Eviction of Roshni land beneficiaries begins at Shopian
SHOPIAN: The demolition of private buildings, shops and retrieval of land given under Roshni Act has started in district Shopian, an official spokesman said. Besides retrieving land granted under this Act, an anti-encroachment drive against occupants of state land has also been intensified by the revenue authorities in the district. The first drive against Roshni […]
Police arrests six notorious drug peddlers
Srinagar: Police in a series of actions arrested six notorious drug peddlers in Pulwama, Sopore and Budgam and recovered huge quantity of Psychotropic substances from their possession, a police spokesman said. In Pulwama, police arrested two drug peddlers in two separate actions in Rajpora and Tahab areas. They have been identified as Ishrat Mansoor Ganaie […]
Shehjaar Departmental Store Inaugurated at Pampore
Srinagar: Shehjaar Departmental Store was inaugurated at Mir’s Town Mall Frestabal Pamore in Saffron Town on Wednesday. This is the first type of Departmental Store in the area which deals with all the types of Kiryana items, baby, foods, stationary and other items, proprietor of the store Sarfaraz Rashid siad. The Departmental store was inaugurated […]
Ahmed complex declared a containment zone
Baramulla: In view of the surge in the Covid 19 positive cases in Baramulla Town more specifically in the vicinity of Ahmed Complex Baramulla, District Magistrate Baramulla, Bhupinder Kumar has declared the said location as micro containment zone, an official spokesman said Wednesday. The order in this regard has been issued because of the surge […]
Coal mine workers hail govt’s efforts for resolving their issue
JAMMU: The coal mine workers today expressed gratitude to Commissioner Secretary, Mining and General Administration Department, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, for resolving their long pending issues besides streamlining the functioning of Jammu and Kashmir Minerals Limited. Rajesh Gupta, Abdul Gafoor and Mithilesh Yadav thanked the Commissioner Secretary for ensuring regular release of salary of coal mine […]
Tourism Deptt Kashmir conducts capacity building programme
SRINAGAR: Tourism Department Wednesday organised a Capacity Building Programme at Srinagar International Airport for various stakeholders associated with the Tourism sector on the implementation of COVID-19 appropriate protocols. On the occasion, ‘I Am Vaccinated’ Batches were distributed among more than 200 cab drivers, in order to make Tourists feel comfortable while interacting with these Service […]
Sopore residents aghast over erratic power supply
Sopore: Residents of north Kashmir’s Sopore town in Baramulla district are up in arms against power development department (PDD) for resorting to unwanted power cuts in most of the areas. The residents of Sopore including Zaingeer belt comprising more than thirty villages alleged that they are facing unscheduled power cuts causing tremendous hardships to the […]
DGP sanctions over Rs 3.22 crore Welfare Loan, relief
Jammu: In continuation of welfare measures for J&K Police personnel, the Director General of Police, Dilbag Singh has sanctioned over Rupees 3.22 crore welfare loans/relief in favour of 344 personnel to meet their immediate financial needs. The amount has been sanctioned out of Central Police welfare Fund, a police spokesman said. Under this order the […]
JK is really a paradise on earth: Shakti Kapoor
Says people are talented and very hospitable
Jammu: Actor Shakti Kapoor on Wednesday said Jammu and Kashmir is a “paradise on earth” and its people are highly talented and very hospitable. The 69-year-old actor was talking with reporters as he reached here for the shooting of his upcoming Punjabi movie “Gangwar 84”. “It is always a pleasure coming to this part of […]
ED summons Mehbooba Mufti’s brother in money laundering case
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s brother Tassaduq Hussain Mufti for questioning in a money laundering case, officials said on Wednesday. They said Tassaduq has been asked to appear before the investigating officer of the case here on Thursday and get his statement recorded under […]