16 tourists injured in two-vehicle collision in Udhampur
Jammu: Sixteen tourists were injured in a head-on collision between their vehicle and a tanker near Patnitop hill station in Udhampur district on Sunday, officials said. The tourists, mostly residents of Delhi, were returning from the hill station when the accident took place near Kud, over 100 km from here, in the evening, the officials […]
DGP releases crime gazette, appreciates Crime branch personnel
Says Crime Gazette a useful document to shape future policies
Jammu: Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh Monday released the annual edition of crime gazette of J&K Police for the year 2020 in the conference hall of Police Headquarters here. The crime gazette for which the data has been collected, tabulated and maintained by the Crime Record Bureau was prepared and presented in the […]
Admin intensifies drive against CAB violations
Monitoring teams of DCCRK recover Rs. 481800 as fine
SRINAGAR: The Covid-19 Appropriate Behavior (CAB) monitoring teams of Divisional Covid Control Room Kashmir (DCCRK) have recovered a fine of Rs. 481800 during intensified drive against violators in view of Omicron threat. Giving details, it was informed that a total of 2701 violations were registered while 207 places were sealed and 1505 face masks were […]
Cong for more compensation to Vaishno Devi shrine stampede victims
Jammu: Attributing the death of 12 pilgrims in a stampede at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine to the grave negligence of the administration, the Congress party on Saturday demanded a Rs 50 lakh compensation to families of those killed and Rs 10 lakh to the injured in the tragic incident. The J&K unit of Congress demanded […]
19000 contract carriage permits to be available online soon: Div Com
Reviews Traffic improvement plan
SRINAGAR: 19000 contract carriage permits will be available on-line and the process started will be completed very shortly to check the movement of commercial vehicles plying unauthorizedly in Kashmir which is the major source of frequent traffic jams in Srinagar city and towns. This information was given to the Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang […]
Srinagar Craft Safari continues its Fourth Edition
SRINAGAR: Kashmir Valley in general and Srinagar in particular is the richest place in terms of cultural heritage as it has an everlasting collection of arts and crafts. The handcrafted artifacts hold the pride of being personal artistic expressions, symbols of heritage, identity and sources of livelihood for the artisans. On the other hand, these […]
Pahalgam, Gulmarg abuzz with activities on New Year eve
PAHALGAM/GULMARG: The week long Pahalgam Winter Carnival organised by the Tourism Department concluded here Saturday with the celebration of New Year. The carnival saw 7 day long performances from the field of music, dance, dramas and exhibition of winter games, street foods among others. Speaking on the occasion, Secretary Tourism, Sarmad Hafeez said that more […]
Shopian village reels under darkness
Locals say transformer develops snags frequently
Pulwama: The residents of Kungnoo village in Trenz hamlet of south Kashmir’s Shopian district are up in arms against PDD for having failed to repair the damaged transformer in the area. The locals alleged that the transformer develops technical snag frequently. Inhabitants said that power development department has miserably failed to repair their transformer fully […]
J&K bank unveils Digital Calendar 2022
SRINAGAR: J&K Bank Managing Director & CEO Baldev Prakash Saturday unveiled the Bank’s e-Calendar – a mobile application – for the year 2022 here at Corporate Headquarters in presence of Executive President Sunil Gupta, Presidents, Vice Presidents and other senior officials of the bank. Zonal Heads and the staff from across the country also joined […]
Pol parties express grief over Vaishno Devi stampede
Srinagar/Jammu: Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir expressed grief over the loss of lives in the stampede at the shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi in Jammu on Saturday and urged the administration to take adequate steps to ensure such an incident does not recur. Deeply saddened by the news from #matavaishnodevi. My condolences to the […]