Sonamarg Development Authority office remains ‘closed’
Ganderbal: Sonmarg Development Authority (SDA) has virtually no address in Sonamarg. From past two years, its office in picturesque Sonmarg area is closed. The closure of office means, no employees of SDA remain present at the main destination. Sonamarg Development Authority was set to take care of the tourist destination. It is headed by Chief […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,92,382 stranded JK residents
1,30,807 via Lakhanpur, 61,575 through special trains
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,92,382 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, the Jammu […]
Roll back JK Media policy: Apni Party, CPI (M) to govt
Srinagar: Apni Party leader Ghulam Hassan Mir on Monday demanded immediate rollback of the new media policy in Jammu and Kashmir. Mir, a former minister, urged the Union territory administration to review the new media policy in consultation with representatives of the print, online and electronic media outlets in Jammu and Kashmir. The new policy […]
11 Shops sealed in Sopore for violating unlock SOPs
Sopore: Eleven shops were sealed in various areas of Sopore for violating SOPs announced amid the prevailing covid-19 pandemic restrictions. Officials said that Municipal council squad under the supervision of Imtiyaz Ahmad Pandit food inspector and Ghulam Mohiudin Shah, Tax collector raided various markets of Sopore and noticed that some shops violated the Even and […]
Locals await completion of Bijbehara-Shopian road
Anantnag: Even after the elapsing of more than four years, the vital Bijbehara-Shopian road on which work was started in 2016 still awaits completion. The authorities have utterly failed to complete the work on the two lane highway while as the locals alleged that the work has been suspended almost a year back, thereby leaving […]
Woman found hanging in Ramban
Banihal/Jammu: A 22-year-old woman was found hanging from a tree outside her house in Ramban district on Monday, police said. Pooja Sharma, a resident of a village in Banihal area, apparently committed suicide but the motive behind the step was not known immediately, an officer said. She was found hanging from a tree near her […]
Media body stages protest, demands rollback of media policy
Srinagar: A group of journalists under the banner of “J&K Media Guild” staged a protest against media policy and demanded its immediate rollback. Carrying banners that read “don’t gag media, we are an equally important pillar of democracy”, “down with media policy 2020” etc, the protesters assembled at Press Enclave here. “The new media policy […]
No toll tax for locals ‘living within 20 KM radius of NHAI toll plaza’: Advisor Baseer Khan
Srinagar: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor Baseer Ahmad Khan on Monday said that no toll shall be paid by locals “living within 20 kilomteres” of toll a plaza installed by NHAI at Kachkoot village near Sangam in southern Kashmir. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had started collecting toll tax even from the locals living […]
Body of youth fished out after he drowning in Sindh river
Srinagar: Body of one of the two boys who drowned while bathing in river Sindh in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district was retrieved after 18 hours on Monday. On Sunday, two boys, Zahid Farooq Rather and Rashid Khan, both residents of Palpora Noorbagh Srinagar, drowned in the water body near Kijpora Kangan. The locals as well […]
Over 60 cattle rescued in Samba
Jammu: Over sixty cattle being smuggled into Jammu and Kashmir were rescued and seven suspected smugglers arrested in Samba district, police said on Monday. A police team intercepted three trucks at Mansar on Sunday night and found total 64 cattle in the cargo vehicles, they said. There were no valid documents with the drivers of […]
