CPWs in RDD without salaries from last one year
No contingent paid worker working in RDD, says Director RDD
Pulwama: Contingent Paid Workers(CPW) working in Rural development department in Kashmir are without salaries from the last one year due to which they are facing lot of problems. The workers said that government has not released their salary over the past one year due to which they are facing ‘very tough times’. They said that […]
Shopian resident avoids home quarantine, interacts with locals
Shopian: A positive case from Chitragam area of Shopian district may turn out to be a ‘super spreader’ of Covid-19 as the man has visited several places in the district during the last one week. The 50 year old male from Chitragam Kalan tested positive on Monday at CD hospital almost 7 days after his […]
Kashmiris stuck in Iran demand evacuation
Srinagar: Pilgrims from Kashmir stranded in Iran due to Covid-19 lockdown have appealed authorities to evacuate them at an earliest so that they too can be at their respective places. They said that we have been stuck here in Qom area, epicenter of Covid-19 in Iran from last three months and since then they have […]
After hefty loses apple growers threatened by ‘early scab’
Experts suggest spraying of fungicides to lessen impact
Shopian/Pulwama: Early scab infection in Apple orchards of Kashmir has left growers very much worried who have already suffered huge losses due to clampdown after August 5, early snowfall and now Covid-19 lockdown. Orchardists in Kashmir are taking the advices from experts besides horticulture officials to deal with the infection which they are seeing after […]
Cop killed in Kulgam leaves behind 6 daughters, 2 sons
Pulwama: The police man who was killed by suspected militants in Frisal area of Kulgam district on Saturday evening has left a grieving family behind. Mohammed Amin Bajad Son of Fazil udin Bajad resident of Sangervani Pulwama was shot by suspected militants at Frisal and was shifted to hospital in critical condition where he was […]
Anantnag village residents rue lack of basic facilities
Anantnag: The inhabitants of Chiree village in Kokernag Tehsil of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district have decried the administration’s role in not addressing the developmental needs of the area. The inhabitants alleged that they have been neglected by successive governments and the area has remained far away from development in every field. “The roads are dilapidated, […]
Laborers, students stranded in various cities demand evacuation
Srinagar: Hundreds of Kashmiri laborers and students stranded in various Indian cities due to the coronavirus lockdown urged the J&K administration to evacuate them as according to them they are facing many problems. The laborers and students said that they have been stranded here from last two months in and wanted to return home. “We […]
Internet clampdown takes a hit on education
Students from Pulwama, Shopian worst hit
Pulwama: Online education that was being imparted to students due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has come to a grinding halt in south Kashmir’s Pulwama and Shopian districts after authorities suspended internet services in Kashmir division after the killing of Hizb operational commander on May 6. The services were restored in Kashmir excluding Pulwama and […]
Pesky power cuts irks Pulwama, Budgam residents
Pulwama: Power Development Department (PDD) is restoring to unscheduled power cuts in different areas of Pulwama and Budgam districts due to which locals have threatened to hit the roads. Unscheduled power cuts besides still adhering to the winter power schedule in the area has evoked strong resentment from the locals. “The unscheduled power cuts have […]