Formulation, implementation of District Development Plan finalized at B’gam
BUDGAM: A meeting cum workshop to discuss formulation and implementation of District Development plan was convened here Thursday under the Chairmanship of DDC Chairman, Nazir Ahmad Khan and District Development Commissioner Budgam Shahbaz Ahmed Mirza here. Vice Chairman DDC Budgam Nazir Ahmad Jahra, BDC President Gh Hassan Khan all elected DDCs and BDCs also joined […]
Transfer non-local 10+2 lecturers from Ladakh to JK: Masoodi
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference MP Justice (Retd) Hasnain Masoodi on Thursday sought transfer of 10+2 non local lecturers from Ladakh to Jammu and Kashmir, saying the delayed transfer is taking a heavy toll on them. Masoodi said this after meeting scores of delegations, who had called on him at his residence. He assured […]
Advisor Baseer Khan reviews functioning of I&C department
Asks for prioritizing EoDB, e-Commerce, aspirations of entrepreneurs
JAMMU: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, Thursday had a detailed review of functioning of Industries and Commerce Department in an officers meeting held here today to work out multi-pronged strategies towards further strengthening of ‘Investment Ecosystem’ in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce, Director Industries Kashmir and […]
DC Srinagar interacts with religious leaders, Ulemas
Seeks their cooperation in Covid-19 containment
SRINAGAR: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammed Aijaz Asad Thursday held an interactive meeting with prominent religious leaders, Imams, Khateebs, Auqaf members, with an aim to seek their opinion to sensitize the people about the pandemic and the SOPs to be followed in Covid-19 containment. CEO Wakaf Board, Mufti Fareed u Din and Additional Deputy […]
Ladakh reports 183 new COVID-19 cases
Leh: The Union territory of Ladakh has reported 183 new cases of coronavirus, taking the virus tally to 12739, officials said. Ladakh had recorded a total of 134 COVID-related deaths till now, they said. While 171 cases were reported from Leh, 12 positive cases were received from Kargil, they said. The total number of active […]
BJP leader who returned from Kumbh Mela dies of Covid-19
Jammu: Days after returning from Kumbh Mela in Uttarakhand, senior BJP leader and former member of the erstwhile Legislative Assembly of J&K state, Thakur Puran Singh died in Rajouri on Thursday. Following Singh’s death, “suspected to be due to covid-19”, the administration in Rajouri has ordered his cremation strictly as per the health department’s protocol […]
Wife killed husband with paramour’s help: Police
Srinagar: More than a month after death of a 34-year-old man at Renji Pattan, police on Thursday claimed to have worked out the case by arresting his wife and another person, alleged paramour of the woman, in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. “On intervening night of 8/9th March one Mohammad Altaf Malik son Ghulam Rasool Malik […]
Missing since April 16, man found dead in Kokernag
Kokarnag: A 36-year-old man, who went missing almost a week ago, was found dead inside a trench on Wednesday in Kokernag area of south Kashmir’s Anantanag district. An official said that the body of Gulzar Ahmad Naik son of Ghulam Nabi Naik was found inside a sewage trench of Mohammad Yaqoob Bhat in his native […]
Adherence to SOP’s: Traffic Police intensifies vehicle checking in Sgr
Srinagar: Traffic police in summer-capital Srinagar has intensified its vehicle checking drive – especially of passenger vehicles – in a bid to ensure strict implementation of Covid SOPs. DySP Traffic Ghulam Hassan while talking to media persons said that although it is a routine practice to check the vehicles however this time around the inspections […]
