Missing girl traced within 10 hours
Anantnag police Sunday recovered a kidnapped girl and arrested the accused involved in the crime within 10 hours. As per the statement issued from Zonal Police Headquarters, Police Station Mattan received a written complaint from a person that his daughter was missing from her home. “On this information Police Station Mattan lodged a report and […]
Police drive against poppy cultivation
Anantnag police along with excise & revenue department Sunday launched a drive against contraband cultivation and destroyed the poppy spread on 30 Kanals of land in Wullarhama area of Pahalgam. According to the statement issue from Zonal Police Headquarters, on the direction of SSP Anantnag Zubair Ahmad Khan, a police party headed by SHO Pahalgam […]
HRD slams Govt over delay in completion of KGBV buildings
The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has slammed the Jammu and Kashmir government over delay of the completion of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) buildings sanctioned over the past many years. The issue was raised in the Project Approval Board (PAB) meeting convened by MHRD on March 10 in New Delhi. The meeting […]
Editorial: Traffic woes
Imagine the horror one undergoes while travelling from Jehangir Chowk to Lalarukh crossing in Lalchowk on a hot sultry day. The distance may not be more than 400 meters but it takes almost an hour to travel this distance with no u-turn or a right turn allowed either near the Ghantaghar of the […]
Govt committed to development of all the regions: Kohli
Minister for Animal, Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries Abdul Ghani Kohli on Sunday conducted public grievances redressal camps at different places in Kalakote here. Addressing the gathering, the Minister said that the major development projects, social welfare schemes, skill development initiatives, tourism and heritage projects have been launched by the centre and state government for socio-economic […]
Providing basic facilities our priority, says Lal Singh
Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment, Chaudary Lal Singh said that improving basic facilities is high on the agenda of their government. “All our efforts are being made to provide better road connectivity, clean drinking water, uninterrupted electricity and up-graded educational and health facilities to the people specially those living in rural and far off […]
Ganga reviews preparedness for Baba Chamliyal Mela
Minister for Industries and Commerce, Chander Prakash Ganga chaired a meeting to review the preparedness for annual Baba Chamliyal Mela. Vice-Chairman, State Advisory Board for Welfare and Development of Other Backward Classes Rashpaul Verma, Deputy Commissioner, Sheetal Nanda, ADDC Vivek Sharma, ADC Tilak Raj Sharma, SSP Samba Anil Magotra and senior officers of BSF, Police, […]
‘Mother of all battles’ keeps valley indoors
As India and Pakistan, the two neighbouring countries clashed with each other in 2017 ICC Champions Trophy tie at Edgbaston in England on Sunday, people across Kashmir preferred to stay indoors and remained glued to their Television sets to watch the high octane cricket match. Almost all business establishments remained closed and traffic was thin […]
Dir Tourism inspects tourism infra project at Aharabal
Continuing the programme to take stock of infrastructural development activities at various tourist places in Valley, Director Tourism Kashmir Mahmood Ahmad Shah Sunday visited Aharbal Development Authority (ADA) and inspected tourism related assets there. The Director was accompanied by Project Monitoring Consultant from Government of India Umar Khan and Chief Executive Officer ADA, Mohammad Shafi […]
Andrabi reviews progress of RAPDRP project
Minister of State for Haj, Auqaf and Power Development Department, Syed Farooq Ahmad Andrabi, Sunday toured the southern part of the Srinagar City to take stock of the Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) project. Visiting various places, including Friends Colony, Sir Syed Avenue, and Co-operative Colony, the Minister also reviewed the progress […]