Five people injured in Poonch mishap

Poonch: Five persons were injured when a minibus they were travelling in turned turtle in Poonch district of Jammu on Friday. Official sources said that at 8:40 hours, the vehicle (Canter) bearing Registration No. JK02V-8466 was on its way from Mandi towards Poonch when it met with the accident at Chandak near Christ School, resulting […]

Advisor Baseer Khan reviews functioning of Deptts

JAMMU: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, Friday chaired a review meeting of Planning, Development and Monitoring department. The meeting was attended by Secretary, Planning, Development and Monitoring, Simrandeep Singh; Director General, Planning, Development and Monitoring; Shahzada Bilal Ahmad, and other concerned officers. Advisor had a brief overview of functioning of the department and […]

Div Com, DC B’pora visit snowbound Gurez

Reviews winter preparedness, snow clearance

GUREZ: Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, PK Pole along with Deputy Commissioner Bandipora Dr Owais Ahmad on Friday visited snowbound Gurez Valley near LoC for 02 days marathon camp to deliver COVID-19 vaccine and also to have first-hand appraisal of winter preparedness and snow clearance efforts. The first Phase of COVID19 vaccinations will kick-start on […]

Bailey Bridge nearing completion, trial run today: DC Ramban

RAMBAN: Deputy Commissioner (DC), Ramban, Nazim Zai Khan and Chief Engineer BRO, Brigadier IK Jaggi Friday inspected progress of construction work of Bailey bridge besides repair work of damaged concrete bridge, here at Kela Morh. Additional Deputy Commissioner, Harbans Lal; Project Director, NHIA, Parshotam Kumar; ASP, Rajni Sharma and several other officers of BRO and […]

Advisor Farooq Khan visits Doda, reviews development works

DODA: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, Friday visited Doda district and reviewed various development works and welfare schemes being executed in the district in a meeting held with the district administration. Reviewing the progress under PMGSY, Advisor was informed that the district has got second rank across the country in terms of maximum BT […]

Govt sanctions appointment of District Judges on ad-hoc basis

JAMMU: The government of Jammu and Kashmir day sanctioned appointment of Sub Judges as District Judges on ad-hoc basis. According to an order issued in this regard, the sanction has been accorded in terms of Rule 20 of the Jammu and Kashmir Higher Judicial Service Rules 2009, as recommended by the J&K High Court. Those […]

Altaf Bukhari calls on Lt Guv

Seeks revelation of truth behind Hokerser-Srinagar encounter

Jammu: Apni Party President Syed Mohammed Altaf Bukhari on Friday evening called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan in Jammu. During the meeting, Bukhari discussed various issues pertaining to socio-economic development and sought intervention of the Lieutenant Governor in some of the important matters including the arbitrary curtailment in the age bar for […]

NC seeks early mitigation of problems concerning people

Srinagar: National Conference (NC) on Friday impressed upon the administration to expedite early mitigation of the issues concerning people in Srinagar in wake of the recent heavy snowfall. In a joint statement party functionaries including former speaker Mubarak Gul, womens wing president Shameema Firdous, central secretary Irfan Ahmed Shah, Tanveer Sadiq and Ahsan Pardesi said […]