Four drug peddlers arrested in Srinagar; contraband, cash seized
Srinagar: Police Thursday arrested four drug peddlers and seized contraband substance and cash from their possession. Two persons identified as Mohammad Rafiq Pahloo, son of Abdul Abdul Majeed, a resident of Babademb and Riyaz Ahmad Channa son of Abdul Aziz of Chinkral Mohalla were arrested for the drug supply offences and have been taken to […]
Four held with contraband in Jammu city
Jammu: Four suspected drug peddlers have been arrested with contraband in two separate areas of Jammu city Thursday, police said. While patrolling near Pahari Mohalla in Jammu city, police apprehended three people roaming in the area in a suspicious manner, they said. While searching them, around 650 gm cannabis, 56 gm heroin and Rs 40,000 […]
Lt Gen Dhillon, Vijay Dhar meet Governor
SRINAGAR: Lt Gen KJS Dhillon, GOC 15 Corps, and Vijay Dhar, Member Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, met Governor Satya Pal Malik, Chairman of the Board at the Raj Bhavan here on Thursday. Dhillon briefed the governor about issues relating to the security situation in the Valley and along the LoC. Governor appreciated the […]
CUK’s IT deptt holds awareness prog on SWAYAM/ MOOCs
Ganderbal: The Department of Information Technology, Central University of Kashmir (CUK) organised an ‘Awareness Programme on SWAYAM/ MOOCs’ at Green Campus of the varsity here on Thursday. Registrar, Prof Fayaz Ahmed Nikka, Controller of Examinations, Prof Parveen Pandit, Coordinator IT Deptt and SWAYAM, Er Afaq Alam Khan, resource persons, Assistant Professor, Department of Law, University […]
Prof M A Wani delivers lecture at CUK
Ganderbal: Former Dean, School of Social Sciences and Dean, Academic Affairs, University of Kashmir, Prof M A Wani, delivered an extension lecture to the research scholars of Economics, Politics and Governance, Tourism and Management Studies at Central university of Kashmir’s Green Campus here Thursday. Prof Wani spoke on ‘Parameters of Quality research’. He stressed on […]
BJP ‘bribing’ reporters in Leh
Congress urges ECI to take stern action against BJP State President
Congress urges ECI to take stern action against BJP State President
Twelve year old south Kashmir girl releases her maiden novel
Kar Irshad Tral: 12-year old Touyiba Binti Javaid from south Kashmir’s Pulwama district became one among the youngest novelists in Kashmir after releasing her maiden book ‘Luna Spark and The Future Telling Clock (A visit to Kingdom of Dreams)’ on Wednesday. Touyiba, who hails from Pulwama’s Dadsara village in Tral, is a 7th class student […]
NC calls for review of imposing Toll Tax
Says Jmu-Sgr highway still under construction
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Wednesday urged the incumbent governor administration to suspend levying of toll tax on Srinagar –Jammu highway at Charsoo toll plaza near Awantipora. A party statement said that the highway is “still incomplete with some bridges, still under construction activity in Kashmir has hit its lowest ebb in the […]
PDP urges Govt to rollback Toll Tax order
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday pitched for the exemption of toll tax being levied on the vehicles in South Kashmir, stating that such a measure is hitting the already economically downtrodden people hard. Srinagar: In a statement, PDP Vice President Abdul Rehman Veeri said that “people from south Kashmir in general and from […]
Revoke the decision to impose toll tax on local vehicles immediately: CPI (M)
Srinagar: Communist Party of India (Marxist) Wednesday said that the decision of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to levy toll tax from local vehicles at a newly-established toll plaza on Srinagar-Jammu national highway in Sangam area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district is a harsh move and must be revoked immediately. “The toll tax shall […]
