Labourer dies of heart attack in Kangan
Kangan: A young labourer on Wednesday died due to cardiac arrest at Chinner area of Kangan in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Reports said that Adil Ahmad Rather (25) son Of Manzoor Ahmed Rather resident of Chinner Kangan fell unconscious during unloading of a Truck. Though he was immediately rushed to SDH Kangan, but doctors declared […]
PDD employee dies of electrocution
Srinagar: A Power Development Department (PDD) employee died on Wednesday after he received an electric shock at Brain area of Nishat in Srinagar. Officials said that a PDD employee received an electric shock and later fell down from an electric poll. The employee identified as Ghulam Nabi Dar of Brain Nishat was shifted to SKIMS […]
Man arrested in Poonch for hurting religious sentiments
Jammu: A man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of a community in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. Mohammad Zahid has been arrested for posting objectionable comments on Facebook and hurting religious sentiments of a particular community, SSP, Poonch, Ramesh Angral said. A case has been registered, he added. (PTI)
Four held with grenades, bullets in Shopian
Srinagar: Government forces recovered four grenades and 100 rounds of AK-47 from four persons arrested in Shopian district of South Kashmir, officials said. A police officer said that police and security forces arrested four persons including Imitiyaz Ahmad Dar of Ratnipora, Parvaiz Ahmad Kumar, Sajad Ahmad Dhobi, both residents of Pinjora and Shahid Manzoor of […]
Webinar on ‘women empowerment and gender sensitization’ held at KU
Srinagar: The Centre for Women’s Studies and Research, University of Kashmir in collaboration with University Grants Commission (UGC) New Delhi, conducted a Webinar ‘Women Empowerment and Gender Sensitization’ on Wednesday. The webinar was conducted by the Centre in continuation of the recently commenced series of lectures and deliberations on varied gender related themes. The webinar […]
COVID-19 lockdown: Over 3 lakh stranded JK residents brought back
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has so far evacuated over three lakh residents of the union territory stranded in other parts of the country due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, according to official data. A total of 119 special trains arrived at Jammu and Udhampur railway stations from different parts of India with about 1,01,244 […]
Progress of works of sports facilities at Srinagar reviewed
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan took stock of progress of sports infrastructure development works at Multipurpose Indoor Sports Hall Polo Ground and Water Sports Center Nehru Park here Wednesday. During his visit to Multipurpose Indoor Sports Hall Polo Ground, Advisor Khan inspected various sections of the sports facility and had a firsthand stock […]
J&KERA Starts work on ‘Rigid Concrete Pavement’ of Civil secretariat –Rambagh road
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Economic Reconstruction Agency Wednesday started work on Rs 9.16 crore “Rigid Concrete Pavement “of Civil –Secretariat to Rambagh Chowk road. The work on the sub-project being executed under World Bank funded JTFRP (Jhelum Tawi Flood Recovery Project) was kick started in presence of Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Chief Executive Officer, […]
Govt publishes B2V works, asks public to provide feedback
SRINAGAR: In a first, government of J&K published its work done under ‘Back to Village (B2V)’ programme. All the 1930 projects finished during the financial year 2019-20 have been showcased in an e-book recently released by the Finance department. The same has been done to bring in transparency and accountability in the expenditure-making by the […]
Blasphemy remarks: Multiple protests held across JK
Srinagar: Protest demonstrations were reported for the 2nd consecutive days in different parts of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday against a viral video in which a ‘fanatic’ has made incendiary remarks against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). A complete shutdown was observed in Gool Gulabgarh area of Ramban district while peaceful protests were organized in different parts […]
