Vendor’s killing: DC Srinagar hands over Rs 1.25 lakh Ex-gratia to family
SRINAGAR: District Administration Srinagar on Wednesday provided an Ex-gratia relief of Rs. 1.25 lakh to the Next of Kin (NoK) of a street vendor Virendar Paswan of Baghulpur Bihar, who became victim of Militancy related incident on October 05, 2021 at Lal Bazar, Srinagar. The Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad handed over the relief […]
Advisor Bhatnagar inaugurates three-day International Workshop at IUST
Awards students on 6th annual day of nursing college
AWANTIPORA: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar Wednesday inaugurated three-day International Workshop on ‘Bridging Excellence in Cardiac Nursing Practice’ on the occasion of Annual Day celebrations of Syed Mantaqi Memorial College of Nursing and Medical Technology, a constituent college of Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) here. Speaking during the inaugural session of […]
Police sanctions seizure of two vehicles under UAPA
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police has accorded sanctions for seizure of two vehicles used by OGWs for militancy related activities, a police spokesman said Wednesday. He said that under a PHQ order sanctions has been accorded to seizures of Maruti Alto K-10 bearing registration No. JK05G-5626 and Alto- K-10 bearing registration Number JK21C- 8461, which […]
Functioning of Cooperative Department reviewed
JAMMU: Secretary Cooperatives, Yasha Mudgal Wednesday chaired a meeting to review the working of Cooperative Department. The meeting was aimed at reviewing the progress made in the issues like liquidation of JAKFED, Yuva Sahakar Scheme, modernization of Super Bazars, and other allied issues related to working of the department so as to induce more enthusiasm […]
Frequent snags in transformer irks Qazigund villagers
Anantnag: The residents of Churat village in Qazigund hamlet of south Kashmir are up in arms against the Power Development Department (PDD) alleging that the department has failed to provide them with high capacity electric transformer. According to the locals, the existing 63 KVA transformer is developing technical snags frequently due to which they are […]
Illicit timber recovered by police in Rafiabad
Sopore: Police acting against illegal timber smuggling, seized illicit forest timber in Rohama area of Rafiabad in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, a police spokesman said. He said that acting on a specific information about timber smuggling in Rafiabad, a police party along with employees of forest Department established a naka at Rohama area and intercepted […]
Two dead as vehicle plunges into gorge in Reasi
Jammu: Two persons were killed when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Reasi district on Wednesday, police said. The accident took place near Batla in Sawlakot when the driver of a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) lost control while negotiating a blind curve, a police official said. He said […]
Am still part of NC, always pleasure to meet Farooq, Omar: Rana
Srinagar: Amid speculations about National Conference (NC) provincial president Jammu Devender Singh Rana likely to part ways with the Abdullahs, Rana on Wednesday said that he is still part of the party. “I was here for condolences. And it is always a pleasure to meet Farooq and Omar sahib,” Rana said outside of Abdullah’s home […]
Major among two army soldiers injured in road mishap
Annatnag: Two Army personnel including a major rank officer were injured on Wednesday when a vehicle they were travelling in fell into a gorge at Verinag area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag, officials said here. Official sources said that an Army Casper vehicle belonging to 19 RR fell into the gorge at Upper Hallan, resulting in […]
Representatives of different Biradaris call on Lt Guv
SRINAGAR: A delegation of representatives of different biradaris including Mahajan Community, Dogra Khatri Saddar Sabha, Jammu, and Arora Bansh Sabha called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhavan Wednesday. The delegation comprising Surinder Mohan Gupta from Mahajan Community, Yudhvir Sethi from Dogra Khatri Saddar Sabha, Ramesh Arora, President Arora Bansh Sabha, and Arun Gupta, […]