Chief Horticulture Officer Bla tours snowfall affected orchards
Sopore: Chief Horticulture Officer Baramulla, Farooq Ahmad Tantray along with field staff of the department including ACR Baramulla and Tehsildar Thursday visited the affected orchards of Sangrama and Rafiabad constituencies to assess the damage to orchards, trees and crops for compensation. The damages in orchards, trees and crops occurred due to recent snowfall in the […]
NC demands compensation for farmers
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) on Thursday said that the assessment to ascertain the losses to farmers hasn’t commenced raising trepidation in the farmers who stand worst affected by the recent ill-timed snowfall. South Zone President Dr.Bahsir Ahmad Veeri, in a statement issued here said that the affected farmers have suffered immense losses due to the […]
Advisor number 4, K K Sharma assumes office
Jammu: Kewal Krishan Sharma, who has served as Chief Secretary of Delhi and Goa, today assumed office as 4th Advisor to the Governor Satya Pal Malik. Governor already has three Advisors including B B Vyas, K Vijay Kumar and Khurshid Ahmad Ganai. Sharma, a 1983 batch AGMUT Cadre IAS officer, belongs to Billawar town of district […]
Mughal road cleared for one-way traffic after a week
Srinagar: Authorities on Thursday afternoon restored the traffic for one-way on Mughal road after seven days of closure. Sub Divisional Magistrate, Surankote, Mohammad Saleem Qureshi told a local news gathering agency that the road has been restored for one-way traffic and vehicles can now move along the Mughal road. Qureshi said that he also visited the […]
Man stabbed to death in Jammu
Jammu: A 59-year-old man has been allegedly stabbed to death by unidentified youths in Jammu, a day before the marriage of his daughter, police said Thursday. Dilip Langar objected to a fight between two groups of men in the parking space of KK Resorts, where several other people were staying for the marriage of Langar’s daughter […]
Seminar on ‘Values of Karbala’ held at KU
Srinagar: A one day seminar on ‘Values of Karbala’ was held here at University of Kashmir on Thursday. The seminar was held at KU’s Science block auditorium and was organized by the Department of Students Welfare, KU which was attended by students, scholars and faculty members from various departments of the varsity Justice (Retd.) Bashir Kirmani […]
Mirwaiz chosen among top 500 Muslims across globe
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Mohammad Umar Farooq has for the fifth consecutive year been chosen among the 500 most influential Muslim personalities across the globe by Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (RISISC) Jordan and one among the five top most influential persons in the sub-continent. According to the RISISC-Jordan’s annual report for year […]
Ram Madhav meets Sajjad Lone, Ansari’s
Holds meeting with newly elected Mayor, his deputy
Srinagar: Two days after the election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), the BJP National General Secretary Ram Madhav in charge J&K affairs arrived in Srinagar on Thursday morning and met several leaders including Sajjad Lone, Aabid Ansari and Imran Ansari. Reports said that the meeting was held at Hotel Taj […]
Modi lookalike switches over to Congress, says ‘achche din’ won’t come
New Delhi: He looks like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dresses and speaks like him and begins his speech with ‘Mitron’, but their similarities end there — He is Abhinandan Pathak, a Congress campaigner in the Naxal-affected Bastar region of Chhattisgarh who says “achche din nahin ayenge”. A new entrant to the grand old party, Pathak […]
Kupwara: Control room set up, phone numbers issued for general public
Kupwara: In order to address the grievances of the general public during winter season in the district, District Administration Kupwara has established a 24X7 Joint Control Room in DC Office Complex Kupwara. General public may contact in case of any emergency at telephone No. 01955-253522. This has been done keeping in mind the onset of […]
