Enquiry ordered into ‘embezzlement of GPF withdrawal’ from departmental account
Srinagar: Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday ordered an enquiry into alleged embezzlement in GPF withdrawal of rupees twenty-nine lacs from official account of Geology and Mining Department Jammu. “Sanction is hereby accorded to the appointment of Abdul Majid Bhat, Director Finance, Higher Education Department J&K, as Inquiry Officer to conduct enquiry into the […]
Baba Chamliyal mela along IB in Samba to be held on June 23
Jammu: After two years of coronavirus pandemic, authorities in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir are going to host Baba Chamliyal Mela on June 23 on the Indo-Pakistan international border in Ramgarh sector, an official said. An epicenter of the Indo-Pak bonhomie in the past, the famous fair at the shrine of Baba Dalip Singh […]
Two days Baba Nagri Urs Concludes in Kangan
Ganderbal: The 125th annual Urs of Hazrat Baba Mian Nizam-ud-Din Kiyanvi (RA), which commenced on Tuesday at Baba Nagri, Wangath in Kangan, concluded on Wednesday. Around one lakh devotees attended the Urs this year, after two years of cancellation. Special prayers were held on the second day of the Urs, besides the nightlong prayers held […]
Paddy fields dry up in Pulwama, livelihood of families in danger
Pulwama: Paddy sapling on hundreds of kanals of land are drying up due to the non availability of water for irrigation purposes in Tokuna, Beighpora and adjacent areas in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Locals said that the paddy saplings sown this month have started to dry up owing to non availability of facilities to irrigate […]
Rusted arms, ammunition recovered in Samba
Jammu: Rusted arms and ammunition, including a carbine, were recovered from a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, police said on Wednesday. The arms and ammunition were found by residents of Chak Manga village on Tuesday evening while digging a well, they said. The villagers informed the police, which recovered a rusted carbine, two […]
Doctors observe strike at lone Chest diseases hospital in Sgr
Srinagar: Doctors at the Chest Disease Hospital here have gone on a strike Wednesday over an alleged assault on them by a patient’s attendants including a “DDC member accompanied by security guards”. As part of the strike, which started in the morning, non-emergency services are currently shut, affecting patients at one of the main hospitals […]
Elderly man dies in road mishap
Anantnag: A 73-year-old person was killed after he was hit by an unidentified biker outside his home in Anantnag district of south Kashmir on Wednesday. Official sources said that the accident took place near Bilal Colony KP Road this morning. Soon after hit by the bike, the elderly man, Gull Mohammad Lone, was shifted to […]
Non-local labourer dies of cardiac arrest
Budgam: A non-local labourer died of cardiac arrest on Wednesday morning at Pakherpora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. A police official said that a non local labourer felt unconscious at his rented room in Mohandpora Pakherpora and was brought to CHC Pakherpora by his other associates, where the doctors declared him brought dead on […]
CUK holds social service camp at Mela Kheer Bhawani
Ganderbal: The Department of Students Welfare (DSW) in association with National Service Scheme (NSS) of the Central University of Kashmir (CUK) Wednesday organised a social service and free medical aid camp for the devotees attending the Mela Kheer Bhawani here. Hundreds of devotees including men, women and children, who had come from different corners of […]
Illegal extraction, transportation of minerals
Police arrests four persons, seizes vehicles
Budgam: Police in Budgam on Wednesday arrested four persons and seized four vehicles involved in illegal extraction and transportation of minerals, a police spokesman said. The four vehicles seized include one JCB and three tippers for their involvement in illegal extraction and transportation of minerals from Government land at Radbugh Magam. The police have identified […]
