DGP sanctions scholarship in favour of wards slain policemen
Jammu: With an aim to provide financial assistance to the wards of martyred Police personnel, the Director General of Police Dilbag Singh has sanctioned a scholarship of over rupees 2.30 lakh in favour of 28 such wards, a police spokesman said Wednesday. The scholarship has been sanctioned out of the Central Police Education Fund for […]
Multi-model Transport integration with Metrolite project imperative: Div Com
Directs MRTC, SMC, ERA, Smart City, PWD to do preparatory work in coordination
SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Tuesday chaired a meeting regarding Metrolite project for Srinagar City, here The meeting was attended by the Managing Director, J&K Mass Rapid Transit Corporation(MRTC); DC Srinagar; Commissioner SMC; Chief Engineers of PWD, PDD and PHE; General Manager Planning; General Manager Engineering of SSCL; and the RITES […]
Chotipora Shopian residents allege acute shortage of drinking water
Pulwama: The residents of Chotipora village in Imamsahib hamlet of south Kashmir’s Shopian district are facing acute shortage of drinking water since last many years, locals alleged. They said that the residents of the area are facing an acute shortage of drinking water since last five years as the pipeline laid in the area has […]
Ladakh’s first medical college to function next year: Officials
Leh: The Ladakh government has speeded up work to complete pre-fabricated structures of the first medical college in the union territory by setting a target of beginning the first academic session in 2022, officials said on Tuesday. Principal Secretary (Health and Medical Education Department) Dr Pawan Kotwal chaired a meeting in which he directed officials […]
Anti-encroachment drive carried out in Sopore
Sopore: In order to ensure smooth traffic movement in and around Sopore town, the employees of the Municipal council Sopore along with Police on Tuesday removed encroachments set up by street vendors and illegal sumo stands. An official from municipal council Sopore said that the streets of the town were mainly occupied by street vendors […]
Ladakh reports 12 new COVID-19 cases
Leh: Ladakh has recorded 12 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the virus tally to 21,059 while the active cases has gone up to 122, officials said on Tuesday. Ladakh has registered 209 COVID-related deaths — 151 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. Eleven patients were cured and […]
Two-day seminar on Allama Iqbal (RA) begins at KU
Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor University of Kashmir Prof Talat Ahmad on Tuesday inaugurated a two-day seminar on ‘Iqbal’s Contribution to New Perspective on Knowledge, Literature and Culture’. The national-level seminar has been organised by the varsity’s Iqbal Institute of Culture and Philosophy (IICP). In presidential address, Prof Talat lauded the IICP for organising the seminar on Allama […]
Ramban mishap: One more child dies, toll reaches two
Srinagar: A 12-year-old girl succumbed to injuries on Tuesday, taking the death toll to accident involving a makeshift motorcycle-rickshaw The girl identified as Salma daughter of daughter of Mohammad Israr of Kowbagh Ramban was injured along with nine other children and rickshaw driver. She succumbed to wound a GMC Jammu. One of the children identified […]
Surge in COVID-19 Cases: MVD Bla conducts Massive Traffic Checking
BARAMULLA: In view of surge in COVID-19 cases from the past few days in district Baramulla, the Motor Vehicle Department (MVD) Baramulla Tuesday conducted a massive Traffic Checking on different locations on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway to review the implementation of SOPs and guidelines necessary for averting any kind of exigency. The inspection was conducted under […]
Under Trial Review Committee visits District Jail Kupwara
KUPWARA: The Under Trial Review Committee lead by Principal District & Sessions Judge (PD&SJ) Kupwara, Tasleem Arief Tuesday visited District Jail Kupwara to assess the conditions of jail inmates. The PD&SJ He was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner Kupwara, Imam Din, SSP Kupwara, Secretary DLSA, CMO Kupwara and other senior officers from civil administration. During the […]