of providing power to 53 un-electrified villages of five districts covering Kishtwar, Kupwara, Bandipora, Leh and […]
