LMD collects penal sum of 7 lacs from erring Traders
SRINAGAR: The field executives of Legal Metrology Department (LMD) intensified the market inspections across the valley and recovered a penal sum of over Rs 7 lacs from the erring traders, an official spokesman said. The department conducted 1814 market inspections to detect the violations and booked 272 erring traders for violating Legal Metrology Laws. The […]
Formulation, implementation of District Development Plan finalized at B’gam
BUDGAM: A meeting cum workshop to discuss formulation and implementation of District Development plan was convened here Thursday under the Chairmanship of DDC Chairman, Nazir Ahmad Khan and District Development Commissioner Budgam Shahbaz Ahmed Mirza here. Vice Chairman DDC Budgam Nazir Ahmad Jahra, BDC President Gh Hassan Khan all elected DDCs and BDCs also joined […]
Security forces recover ammunition in Samba
Jammu: Security forces conducted search operations at two places in Samba district and recovered a rusted grenade and ammunition, officials said on Thursday. A CRPF and police party launched a search operation in Khidya village in Bari Brahmana area and recovered one rusted grenade, 191 rounds of ammunition and 20 charger clips on Wednesday night, […]
Transfer non-local 10+2 lecturers from Ladakh to JK: Masoodi
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference MP Justice (Retd) Hasnain Masoodi on Thursday sought transfer of 10+2 non local lecturers from Ladakh to Jammu and Kashmir, saying the delayed transfer is taking a heavy toll on them. Masoodi said this after meeting scores of delegations, who had called on him at his residence. He assured […]
DC Srinagar interacts with religious leaders, Ulemas
Seeks their cooperation in Covid-19 containment
SRINAGAR: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammed Aijaz Asad Thursday held an interactive meeting with prominent religious leaders, Imams, Khateebs, Auqaf members, with an aim to seek their opinion to sensitize the people about the pandemic and the SOPs to be followed in Covid-19 containment. CEO Wakaf Board, Mufti Fareed u Din and Additional Deputy […]
Ladakh reports 183 new COVID-19 cases
Leh: The Union territory of Ladakh has reported 183 new cases of coronavirus, taking the virus tally to 12739, officials said. Ladakh had recorded a total of 134 COVID-related deaths till now, they said. While 171 cases were reported from Leh, 12 positive cases were received from Kargil, they said. The total number of active […]
BJP leader who returned from Kumbh Mela dies of Covid-19
Jammu: Days after returning from Kumbh Mela in Uttarakhand, senior BJP leader and former member of the erstwhile Legislative Assembly of J&K state, Thakur Puran Singh died in Rajouri on Thursday. Following Singh’s death, “suspected to be due to covid-19”, the administration in Rajouri has ordered his cremation strictly as per the health department’s protocol […]
Wife killed husband with paramour’s help: Police
Srinagar: More than a month after death of a 34-year-old man at Renji Pattan, police on Thursday claimed to have worked out the case by arresting his wife and another person, alleged paramour of the woman, in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. “On intervening night of 8/9th March one Mohammad Altaf Malik son Ghulam Rasool Malik […]
Shopian villages face acute shortage of potable water
Shopian: The residents of different villages of Shopian district are facing acute shortage of potable water for the past several years, causing hardships to the locals. The residents of Manihal, Batapora, Chotipora, Gotipora and its adjacent villages said that they are facing shortage of drinking water for the past one decade. The locals said that […]
Checking squads recover Rs 10,800 as fine in Sopore
Sopore: In order to discourage stockpiling and over pricing and keeping in view the surge in Covid-19 cases, a comprehensive market checking and drive against Covid-19 violators was conducted by Sopore police along with civil officers and various Municipal Committees of sub division Sopore. The drive was held in, Bus Stand Sopore, main market Dangiwacha […]