Man arrested for masquerading as ACB official
Awantipora: Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday claimed to have arrested a person for posing himself as Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) official. In a statement issued here, a police spokesman said that acting swiftly on a complaint received from a person belonging to village Dadsara Awantipora that one person stopped him while he was driving […]
DGP reviews security measures
Asks officers to maintain vigil, ensure night patrolling
Srinagar: Director General of Police (DGP), Dilbag Singh Thursday directed the police officers to keep a close eye on the ‘subversive elements’, ensure night patrolling in hyper-sensitive areas and also in areas close to the Line of Control so that District Development Council (DDC) polls are held in a free and peaceful manner. DGP stated […]
DDCs in Jammu asked to fast track annulment of land transferred under Roshni Act
JAMMU: Divisional Commissioner, Sanjeev Verma Thursday asked the Deputy Commissioners of Jammu division to cancel all the mutations of the state land transferred under Roshni Act in the districts. He passed these directions during a video conference meeting with the Deputy Commissioners convened in this regard. The Divisional Commissioner directed the DCs to start the […]
KEG concerned over continued denial of advertisements to ‘Kashmir Reader’
Srinagar: Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) Thursday expressed concern over the continued denial of the advertisements to a major Srinagar newspaper, Kashmir Reader, by the Jammu and Kashmir Government. The newspaper has never been informed either verbally or in black and white about the reasons for a halt to the advertisements by the government, a statement […]
Justice Magrey presides over ‘Special Drive on Traffic’
SRINAGAR: Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey, Judge Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Thursday, presided over a special drive organized jointly by civil administration, police, traffic police and judiciary here at Pantha Chowk aimed to sensitize general public, especially drivers, about the traffic laws and the consequences of its violation. Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mobile Magistrates, SSP Traffic […]
Class 12th final exams start in Kashmir
SRINAGAR: The Higher Secondary Part-II (Class 12th) Annual/Regular, 2020 Examination commenced Thursday across the valley as well as in the Winter Zone areas of Jammu Division. The Secretary, JKBOSE, Manisha Sareen alongwith Joint Secretary, Examinations visited the various examination centres at Srinagar and its peripheries. The examination was conducted smoothly with almost full attendance and […]
Saffron trading goes on-line in Kashmir
PULWAMA: Director Agriculture Kashmir, Altaf Aijaz Andrabi Thursday launched an e-Auction portal here to promote trading of GI Tagged ‘Kashmir Saffron’ through PAN India. The Director said that the Department of Agriculture under the aegis of India International Kashmir Saffron Trading Centre (IIKSTC) contemplates to promote trading of GI Tagged ‘Kashmir Saffron’. While elaborating the […]