Developmental activities resume in Pulwama: Officials
PULWAMA: The District Development Commissioner Pulwama, Dr. Raghav Langer Saturday toured various areas of Tral including Midoora, Gulshanpora, Aripal, Nawdal to inspect the resumption of developmental activities by Rural Development Department (RDD). During visit, the DC took stock of various developmental activities of MGNREGA including construction of roads, desiliting of Khuls and other developmental works […]
Drive against poppy growers continues
SRINAGAR: Enforcement wing of excise and commercial tax department destroyed illicit cannabis poppy crops spread over 30 kanals of land in villages Udroosa and Khrew of Tehsil Pampore, District Pulwama. Meanwhile, the Enforcement team of Excise & Taxation department destroyed illicit poppy crop spread over 28 kanals of land in North Kashmir at Paribal and […]
Power Shutdown
SRINAGAR: The Office of Power Controller, Kashmir province, Saturday informed that 33 KV lines of Silk Factory-Exhibition line would be shut down in order to carry out urgent dismantling of S T Pole by Hazuri Bagh Sub Div. II, Srinagar, tightening of pole pertaining to police station Shergarhi on 17 May 2020 between 12:00 noon […]
Students complain about unhygienic food, lack of facilities at Ganderbal quarantine centre
Ganderbal: Students who are under administrative quarantine on Saturday complained about poor quality of food being served to them at a quarantine centre in Gadoora area of Ganderbal. The students said that they are being served unhygienic and poor quality food at Physical Education College, which was turned into quarantine centre after the outbreak of […]
Residential house gutted in Sopore blaze
Sopore: A double storey residential house was completely damaged in a fire mishap at Naseem Bagh area of Sopore in Baramulla district on Saturday. Officials said that a two-storey house of Ishtiyaq Ahmad Nadroo was completely gutted in the fire mishap. However, fire tenders with the help of locals tried to douse the flames but […]
Instructors engaged in Tribal Affairs Department demand salary
Anantnag: Instructors who were engaged in Tribal Affairs Department under Tribal Sub-Plan 15 years ago have said that that they are without salary from the last many years. The instructors said that they are without salary from last many years, thereby making them suffer immensely. “We have been working in the department from last 15 […]
Covid-19: Health dept employee among 65 new cases reported in JK
Srinagar: Two patients admitted to SMHS hospital were among sixty five people who tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir in last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. The fresh cases mark the biggest single day spike in cases so far and have taken the number of covid-19 patients in J&K to […]
RK Chibber appointed as chairman of J&K Bank, Zubair Iqbal as MD
Srinagar: The Jammu & Kashmir Government on Friday appointed RK Chibber as chairman of J&K Bank for next three years and Zubair Iqbal Bhat as its first full-fledged managing director. According to Finance department’s communiques to J&K Bank- copies of which are in possession of news agency KNO, RK Chibber and Zubair Iqbal would respectively […]
Service providers to be trained before opening outlets in Srinagar: Admin
SRINAGAR: The Srinagar district administration Friday launched a two-week-long training programme for service providers to sensitise them about precautions that need following for personal safety, production and distribution of food items, products and service delivery. Deputy commissioner Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary launched the first module of the training programme designed for more than 500 workers […]
Protests erupt in Pulwama as locals seek to offer prayers in mosques
Pulwama: Massive clashes erupted in Rahmoo area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday afternoon, reports and officials said. They said that scores of people took to streets and staged a protest in Rahmoo for not allowing them to offer prayers. They said when the sale of liquor was allowed in outside states “why are […]
