Cop killed in road mishap at Qazigund, driver held
Srinagar: An Assistant Sub Inspector of Traffic police was killed on Thursday after being hit by a unknown Truck at Bonigam crossing in Qazigund area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. A senior police official said that around 3 am tonight an unknown truck hit one traffic police man identified as SO Bonigam ASI Mohammad Shafi […]
Jammu and Srinagar Smart City projects: Lt Guv reviews progress
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting here to review the progress being made on the Jammu and Srinagar Smart City projects, an official spokesperson said. During the review meeting, Sinha asked the concerned functionaries to make a visible impact while working with high professionalism and clear vision, […]
Shopian village reels under darkness as transformer develops snag
Shopian: The residents of Ustad Mohalla of Sugan village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district have been reeling under darkness for the past seven days as the local transformer developed a snag, the locals said. The aggrieved residents said that they have not been provided electricity for a last seven days, as the transformer of the […]
Director ULB chairs meeting in Sopore, approves funds for development
Sopore: Director Urban Local Bodies Wednesday chaired a meeting in north Kashmir’s Sopore town and approved on spot funds for various developmental projects. Director Local Urban Bodies Riyaz Ahmad chaired a high level meeting with the newly elected councillors of at Dak Bunglow here in Sopore. During the meeting many issues regarding the development of […]
CRPF vehicle hits and injures teenager in old city
Srinagar: A teenage boy was critically injured after being hit by a CRPF vehicle in Saida Kadal area of Srinagar on Wednesday. A relative of the boy said that Safran Ahmad (16) son of Ghulam Mohammad Kathjoo, a resident of Naidyar was critically injured when he was hit by a CRPF vehicle at Saida Kadal. […]
Altaf Bukhari threatens agitation over sand extraction contract allotments
Srinagar, Mar 17: Expressing serious concern over the shortage of construction material in J&K which has pushed almost 5 lakh people on the verge of starvation, J&K Apni Party chief Syed Muhammad Altaf Bukhari Wednesday urged the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to roll back the sand extraction order and give contracts of extraction and other […]
NC women wing launches membership drive across Jammu
Jammu: The National Conference women wing on Wednesday kick-started a membership drive at party headquarters here to mobilise women at micro-level to strengthen and expand “secular and progressive” space in Jammu province. “The women wing has decided to enrol thousands of new female members from all the organisational districts of Jammu province into party fold […]
‘Youm-e-Rasul Mir’ celebrated after three decades in south Kashmir
Srinagar: The Army organised ‘Youm-e-Rasul Mir’ to celebrate the works of the leading 19th century romantic poet of Kashmir in his hometown Dooru-Shahabad here after a gap of over three decades. The event will help the youth to connect with their roots, culture and Kashmiriyat and move forward with their heads held high, an Army […]
Four-day long workshop on Solid Waste Management inaugurated at SKICC
Ganderbal: Director Rural Sanitation Tariq Ahmad Ganaie on Wednesday inaugurated four-day workshop on Solid Waste Management at Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre Srinagar. Assistant Commissioner Development Ganderbal Bilal Mukhtar, Deputy Director Rural Sanitation Aijaz Ahmad Shah, DPOs, Executive Engineers of RDD Kashmir, PRI members besides other senior officers of the Mission were present on the occasion. […]
Lt Gen Raju to be new DGMO, hands over command of XV Corps to Lt Gen Pandey
Srinagar: Lieutenant General B S Raju who will take over as the new Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) handed over the charge of the strategic XV Corps of the Army, which guards the Line of Control in Kashmir Valley, to Lt Gen D P Pandey on Wednesday. At a simple ceremony held at the […]