10 bovine smugglers arrested, 92 animals seized
Jammu-The police foiled several bids to smuggle bovines from Jammu region to Kashmir valley and arrested 10 persons in this regard, officials said Saturday, adding 92 animals were seized. A police team intercepted two trucks on a highway near Ban area in Jammu and found 27 bovines were being smuggled to Kashmir valley, they said. […]
Drug & Food Control Organization brought under one command and control
SRINAGAR: The state administrative council (SAC) has approved re-organization of the Drugs & Food Control Organization (D&FCO), J&K into a single line command to secure effective Drugs and Food Regulation under a unified command without any financial commitment. As per the decision, the post of Commissioner of Food Safety, J&K has been re-designated as Commissioner, […]
Man found dead in Bandipora’s forests
Bandipora: A young man who had gone missing on Friday afternoon in Doban Onagam village of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district was found dead in upper reaches of Doban area of district on Saturday, police said. Police sources said that Chachee Chowan son of Rajwali Chowan, a resident of Doban village had gone to the nearby […]
Non local driver dies in Army unit
Kupwara: A civil driver who had arrived in the valleys remotest district along with Army supplies from Himachal Pradesh died of heart attack on Thursday night in an Army unit at Pangzam in Kupwara district. An official said that the driver was brought to SDH Kupwara for postmortem. “It is believed that he had died […]
Political parties expect new Modi Govt will review ‘strict policy’ on Kashmir
Srinagar: Political parties in the Valley have mixed opinion over the new cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hope that the NDA which has majority government will take bold stand to resolve the long pending issue of Kashmir politically. The parties pinned hope that with BJP president Amit Shah being chosen as Home Minister, […]
Sopore parts shut to mourn killing of local militants
Sopore: Parts of Zaingeer belt of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district observed a complete shutdown on Friday to mourn the killings of two local militants in a gunfight with forces in the area a day before. The two local militants-Asif Ahmad War son of Ghulam Nabi War of Aftab Mohalla Warpora Sopore and Naseer […]
DDC orders immediate survey on conversion of agricultural land in Srinagar
Revenue, LAWDA, SMC, Forest departments directed to submit reports within two weeks
SRINAGAR: The District Magistrate (DM) Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary has issued an order directing for immediate holding of survey in respective Patwar Halqas on illegal conversion of agricultural land for commercial or residential purposes in the district and furnishing of updated asami-wise lists with all relevant details within two weeks. The step has been […]
APSCC asks Modi to directly engage with Kashmiri youth
‘Mainstream parties exploiting people’s sentiments’
Srinagar: Demanding an end to the “impasse” in the J&K state particularly in Kashmir valley, the All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to engage directly with Kashmiri youth and not to fall in “trap of regional mainstream parties”. Congratulating Modi for assuming the office of Prime Minister for second […]
State Cooperative Bank Organises Iftar Parties for customers
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir State Cooperative Bank organised Iftar Parties for its customers on Thursday. The parties were organised at cluster levels and witnessed mass participation of the bank’s customers. In a statement, Chairman of the Bank, M S Dar, while expressing gratitude towards the participating customers, said that the very essence of a […]
Illegal encroachments eating upon Wullar Lake
Bandipora: Despite repeated directions from the Jammu Kashmir High Court on removal of all encroachments along the banks of water bodies, authorities in North Kashmir have failed to restore the pristine glory of Wullar Lake which is Asia’s largest fresh water body. Right from Nengli Sopore, the illegal encroachments have come up in connivance with […]
