KVIB mulling to revise per unit cost from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 60 lakh: VC KVIB
Srinagar: The J&K Khadi and Village Industries Board vice-chairman, Mansoor Hussain Suhrawardy today said the Government is committed to provide dignified employment to the State youth. Mansoor said the Board is mulling to revise per unit cost from Rs 25 lakh, which was fixed in the 1990s, to Rs 60 lakh per unit, keeping in […]
One day workshop on DILRMP held in Shopian
Shopian: As a part of Government’s ‘Digital India Land Record Modernization Programme (DILRMP)’, the district administration organized a day-long awareness camp here at Arahama Shopian. The workshop was inaugurated by District Development Commissioner Shopian Mohammad Aijaz Asad and Principal Revenue Tanning Institute Mohammad Altaf was the resource person for the workshop. Additional Deputy Commissioner, […]
Minister calls for protection, conservation of forests
Srinagar: Minister of State for Forest, Environment, Animal & Sheep Husbandry, Fisheries and Cooperatives, Mir Zahoor Ahmad today visited Dachigam National Park and Laribal Trout Farm and took stock of their functioning and activities. During his inspection of Laribal Trout Farm, the Minister was apprised about the progress achieved during the current fiscal there. […]
Five CRPF men injured in militant attack in South Kashmir
Srinagar: At least five Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured in a militant attack in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday, police sources said. They said that militants opened fired on a convoy of CRPF comprising of six buses in Lazibal area of Anantnag district in the early hours of Thursday. The injured […]
Took initiative on Kashmir, but India failed to respond: Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday said that it has always taken initiative to resolve Kashmir conflict, but India never responded positively on our call. Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria in his weekly press brief said that his country desires international community to play its role in resolving the Kashmir conflict, dawn on line reported. “Pakistan […]
Throat slit body of BJP activist recovered
Srinagar: Police on Thursday recovered a throat-slit body of a Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) activist under mysterious conditions at Kiloora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Official sources said that body of Gowhar Ahmad Bhat son of Mohammad Ayob Bhat, BJP Youth President Shopian, was recovered today evening at Kiloora with visible torture marks […]
Salahuddin’s son suspended from service
Srinagar: The government has issued a suspension order against Syed Shahid Yousuf son of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin from his agriculture department job, barely more than a week after he was arrested by the NIA. Yousuf, 42, was posted as an agricultural assistant in Budgam of central Kashmir when he was arrested by […]
JK interlocutor likely to visit Valley on Monday
Srinagar: Dineshwar Sharma, the newly appointed interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir is likely to visit here next Monday, media reports quoted a source in the Home Ministry as saying. According to the reports, Sharma will be meeting the students and representatives of youth organisations. He is likely to meet other groups comprising of political parties […]
Bear mauls four people in Sopore
Sopore: In yet another incident of man- animal conflict, four persons including three women were mauled by a wild bear at Kannipora, Tujjar Sharif around 12 kilometres from Sopore this morning. Locals said that at around 8:30 am in the morning, a wild bear attacked four persons while they were on their way to […]
LoC flare up: BSF trooper killed in Samba
Srinagar: A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was killed as Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire along the International Border (IB) in Jammu division’s Samba district on Thursday. A defense official said that constable Tapan Mandal was seriously injured after Pakistan Rangers opened ‘unprovoked’ fire on a BSF patrol in Samba sector which was […]