DLMPAC approves five Draft Mining Plans in Anantnag
DDC stresses on environment protection, addressing local interests
ANANTNAG: The District Level Mining Plan Approval Committee (DLMPAC) under the chairmanship of District Development Commissioner (DDC) Anantnag, Dr. Piyush Singla Friday granted approval to five Draft Mining Plans for Minor Mineral Blocks at DC office here. Pertinently, the auctioning of 20 identified minor mineral blocks was done through online mode and the committee had […]
Market checking intensified at Bandipora
BANDIPORA: Following the directives of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Bandipora, a team headed by AD, FCS&CA Bandipora, Bilal Ahmad along with enforcement wing conducted market checking in main market Bandipora and its adjacent areas. The checking was aimed at ensuring availability of quality products and to curb black marketing, profiteering of essential commodities in view of […]
Admin distributes free masks among worshippers in Bandipora
BANDIPORA: The District Administration Bandipora while continuing its awareness and sensitization campaign regarding Covid-19, distributed free masks among people before Friday prayers outside various mosques. On the directions of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad, Tehsildar Bandipora Mubashir Saleem Nazki along with his team distributed more than 5000 masks among people who were on […]
India, Pakistan held secret talks on Kashmir: Reports
New Delhi: Top intelligence officers from India and Pakistan held secret talks in Dubai in January in a new effort to calm military tension over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, Al-Jazeera reported Thursday quoting news agency ‘Reuters’. Ties between the nuclear-armed rivals have been on ice since a suicide bombing of an Indian military […]
Spike in Covid: All Schools, coaching centres closed till April 30
Srinagar: The government on Thursday extended the closure of schools amid continuing upsurge in covid-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir till April 30. The admin also ordered closure of coaching centres and even cancelled the ongoing matriculation exams. “All schools in J&K shall continue to remain closed for imparting on-campus / in- person education to […]
Covid Surge: Go for vigorous testing, ramping up vaccinations: Lt Guv to officers
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha chaired a meeting with all Deputy Commissioners and Senior Superintendents of Police of the Jammu Division to review the developmental scenario, law and order situation, besides assessing the Covid containment and mitigation efforts across the districts, at the Civil Secretariat here today. Outlining the agenda of establishing a transparent, efficient, […]
Registration of non-JK vehicles: Court lists hearing on 19th April
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Thursday adjourned the case of re- registration of non-JK vehicles and listed it for the hearing on 19 April. The Jammu and Kashmir High Court had sought the response of the Government by 15 April over the matter after the case was heard on 7 April. The circular […]
Locals stage protest after woman dies during ‘police raid’
Police says ‘looking’ into the matter
Srinagar: Protests rocked Mirakshah colony of Batapora, Habak on Srinagar outskirts on Thursday after a woman died of a heart attack allegedly during a nocturnal raid by police at their house. Scores of protestors took to the streets in Mirakshah Colony and demanded punishment to the “police men” who were part of the raid at […]
