Inclement weather: Ramban Admin alerts departments for prompt response
RAMBAN: District Administration, Ramban has put all the departments and executing agencies on high alert for immediate restoration of road connectivity and essential services amid the prevailing inclement weather conditions. The District administration directed the SDMs and Tehsildars to make necessary arrangements for stranded passengers at RAHAT Centres as well as other designated shelter sheds […]
Amid snowfall local Muslims walk on foot to shoulder dead body of Pandit
Shopian: Fellow Muslim villagers of a deceased local Pandit amid massive snowfall travelled by foot miles together to shoulder his dead body to its final destination in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Witnesses said that 60 year old Kashmir Pandit, Bhaskar Nath, who was getting treatment at SKIMS Srinagar died of kidney failure on Saturday. The […]
CAPD Employees Association seeks fulfillment of demands
Srinagar: President CAPD Employees Association, Ajaz Khan Saturday urged upon the government to fulfill the long pending demands of Food employees. While addressing a press conference here in Kashmir capital Srinagar, Ajaz Khan put forth the list of demands that employees want redressal on immediate basis. He demanded that the department should be re-organized without […]
Woman sexually assaulted in Samba, three held
Jammu: A woman was allegedly abducted and sexually assaulted by a group in Samba district, prompting police launch a massive hunt and arrest the three suspects on Friday, officials said. A written complaint was submitted at the Vijaypur police station by the woman regarding sexual assault by some unknown persons, Senior Superintendent of Police Rajesh […]
Legal Metrology conducts market inspection
JAMMU: The Department of Legal Metrology conducted extensive market checking in Jammu and booked number of defaulters dealing with different trades under various provisions of Legal Metrology Act. The officers of the department inspected number of establishments at Wave Mall Jammu for ensuring compliance of the Act in respect of mandatory declarations which are required […]
Two drug peddlers held
Jammu: Two alleged drug peddlers were arrested with narcotic substances in Poonch and Kathua districts, police said on Saturday. Mohammad Maroof (23), a resident of Dabbi village, was arrested by a joint team of police and Army with 800 grams of heroin in Basooni village of Mendhar area, Senior Superintendent of Police, Poonch, Ramesh Kumar […]
Dwivedi reviews BRAP, inspects first BIS approved Testing Centre at Digiana
JAMMU: Commissioner Secretary Industries and Commerce, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, Saturday chaired a meeting held to review the status of implementation for 2 per cent extra borrowing under Atmanirbhar Bharat. Director Industries, Jammu, Anoo Malhotra, Commissioner Food and Drugs Administration, Shakeel Ul Rehman Rather, Additional Secretary, HUDD, Dr Ravi Shanker Sharma, Director Geology and Mining, Vikas […]
Handicrafts awareness camp held at Seer Hamdan, Anantnag
ANANTNAG: The Handicrafts Department, Anantnag Saturday organised an awareness camp at Seer Hamdan to raise awareness among the participants regarding various welfare schemes and programmes offered by the department. The camp was inaugurated by AD Handicrafts/Handlooms Anantnag, Abhimanyu Singh. While addressing the artisans, the AD said that main aim of organising the camp is to […]
DDC conducts late evening inspection of DH Kulgam
KULGAM: The District Development Commissioner (DDC) Kulgam, Showkat Aijaz Bhat Saturday conducted late evening inspection of district hospital to have an on spot appraisal of the facilities being provided to the patients and to check the presence of doctors and paramedical staff in the health institution. During the inspection, the DDC took stock of availability […]
ACB team seizes documents of a shopping complex
The complex is owned by a top official
Bandipora: Officials from the Anti Corruption Bureau Saturday seized documents of a shopping complex razed in north Kashmir’s Bandipora. Official sources said that an official (name withheld) from Roads and Buildings Department who is a resident of Sopore and presently lives in Srinagar has purchased 16 marlas of land located at Putushay Bandipora-Sopore road. The […]
