Officials conduct demolition drive in Mehjoor Nagar

‘Out of 8 only 2 were targeted, allege locals

Srinagar: Locals from Mehjoor Nagar area of Srinagar city Thursday alleged that officials from Srinagar administration carried out demolition drive against ‘illegal’ structures on selective basis. They said out of 8 structures as described by Assistant Executive Engineer, Flood Spill Channel Rambagh as illegal, only two were demolished while six structures were not touched. “This […]

Police foils protest march by SRTC employees

Srinagar: Scores of SRTC employees tried to match towards the Governor’s office to present a memorandum of their demands, reports said Thursday. Earlier hundreds of employees of SRTC had assembled in Sheri-Kashmir Park and were demanding the release of their pending salaries. Notably, the employees have been denied their salaries since the past four months […]

Apportionment of assets, liabilities between J&K, Ladakh reviewed

SRINAGAR: The Union Home Secretary, Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review the apportionment of assets and liabilities between the two Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir, and Ladakh. Chief Secretary, J&K, B V R Subrahmanyam, Advisor to LG Ladakh, and Additional Secretary (JKL), Ministry of Home Affairs participated in the meeting. […]

Teenage boy commits suicide in Bandipora

Bandipora: A 14-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his maternal uncle’s home in Plaan area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday. An official said that the boy (name withheld), a resident of Nowpora locality of Bandipora hanged himself at his maternal uncle’s home. He said that soon after the incident, the […]

Wife, her paramour murdered Bandipora Sarpanch: Police

Bandipora: Police on Thursday claimed to have solved a murder case of a sarpanch who was found hanged at his home in Zurimanz village of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district last week. An official said that police have arrested two persons including wife of the deceased sarpanch as they have been found involved in this case. […]

800 health and wellness centres set up to strengthen rural healthcare

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has setup 800 health and wellness centres to strengthen rural healthcare services in the union territory, a senior official said. It had earlier formulated a comprehensive proposal of Rs 367 crore and submitted for funding from the World Bank for strengthening of healthcare institutions, including dedicated COVID hospitals and […]

Transparent mechanism for recruitment process put in place: Advisor Khan

SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, Thursday said that the government of Jammu and Kashmir has put in place a transparent mechanism for recruitments in Jammu and Kashmir for which any job aspirant has to follow the procedure in order to enter into the government services. The Advisor stated this during his weekly public […]

Farooq Abdullah reviews developmental scenario in Ganderbal

GANDERBAL: The Member of Parliament (MP), Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, Dr. Farooq Abdullah Thursday visited Ganderbal to take detailed review of major developmental projects and implementation of flagship schemes in the district. During the visit, the MP chaired a meeting of concerned officers to review the developmental scenario in the district. On the occasion, District […]