ADC Anantnag chairs meeting of political parties
Seeks suggestions for rationalisation of polling stations
ANANTNAG: Additional Deputy Commissioner, Ghulam Hassan Shiekh Thursday chaired a joint meeting of EROs and representatives of political parties on the instructions of District Election Officer Dr Piyush Singla. The meeting discussed issues about rationalisation of polling stations in 7 assembly segments of the district, summary revision and other ancillary issues. The issues like adjustment […]
416th Urs Khwaja Habeebullah Nowshehri celebrated
Artists of Cultural Unit, JDI & PR presented sufi music at the Shrine
SRINAGAR: The three days Urs of Khwaja Habeebullah Nowshehri culminated Thursday, at Nowshehra Srinagar, in which alarge number devotees from different parts of valley participated. On the third and last day of 416th Urs of the renowned Sufi Saint various Sufi and cultural programmes were organized to bless the occasion and devotees who had thronged […]
Mehrajdin Shah assumes charge as ACR Ganderbal
Ganderbal: Mehrajdin Shah (JKAS) assumed the charge of Assistant commissioner Revenue Ganderbal. Shah was congratulated by other officers for his new assignment. Earlier, out going ACR Syed Baseer (JKAS) was accorded a warm send off. Shah a JKAS officer of 2008 has previously served as BDO sgr, SDM Kangan, Deputy Director rural sanitation Kashmir and […]
Police arrests seven gamblers in Baramulla
Baramulla: Police in Baramulla arrested seven gamblers and seized stake money from their possession, a police spokesman said Thursday. Acting on specific information, a police party raided a gambling site at Drung Park Tangmarg following inputs about gambling activities and apprehended seven gamblers, a police spokesman said. They have been identified as Amir Hayat Khan […]
Police busts gang of extortionists in Budgam
Budgam Police in Budgam busted a gang of extortionists by arresting five extortionists involved in the commission of crime, a police spokesman said Thursday. Police also recovered the extorted cash, cellphone and other materials used in the commission of crime, the spokesman added. The spokesman said that police received several complaints regarding gang of extortionists […]
Three missing Kupwara students traced from Rajasthan
Srinagar: Three students who had purportedly gone missing two days before from frontier north Kashmir’s Kupwara district are currently at Jaipur in Rajasthan, said one of the youth’s cousin. “We received a call today morning from them wherein they informed themselves to be at Jaipur”, the family member said. “When enquired about how come they […]
Darul Uloom, two houses damaged in fire mishap at Khaniyar
Srinagar: A Darul Uloom (Islamic seminary) and two residential houses were damaged in a massive fire in Khaniyar area of Srinagar on Thursday. A marriage hall and two more houses in the vicinity also suffered slight damage in the fire, the cause of which is being investigated, officials said. They said that fire erupted in […]
Two drug peddlers booked under PSA in Budgam
Budgam: Two notorious drug peddlers have been booked under Public Safety Act in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, police said here on Thursday. According to a statement, issued here a police spokesperson said that two drug peddlers identified as Shabir Ahmed Sofi alias JK son of Abdul Khaliq Sofi of Mazhama Magam and Asif Nazir Rather […]
DGP sanctions Rs 3 lakh scholarship for wards of martyred cops
Srinagar: The Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh sanctioned a scholarship worth Rs 3.13 lakh in favour of 48 wards of martyred police personnel. The police handout reads that the scholarship has been sanctioned to provide financial assistance to the wards of martyred Police personnel and to support their education from primary to university […]
Yatra Mitra, Kooda do, River cleaning campaigns launched at Panchtarni
Free Sanitary Pads Distributed
ANANTNAG: To ensure Swacch and Sugam Amarnath Yatra, several initiatives including Yatra Mitra, Kooda Do, River Cleaning, and Free Sanitary Pads Distribution were launched on Thursday at Panchtarni. Secretary Tribal Affairs Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary who is also Yatra Incharge Pahalgam Axis and Deputy Commissioner Anantnag Dr Piyush Singla launched the initiatives. At the outset, […]
