Fulfill demands of scheme workers: Tarigami
Srinagar: While assuring his full support to two-day strike of scheme workers on August 7 and 8 followed by Satyagraha/Jail Bharo on August 9, CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tairgami Friday urged the government to fulfill the genuine demands of Aganwadi workers/ helpers, ASHAs, Mid-Day Meal Workers and CPWs working in education department at the […]
Digitization of Land Records to begin in JK soon: Govt
JAMMU: The landholders of Jammu and Kashmir would soon get digital land titling as the government is close to finalize Request For Proposal (RFP) for digitization of the land records under Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP) An ambitious Project to provide digital land titling guarantee to the land holders of Jammu and Kashmir […]
CS reviews progress under Atmanirbar Bharat Abhiyan
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam Thursday reviewed the steps taken and progress being made under various verticals of Atmanirbar Bharat Abhiyan, by the eight Task Forces created for the purpose. The Task Force on Investment, Industrial Revival and Growth informed that the District Mineral Officers have been directed to use District Mineral Fund […]
Relief at last : JK Bank releases withheld salary of its 2800 employees
Srinagar: In a major relief to almost 2800 J&K Bank employees – whose salary was withheld by the bank as per the direction of trial court passed by Special Judge Anti-Corruption Srinagar – the bank Thursday released their earned salaries as per the directions from the J&K High Court. Notably, the High Court in a […]
Four notorious drug peddlers held in north Kashmir
Srinagar: Police Thursday said that it arrested four ‘hardcore’ drug peddlers in Kralgund area of North Kashmir’s Handwara. Police said that, acting swiftly on reliable information, a police party raided Badrah Payeen area of Handwara and apprehended persons identified as Tawseef Ahmad Dar son of Ghulam Rasool Dar resident of Badrah Payeen, Muzamil son of […]
LAWDA carries out demolition drive at Lashkari Mohalla
SRINAGAR: The Enforcement Wing of Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA), under the supervision of Enforcement Officer Thursday demolished two illegal constructions of single storey house and tin walling at Lashkari Mohalla in Green belt area. The illegal constructions were constructed taking undue advantage of the Covid-19 Lockdown. Besides an illegal earth filling was also […]
Prone position reduces need for ventilators in Covid-19 patients: Medico body
Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Thursday said prone position reduces the need for ventilators in Covid-19 patients. “We can save lives by this simple non-invasive technique,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “In proning, patients are placed facedown onto their stomach or onto their side while lying down,” he said. […]
Assault on women councilors
Chairmen BDC Boniyar, MC Baramulla among three booked
Srinagar: Police on Thursday filed a case against chairman of BDC Boniyar, chairman MC Baramulla and a councilor for “house trespass and “assault” on two women councilor with intention to “outrage their modesty” in a hotel at Affarwat in Gulmarg. The FIR—06/2020 was filed in police station Gulmarg on a complaint filed by the two […]
Minor’s body fished out from river Jhelum in Uri
Baramulla: The body of a 10-year-old boy was fished out on Thursday afternoon, a day after he drowned in the river Jhelum in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. An official said that the boy was accompanied by some of his friends when he drowned in the river yesterday while taking a bath. “As […]
