IGP Kashmir promotes 654 officials to their next ranks
Srinagar: On the recommendations of departmental promotion committee Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar-IPS has promoted 654 SgCts to the rank of Head Constables having their lien and seniority with Kashmir zone, a police spokesman said. Besides, 18 Constables have been granted In-Situ promotion after completion of requisite quantum of satisfactory service by […]
Police arrests three drug peddlers
Srinagar: Police have arrested three drug peddlers in Anantnag, Kulgam and Handwara and recovered contraband substances from their possession, a police spokesman said Tuesday. In Anantnag, a Police party from Police Station Bijbehara at a checkpoint established at Arwani Bijbehara intercepted one person identified as Fayaz Ahmed Khanday son of Mohd Yousif Khanday resident of […]
Advisor Baseer Khan reviews functioning of PDD
JAMMU: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmed Khan, Tuesday chaired a high level meeting to review functioning of Power Development Department in Jammu as well as Kashmir division besides assessing progress on projects being executed under CAPEX and Centrally Sponsored Schemes in the UT. Principal Secretary, Power Development Department, Rohit Kansal, Managing Director, JPDCL, Gurmeet […]
Kulgam villagers allege supply of contaminated water, stage protest
Kulgam: Residents of Khandaypora area in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Tuesday staged a protest and accused Jal Shakti department of supplying them contaminated water. The protestors accused the department for taking their pleas lightly since last December and leaving part of the area in their locality without water. “We are being supplied with contaminated […]
Atal Dulloo reviews preparations for ‘COVID-19 Emergency Response
Asks officers to utilise ECRP effectively for revamping health infrastructure
SRINAGAR: Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Medical Education, Atal Dulloo, Tuesday chaired a high level meeting of Executive Committee of State Health Society to finalise the ‘COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Package Phase-II’ at Civil Secretariat here. Mission Director, National Health Mission (NHM) J&K, Principal GMC Srinagar, Principal GMC Jammu, Managing Director, JK […]
Div Com reviews COVID mitigation efforts at Kupwara
Directs for strict implementation of CAB, launches MUMKIN scheme
KUPWARA: Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Tuesday directed district administration Kupwara to strictly implement the COVID-19 SOPs on ground to stop any kind of resurgence of pandemic, in view of Eid festival. He also appealed the people of Kupwara district to support the administrative decisions by following COVID Appropriate Behaviour religiously and […]
D&FCO conducts checking of drug sale establishments
SRINAGAR: The Drugs and Food Control Organization (D&FCO) during a special drive conducted at Srinagar and Budgam inspected 50 drug sale establishments and issued show cause notices to 27 Retail/Wholesale establishments of which 07 were closed on spot for various violations. The action was taken against the erring drug establishments for contravening certain clauses of […]
Roll back of Art 370 revocation: Sajad Lone to wait for return of ‘liberal’ govt at centre
Srinagar: People’s Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone has said he does not expect the BJP-led Centre to restore Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. “I wouldn’t expect them to give it back. But that doesn’t stop us from going to the courts, which we have, or waiting for a liberal government at a future date to […]
Terror links: SMC Secretary suspended after his arrest in ‘KashmirFight’ blog case
Srinagar: Two days after the arrest of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Secretary Sofi Akbar in a Kashmirfight blog case, he has been suspended with immediate effect. Commissioner SMC Athar Amir said that the secretary of the corporation has been suspended with immediate effect after we received the information of his arrest. Sofi along with his […]
Labour dies of electrocution in Anantnag
Anantnag: A 33-year-old labourer was on Monday morning electrocuted to death in a Bandsaw mill at Hanji Danter Anantnag. Reports said that the labourer identified as Majid Ahmad son of Mohammed Sultan Bhat of Hanji Danter area of Anantnag received electric shock in a Band saw Mill. He was subsequently shifted to GMC Anantnag where […]