Prevent dumping, encroachments on wetlands: Div Com to DCs
SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Thursday chaired a meeting of concerned officers on conservation of Hokarsar, Wular and Kreentcho-Chandhara wetlands. During the meeting, the Div Com reviewed the progress made viz a viz to demarcation, land transfer, installation of boundary walls, pillars, removal of encroachments, and non- dumping of solid waste. Concerned DCs […]
Notorious criminal detained under PSA in Samba
Jammu: A notorious criminal was detained on Thursday under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Samba district, officials said. A police team conducted raids in the Tanda area and detained Nazir Ahmad who was allegedly involved in several criminal cases, including cattle smuggling and robbery, they said. He had become a threat to public […]
Pak afraid with our rise in Kashmir: Ravinder Raina
Jammu: Pakistan is afraid of the BJP’s rise in Kashmir and is engineering targeted killings of party workers in the Valley, BJP’s J&K chief Ravinder Raina said on Thursday, asserting the neighbouring country will not succeed in its nefarious designs. His statement came in the backdrop of terror attacks on some village-level BJP leaders, following […]
Financially empowered women prove good investors: Official
SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary School Education and Skill Development Department, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, Thursday said empowered women tend to invest a high amount of their income into their children’s health and education which helps towards building a healthier and educated society. He was speaking to a gathering after inaugurating a webinar on the topic, “Entrepreneurship […]
Youth in JK pushed to hopelessness: NC
JAMMU: Expressing surprise over the move to disengage self-help group engineers from the government contracts, National Conference (NC) leader Devender Singh Rana Thursday cautioned the administration to desist from pushing the Jammu and Kashmir youth towards a situation of despair and hopelessness. “In an era of the so-called start-up boom across the country, it is […]
CIC’s functioning not interrupted even for single day due to COVID-19: Jitendra Singh
New Delhi: The functioning of the Central Information Commission (CIC) has not been interrupted even for a single day during the entire course of the coronavirus pandemic, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Thursday. He said the Commission disposed of 1,785 cases in June this year as against 1,298 cases in the month of June […]
Two killed in road mishap at Pampore
Srinagar: Two persons were killed and two others were injured in an accident near Galander Pampore in Pulwama district. The accident also led to the suspension of traffic for some time on the Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link connecting the Kashmir valley with the outside world. Official sources said that a swift vehicle came […]
Jhelum dwellers need to be rehabilitated before eviction: Altaf Bukhari
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) President, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Thursday said the unplanned eviction drive launched by the administration against river Jhelum dwellers in Kashmir is contrary to law and the government should ensure a proper rehabilitation plan for the families likely to be displaced during the process. “The administration has […]
No need for lockdown if people follow SOP’s: DDC Srinagar
Srinagar: District Development Commissioner Dr Shahid Iqbal Chowdary Thursday said that no need for lockdown may arise if people follow Covid-19 SOP’s properly. Chowdary was talking to Reporters here in Kashmir capital Srinagar. He said district administration Srinagar has held meetings with religious heads and traders and if the administration will open up 50% markets […]
Police unearths militant hideouts in Pulwama
Srinagar: Security forces have unearthed two militant hideouts in the forest area of Awantipora in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, recovering a cache of arms and ammunition, police said on Thursday. Acting on a tip off about presence of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants in Badroo forests of Awantipora, security forces launched a search operation on Wednesday […]
