Press Club Sopore pays tributes to journalist Shujaat Bukhari
‘Bukhari institutionalized media in Kashmir’
Sopore: A meeting of Press Club, Sopore was held on Friday to commemorate the first death anniversary of journalist Shujaat Bukhari who. Bukhari along with two security guards was assassinated on June 14 last year at Press Enclave Srinagar. Members of Press Club Sopore including Ghulam Hassan Wani, Syed Fayaz, Feroz Ahmad, Muzaffar Ahmad, Imtiyaz […]
Geelani chairs ‘Shoora’ meeting
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) held a day long Majlis Shoora (Executive Council) meeting at Hyderpora Srinagar chaired by its chairman Syed Ali Geelani. The meeting deliberated in detail, the current political situation pertaining to the movement for right to self-determination. In his presidential address, Syed Ali Geelani termed Kashmir dispute as an “unfinished business of […]
Mirwaiz asks administration to frame modernized flood prevention plan
Pays tributes to Shujaat Bukhari on his first death anniversary
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said that “just two days of rainfall in the valley punctures the tall claims of the administration as the flood threat looms large across the region which brings back the haunting memories of deadly deluge of 2014”. Addressing the Friday gathering at the historic Jamia Masjid […]
Govt direct administrative secretaries to review developmental works on weekly basis
Srinagar: The Governor administration has directed heads of all departments to review the schemes on weekly basis. Official sources said that the government has issued a circular to all the administrative secretaries to undertake field visits on weekly basis and review the important state and centrally sponsored schemes, developmental works and other related matters of […]
Will Guv Admin give nod to proposed Guru Nanak, Trans World, Sheikh-ul-Aalam universities?
Srinagar: The ‘halting’ of the process of establishing the universities by different religious groups by the Jammu and Kashmir government has put a question mark on its claims about creating high quality infrastructure in the state. The Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik had on Thursday stated that it was his endeavour that high […]
Div Com reviews facilities for Amarnath Yatra
ANANTNAG: The Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan along with DDC Anantnag Khalid Jahangir, DIG South, Director Disaster Management and other senior officers Friday visited Yatra Transit Camps at FC Godown Mir-bazaar, Walnut Factory Qazigund and Gulab Bagh Qazigund to review the necessary arrangements to be put in place for the pilgrims of Amarnah Yatra […]
Power Shutdown in Kashmir areas on Sunday
SRINAGAR: The Office of Power Controller, Kashmir province, PDD Bemina Friday informed that in order to carry put laying of conductor for circuit IInd, 33 kV Ahmadpora-Magam Line would be shut down on June 16, Sunday from 11;00 am to 5.00 pm. The power supply to the area fed from the line and concerned receiving […]
Work for greater interests of state: Farooq Abdullah to party functionaries
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah on Thursday told party functionaries that the state was facing an “unprecedented challenge” and the “need of the hour calls for keeping personal interests aside for the greater interests of the party and the state”. Addressing a provincial committee meet of Kashmir province, Farooq said […]
Weather vagaries: Er Rasheed asks govt to move beyond ‘fake surveys’, ‘false promises’
Baramulla: To mitigate the losses to farmers and orchardists due to the heavy rains and hailstorm accompanied by high speed winds in the valley, AIP Chief Er Rasheed has appealed the state government to make a comprehensive policy for farmers and fruit growers. Rasheed has sought immediate attention of the government towards the “havoc” created […]
Ensure smooth conduct of Amarnath Yatra-2019: Div Com to Officers
SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan Thursday directed Deputy Commissioners of Anantnag and Ganderbal districts besides concerned officers to ensure smooth and hassle-free conduct of Amarnath Yatra-2019. The Divisional Commissioner made these directions while reviewing the arrangements put in place for the forthcoming Shri Amarnathji Yatra-2019 through Pahalgam and Baltal routes which will […]
