Bilal Ahmad

Truck laden with fruit stopped unnecessarily on highway: Fruit dealers

Truck laden with fruit stopped unnecessarily on highway: Fruit dealers

Demands implement of MIS scheme, ban on spurious pesticides

Sopore: Dozens of fruit dealer’s alongwith representatives of transport associations on Tuesday held a protest demonstration at Fruit Mandi Sopore against the ‘unnecessary stoppage’ of fruit laden truck along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway. The protestors including fruit growers, dealers association, transporters association and labourers associations also sat on a dharna at Asia’s second largest Fruit […]

 KV Correspondent

Youth injured during mishap succumbs

GANDERBAL: Battling for his life for four days after sustaining grievous injuries in a road accident, an injured youth hailing from Kangan succumbed to his injuries at SKIMS Soura, hospital sources said. They said that a youth identified as Sajad Ahmad Bhat (21) son of Abdul Rashid Bhat resident of Wussan Kangan got seriously injured […]

 Press Trust of India

National eGovernance Plan can be achieved in JK over 10 years: CAG

Jammu: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has criticised the Jammu and Kashmir government for its failure in implementing the National e-Governance Plan, saying the objective of making all local public services accessible to the common man could not be achieved in the Union territory over a period of around 10 years. In […]

 Press Trust of India

Two Army men injured in road mishap

Jammu: Two Army personnel were seriously injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a 50-feet gorge in Udhampur district on Tuesday, police said. The accident took place near Narsoo Nallah on Dhar road around 2.15 pm when the vehicle was moving from Jammu to Udhampur, a police official said. He said […]

 Press Trust of India

Ladakh records 49 fresh COVID-19 cases

Leh: Forty-nine more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Ladakh, taking the number of confirmed cases in the union territory to 4,152, while 32 such patients were discharged after successful treatment, officials said on Tuesday. There was no report of any COVID-related death during the past 24 hours, the officials added. The number of […]

 KV News

JKB Financial Services get new corporate premises

Srinagar: J&K Bank Chairman & Managing Director RK Chhibber Tuesday inaugurated the new Corporate Office of JKB Financial Services -a wholly owned subsidiary of J&K Bank at Jawahar Nagar, Srinagar. With its strategic location and spacious premises, the new office is equipped with state-of-the-art technology infrastructure. The Bank’s CMDalso launched multiple business and IT initiatives […]

 KV News

Bridegroom booked for use of firecrackers during his marriage

Srinagar: In a unique incident Police booked a bridegroom for using firecrackers in Reck chowk area of Batamalo in Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district. A statement issued by the police said that today Police Station Batmaloo booked a Bridegroom for using Firecrackers during his marriage ceremony last night. It’s worth mentioning here that it is prohibited […]

 Press Trust of India

13 held for charging money from labourers for entry into JK

Jammu: Thirteen people have been arrested for illegally charging labourers from outside Jammu and Kashmir on the pretext of facilitating their “smooth entry” into the Union Territory, police on Tuesday. Seven cases, including one in Punjab, have been registered in this connection, they said. A probe has also been instituted against some policemen, including an […]

 KV News

Lt Guv reviews winter preparedness of various departments

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha Tuesday chaired a joint meeting of various departments on winter preparedness here at Civil Secretariat and directed the concerned officers for the strengthening of a robust response mechanism for power restoration, essential supplies, water and road connectivity during winters. The Lt Governor also directed the officials present in the meeting […]

 KV News

Lt Guv reviews preparedness for ‘back to villages’ programme

SRINAGAR: Own the ambitious Back to Village Programme and every single officer on the ground must work as a changemaker to ensure benefits of governance reach the last man in the queue, Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha directed the senior officials during a meeting he chaired to review the preparedness for Back to Village 3 programme […]