Water scarcity hits Shopian Villages
Many villages in Shopian district of South Kashmir are facing water crisis following a dry summer which has led to visible depletion of natural water sources in several areas. Reports said that the affected areas include Sugan, Dragad, Malnad, Chillipora, Shirmal, Reshiepora and several other places. “People here are forced to drink dirty water as […]
Civil society Sopore protests poor health care facility
Members of the civil society Sopore Saturday assembled at the Sub District Hospital in Sopore and held a strong protest against the poor health facility in SDH and Mother and Child Hospital Sopore. The protest march was lead by a President civil society, Mohammad Akbar Ganaie. Alleging loss of lives due to insufficient specialized medical […]
DGP chairs Central Police Welfare Meeting at PHQ
The 13th Central Police Welfare Meeting was today held at Police Headquarters Auditorium under the chairmanship of Director General of Police Dr. S.P. Vaid in which a number of decisions with regard to the welfare of the personnel of J&K Police were taken. Speaking on this occasion the Director General of Police said that the […]
116 PaK nationals in Poonch to return via Kaman Post Uri
District administration Poonch has directed 116 PaK Nationals overstaying in Jammu and Kashmir to report on Aug 20 at sports stadium (Poonch) for onward journey to their destinations on Aug 21, via Kaman crossing point Uri Baramulla. As per the directions, those 116 PaK nationals who visited J&K via Chakkan-da-Bagh, Rawlakote through Poonch district, on […]
PDP worker shot dead in South Kashmir
Suspected militants on Saturday shot dead a ruling PDP worker at Dailgam area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. A police officer said that the militants opened fire upon the PDP worker identified as Mohammad Isaaq Parray at Uggen in Dailgam today afternoon. Parray sustained serious bullet wounds and was shifted to a nearby hospital where […]
Registration of untrained teachers to be completed by Sept 15: Secy School Education
Secretary School Education, Farooq Ahmad Shah Saturday directed officials to complete the registration process of untrained teachers by 15 September 2017. Farooq Shah said this while chairing a meeting to discuss the training of untrained teachers in BEd/ Diploma in Elementary Education in both Government as well as in private schools. During the meeting, […]
Man dies, four injured in wall collapse
One person was killed and four others were injured when a wall of a mosque fell down during its dismantling at Lolab area of Kupwara in north Kashmir. Reports and eyewitnesses said that locals of Mir Mohalla were dismantling the mosque when one of its walls collapsed. Five persons got trapped and they taken out […]
Police ‘framing’ our brother in Amarnath Yatra attack case, says family
The family of Bilal Ahmad Reshi, one of the accused in the Amarnath Yatra attack have accused the police of framing their son in a false case. Bilal Ahmad Reshi son of Mushtaq Ahmad Reshie of Iqbal Mohalla Bijbehara was arrested by police on 28 July on charges of being involved in the Amarnath Yatra […]
Educate people at grassroots about Art 35-A, 370: NC leader
National Conference (NC), Provincial President Nasir Aslam Wani Saturday impressed upon Youth National Conference to educate people at grassroots about states special status particularly about Art 370/35 A. Speaking at a meeting convened at party headquarters Nawa e Subha Srinagar, Nasir said that involving youth in the decision making process has been the cornerstone of […]
Kakapora, peripheries persist to be hot-bed of militancy in Pulwama
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