JK Tourism department organizes road show at Delhi
NEW DELHI: The Department of Tourism J&K in collaboration with the Travel Agents Association of Kashmir (TAAK) organized a grand promotional evening and roadshow in New Delhi in which more than 200 prominent travel agents including heads of main travel bodies, various signatories and senior officers participated. The highlight of the event was an enthralling […]
Advisor Baseer Khan holds grievance camp at Vessu Migrant Colony
KULGAM: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan Friday held a grievance redressal camp at Migrant Colony Vessu to take first hand appraisal of issues and to oversee the services and facilities available for migrants at the colony. During the camp, the inhabitants of the colony apprised the Advisor about various issues which included inadequate […]
Innovators’ Meet held at KU’s Zakura Campus
VC vows establishment of new centre
Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor University of Kashmir Prof Talat Ahmad Friday inaugurated an innovators’ meet at the varsity’s Institute of Technology (IoT), Zakura Campus. The day-long meet was organised by the National Innovation Foundation Cell-JK, established at the University of Kashmir under the aegis of National Innovation Foundation-India, an autonomous body of the Department of Science and […]
Driver dies, two others injured in landslide at Udhumpur
Udhumpur: A driver was killed even as two others sustained injuries after a major landslide hit several vehicles along Srinagar-Jammu highway at Samroli in Udhumpur district. Reports said that several vehicles came under a major landslide resulting in on spot death of a JCB driver besides injuries to two others. The deceased has been identified […]
Complex housing govt office gutted in Kalaroos
Srinagar: Three shops and as many rooms housing a government office were gutted in a devastating fire in Kalaroos area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday, officials said. They said that fire erupted at 06: 5 a.m. at Kalaroos and spread to upper stories of two buildings. Three shops—two of them dealing with readymade […]
Decomposed body recovered in Pattan
Srinagar:An unidentified decomposed male body was found at Zangam Pattan in north Kashmir on Friday morning, officials said. They said some locals spotted the body in Zangam near railway bridge. As per eyewitness, the body is decomposed. Meanwhile, locals informed the police station Pattan and they took the body into their possession. The body has […]
CBI registers case against former RO NHAI, others
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday claimed to have registered a case against the then Regional Officer, NHAI, Regional Office, Jammu; a private firm and its proprietor and unknown others on the basis of a preliminary enquiry conducted by investigation agency. As per a statement issued a spokesman said that it […]
Sense of accountability missing in JK Admin, alleges Altaf Bukhari
Srinagar: Apni Party President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Friday stated that the people of Jammu and Kashmir are enduring immense agonies on account of an unnecessary delay in their political empowerment. Addressing a joining ceremony at the Party office in Srinagar, Bukhari said that there is no substitute to an elected government and a […]
CRPF officer, trooper killed in militant attack
Srinagar: Two CRPF personnel were killed and two jawans sustained injuries in a militant attack in Lawaypora on the outskirts of Srinagar on Thursday, police said. The militants opened fire on the CRPF personnel in Lawaypora in the Parimpora police station area in the outskirts of Srinagar city, a police official said. Four Central Reserve […]
Lt Guv interacts with Div Coms, DCs, SP’s
Sets out agenda of transparent, accountable and citizen-centric administration
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha Thursday held a meeting with the Divisional Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, and Superintendents of Police through video-conferencing, here at Civil Secretariat. The Lt Governor, in his interaction with the officers, set out the agenda of establishing a transparent, accountable, and citizen-centric governance system right from the tehsil/block level to the district […]