Shopian villagers complain getting contaminated water, authorities indifferent
Shopian: The inhabitants of Tachloo, Kharwara, check Sideeq Khan and it’s adjacent areas in South Kashmir’s Shopian district have accused the Public Health Engineering Department (PHE) of supplying contaminated water to them. In absence of filtration plant, authorities are providing us water directly from a local canal which is contaminated, they said adding that many […]
Willow cleft smuggling cripples bat Industry in Kashmir
Manufacturers demand strict action against smugglers
Anantnag: The continuous willow cleft smuggling from the industrial estate Awantipora-Sangam area has left the local bat manufacturer unit holders worried. President of Bat manufacturers Association Fayaz Ahmad Dar said that despite ban on the smuggling of willow clefts, thousands of clefts are being illegally smuggled outside union territory of Jammu and Kashmir on regular […]
Naina Pulwama faces acute shortage of potable water
Pulwama: Residents of Naina village in Litter Tehsil of Pulwama district are facing acute shortage of drinking water as according to locals authorities have failed to provide water supply to the area. According to locals a water supply scheme was started in year 2007 in a nearby village Batpora to provide drinking water to Batpora […]
Pulwama boy bags Silver Medal in State level championship
Srinagar: An athlete from Pulwama has won Silver medal in State level Taekwondo championship held in Jammu and is all set to represent JK at National level. Athlete Hafiz Mohammed Asif son of Mohammad Ramzan Bhat resident of Naina Batpora in Pulwama district has been selected to represent JK at the national level, his family […]
Vital bridge damaged during 2014 floods yet to be constructed
Pulwama: Work on a vital bridge that connects Pulwama district with Budgam and which suffered extensive damage during the 2014 devastating floods is still awaiting completion. Notwithstanding the tall claims of government administration that development works are being executed speedily, there has been prolonged delay in construction of Rahmoo bridge on Romshi Nallah which connects […]
Army vehicle damaged in predawn IED blast in Shopian’s village
Locals allege forces’ highhandedness
Shopian: An improvised explosive device blast took place in Watchi area of Shopian at predawn hours of Friday in which an army vehicle suffered damage. An official said that a vehicle of 55 RR was targeted with IED that was planted along the road on Watchi-Darbagh road in Shopian district at around 3 am on […]
Favoritism: Principal GMC Anantnag under scanner for ‘bending’ recruitment rules
Investigation taken up: Secy H&ME
Investigation taken up: Secy H&ME
Dilapidated Pazalpora-Uranhall road gives tough time to commuters
Anantnag: Residents of Pazalpora, Uranhall and its adjacent areas in Anantnag district are up in arms as the authorities had allegedly failed to repair the dilapidated roads for as long as a decade. Locals said that authorities were playing “hide and seek with us as every time they assure us that the roads will be […]
