Illegal extraction Admin to act tough against violations in Shopian
SHOPIAN: District Magistrate (DM), Shopian, Sachin Kumar Vaishya Monday chaired a meeting to devise a strategy for effective enforcement of measures to check the menace of illegal extraction of minerals in the district. The meeting discussed various preventive measures to control and curb the illegal extraction of minerals including sand and bajri from nallahs across […]
Republic Day arrangements reviewed at Kupwara
KUPWARA: In order to ensure proper arrangements for ensuing Republic Day (RD) celebration in district Kupwara, the Deputy Commissioner (DC), Imam Din, Monday convened a meeting of all concerned officers, here and fixed responsibilities on them. Speaking on the occasion, the DC stressed upon the officers to ensure hassle free arrangements for smooth conduct of […]
Elderly man found dead in Qazigund village
Qazigund: Dead body of a 65-year-old man was found under mysterious circumstances in Ladijan-Nussu area of Qazigund in south Kashmir on Monday evening. An official said that a male body was spotted in the paddy field by locals. Subsequently, the police was informed which reached the spot soon and took the corpse into possession. The […]
2 JeM militant associates held in Pulwama: Police
Srinagar: Police on Monday claimed to have arrested two militant associates of Jaish-i-Muhammad outfit in south Kashmir Pulwama district. In a statement police said that on specific information about the movements of Anti National elements, Pulwama Police with assistance of 44 RR and 182 Bn CRPF arrested two militant associate of outfit Jaish -i- Mohammad […]
Police facilitates public interaction meetings in Baramulla, Ganderbal

Srinagar: As a part of public outreach programme and to strengthen Police-public relationship, Police facilitated series of Police-public interaction meetings in Baramulla and Ganderbal. These meetings were held while following social distancing norms and other Covid protocols, a police spokesman said in Srinagar on Saturday. He said that police in Baramulla facilitated Police-public interaction meeting […]
DC Kupwara inspects AMB screening camps
Meets several public delegations
KUPWARA: Deputy Commissioner Kupwara, Imam Din Saturday visited Hatmullah and Babarnag areas of Kupwara block and inspected ongoing screening camps under Anemia Mokht Bharat (AMB) at Health and Welness Centre (H&WC) Hatmullah and Sub Centre Bubernag. The camps were conducted by ICDS Project Kupwara in collaboration with BMO Kupwara to trace out Anemia children for […]
Good Governance week witnesses series of activities in Kulgam
KULGAM: The Good Governance Week under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav with a theme “PRASHASAN GAON KI AUR” was observed here in the district. The programme witnessed various activities held by various departments in the district. During the week, Service delivery and grievance redressal programmes were also conducted across the district. Besides, Domicile Certificates, Income Certificates, […]
GGW concludes with massive participation of people in Ganderbal
GANDERBAL: The week-long Good Governance week (GGW) programme witnessed huge public participation in awareness programmes on self employment schemes, public grievance redressal camps, Health check-up camps and other activities carried by various departments in district Ganderbal. During the week long campaign of the ‘Good Governance Week’ being celebrated under ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ various activities […]
Three years on, proposed maternity hospital in Pulwama hasn’t come up
Pulwama:- Even after a lapse of over three years, since the government identified a piece of land in Pulwama for construction of 100-bed maternity hospital, the health facility has still remained a dream. An official said that three years back 112 kanals of land were identified at Sirnoo Pulwama for construction of the maternity hospital […]
Water shortage triggers protest in Sopore village
Sopore: The inhabitants of Sher colony and Ningli areas of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district Saturday staged a protest against Jal Shakti department for failing to provide them regular water supply. Scores of inhabitants including women assembled and raised slogans against the Jal Shakti department for being provided poor water facility within their respective […]