Farooq Shah chairs meeting of Committee on Petitions
JAMMU: A meeting of the Committee on Petitions held here Thursday under the Chairmanship of MLA, Pirzada Farooq Shah to review the petitions referred to the Committee. Legislators, Salman Sagar, Mushtaq Guroo and Vijay Kumar were also present in the meeting. Threadbare discussions were held on various issues related to widespread adulteration of essential food […]
Police attaches property of notorious drug peddler in Srinagar
Srinagar: Police in Srinagar attached a double-storey residential house along with 12.5 marlas of land, valued at approximately ₹1.6 crore, belonging to a notorious drug peddler, a police spokesman said Thursday. He said that the attachment was carried out by Police in connection with FIR No. 128/2022 registered under Sections 8/22–29 of the NDPS Act […]
Shopian residents denounce demarcation of agri land for railway line
Say ‘our orchards are our only source of livelihood’ Shopian: Scores of farmers and orchard owners from Keegam and nearby villages in Shopian district are up in arms against the ongoing demarcation of ‘fertile agricultural land’ for the proposed railway line from Kakapora to Shopian. The exercise, marked by the installation of poles and markers […]
Leopard kills several sheep, injures many others in Sopore village
Sopore: Panic gripped Shiva village on the outskirts of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district after a leopard attacked a flock of sheep, killing at least seven and injuring many others. An official said that the wild animal entered the sheep shed belonging to one Showket Ahmad Dar during the intervening night and mauled several […]
Police presents chargesheet against two in fake govt job scam
Srinagar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a charge sheet against two accused from Kupwara for allegedly duping a man of 11 lakh rupees on the pretext of arranging a government job. The accused, a man and a woman from Kupwara, allegedly conspired to cheat the victim by promising a […]
Police arrests three persons involved in sacrilegious act in Doda
Jammu: Police on Thursday have three persons in connection with an alleged sacrilegious act in Doda district, officials said. Acting on information about the incident in Sarsi village during late Wednesday night, police registered a case under relevant sections of the law at Doda police station, they said. People held protests over the killing of […]
District Admin Bandipora Initiates District-Wide Social Audit of Anganwadi Centres
BANDIPORA: District Development Commissioner (DDC) Bandipora, Indu Kanwal Chib has ordered a district-wide social audit of Anganwadi Centres across the district. The initiative aims to review the implementation of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme through a participatory and transparent process involving both officials and community stakeholders. Prior to the commencement of the social […]
Div Com reviews progress of National Highway Projects in Jammu Division
Directs for completing Bhagawati Nagar flyover; opening both tubes of Gandharwan tunnel on Jammu Poonch highway JAMMU: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar reviewed progress of different National Highway Projects and major road projects being implemented across Jammu Division by National Highway Authority of India, NHIDCL and Border Roads Organisation. The Divisional Commissioner was apprised of […]
JK’s financial dependence on Centre has increased: CM
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said Jammu and Kashmir’s financial dependence on the Centre has increased after it was made a union territory. The chief minister was reacting to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s statement about the need for states to ensure fiscal discipline for reducing the debt-GDP ratio. “Jammu and Kashmir is […]
Probe activities of NGOs in JK: BJP to Govt
Srinagar: Demanding a probe into the activities of NGOs “mushrooming” in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP on Wednesday alleged that many of them were unregistered, receiving funds from abroad and were involved in reviving terrorism in the Union Territory. Addressing a press conference here, BJP’s J-K spokesperson Altaf Thakur said his party was not against […]