Will start a new era if voted to power, says Er Rasheed
Srinagar: AwamiItehaad Party (AIP) president and parliamentary candidate for Baramulla constituency, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh Thursday promised to start a new era if he is voted to power in the upcoming elections. ErRasheed as per a statement issued here urged people to vote for him so that their sentiments and aspirations can be represented better […]
Two boys booked in Rajouri for ‘sensitive’ social media posts
Jammu: Two boys were booked in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district Thursday for allegedly uploading “highly sensitive posts” on the social media, a senior police officer said. “The boys shared two separate posts on their Facebook timeline and used highly sensitive remarks in their appeal to voters of a particular community in view of the […]
Hizb militant arrested in Bijbehara
Srinagar: Security forces Thursday arrested a HizbulMujahideen militant in Anantnag district of south Kashmir, police said. Acting on a credible input, security forces arrested Rameez Ahmad Dar, a resident of Kulgam, from the Bijbehara area of Anantnag district, a police spokesman said. He said Dar was an active militant for the past one-and-half years and […]
All JK gram panchayats to get high-speed optical fibre connectivity: Chief Secy
Jammu: All 4,468 Gram Panchayats (GPs) in Jammu and Kashmir would get high-speed optical fibre connectivity, state Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam said here Thursday, though he did not give a deadline for completing the project. “There are 4,468 GPs in 6,553 villages across the state. The number of GPs to be covered in Phase-I through […]
Leaving out bills of contractors for payments is ‘unreasonable and unfair’: PDP
Urges Governor to intervene, address issue on priority
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday urged the governor administration to release the pending payment to contractors who in spite of trying circumstances have completed various vital developmental projects in the state. Senior PDP leader and former Minister NaeemAkhtar sought immediate release of the pending payments to the contractors and urged the governor Satya […]
Two boys missing from Baramulla traced in Delhi
Srinagar: Two boys, reported missing from their homes in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, have been traced in Delhi, a police spokesman said on Thursday. “Chandussa police station received a missing complaint that two minor boys — MohsinManzoorNajar, student of Class 8, and Suhail Ahmad Lone, student of Class 10, both residents of BandiPayeen in […]
KU organizes National level Seminar
Srinagar: A one-day National Seminar on ‘Increasing participation of Women in Science and Technology’ was organised by the Centre for Women’s Studies and Research at the University of Kashmir, in collaboration with the National Commission for Women, New Delhi. The seminar witnessed participation from academics, scientists, scholars, administrators and students from different fields from various […]
LAHDC demands industry status to tourism sector in Leh
Jammu: A delegation led by the Chief Executive Councillor of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), JamyangTseringNamgyal, Thursday called upon Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik here and demanded industry status to the tourism sector in the region, officials said. The delegation, comprising members of the All Ladakh Hotel and Guest House Association […]
450 kg poppy seized from truck, driver arrested
Banihal/Jammu: A truck driver was arrested and 450 kg poppy seeds were seized from his vehicle on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district, officials said Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, a police team intercepted a truck on its way to Punjab from Kashmir in Banihal area on Wednesday night, they said. During checking, 18 […]
Man arrested with charas in Bandipora
Srinagar: Police Thursday arrested a man following recovery of 300 grams of charas from him in Bandipora district of north Kashmir. “One person was arrested at a checkpoint at Papchan following an action targeting those involved in drug peddling in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district,” a police spokesman said. He said 300 grams of charas, packed […]
