Shift vendors from Parimpora bus stand: Div Com to officers
Srinagar: In order to decongest Parimpora Bus Stand, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir directed SDA, SMC, Traffic Police and RTO to start intense drive immediately and shift all registered road side vendors to the new vending zones. The Divisional Commissioner passed this direction while reviewing various issues of transporters and commuters at Parimpora Bus Stand. Div Com […]
One-third of population of developing countries suffer from ‘Hepatitis-E’: Dr MS Khuroo
Srinagar: A one -day special lecture on ‘Hepatitis-E, from bench to bed side, my personal journey’, was delivered by eminent surgeon DrMS Khuroo, at University of Kashmir on Tuesday. The lecture was organized by AlamaIqbal Library, KU and was presided over by Vice Chancellor University of Kashmir Prof Talat Ahmad. He thanked Dr Khuroo for […]
Prof Talat visits KU`s South Campus
Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor University of Kashmir Prof Talat Ahmad on Tuesday said the university would provide all necessary support for smooth progression of its satellite campuses in line with its mission of providing quality education at the doorsteps of its aspirants. Addressing teaching and non-teaching staff at the varsity’s South Campus at Anantnag, Prof Talat reiterated […]
10 drug peddlers arrested in Jammu, Samba
81 kg poppy, 35 kg cannabis seized
Jammu: Ten drug peddlers were arrested and 35 kg cannabis and 81 kg poppy seized in Jammu and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said Tuesday. Accused Balbir Kumar was apprehended in the Nanak Nagar area here after eight kilograms of poppy was found in his possession, they said. The poppy was seized and […]
Er Rasheed files nomination papers to test water in LS polls from Bla constituency

'Akbar Lone’s statement indicates that BJP-NC alliance is on cards'
Baramulla: Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) president and former MLA Langate, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Monday filed nomination papers for the upcoming parliamentary elections from Baramulla constituency. Er Rasheed after filing nomination papers at Baramulla accused National Conference (NC) of adopting ‘Hippocratic attitude’, asking the party to come clean on its alliance with Congress. Talking […]
ADC Tral meets officers
Kar Irshad Tral: Additional Deputy Commissioner Tral Shabir Ahmad Raina called upon two meetings of Officers in his office chambers at Revenue Complex Tral Monday The first meeting was called with the officers of Rural Development Department, R&B Department, PHE, PDD and Zonal Education officers of zone Tral and zone Lurgam. On the assurances given […]
Shopian villagers rue lack of basic facilities
Shopian: The inhabitants of Langandora Trenz village of South Kashmir’s Shopian district here have expressed resentment against the successive regimes for failing to ensure adequate basic facilities in their village. Inhabitants alleged that they have been neglected by the successive governments as the area lacks all the basic facilities. “The lack of roads, water supply […]
Three missing boys reunited with families, says police

Srinagar: Three boys, who had gone missing from Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, have been traced and reunited with their families, police said Monday. A report was lodged at Vilgam police station Sunday stating that three boys from neighbouring village of Dohama in Handwara area of the north Kashmir district were missing, a police […]
Election opens doors of prisons for Kashmiris: Geelani

Srinagar: Chairman Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani Monday expressed concerns over the continued crackdown on pro-freedom leaders, their relatives, activists and youth. “The rhetoric of India being world’s largest democracy is mere hoax and deceit as its highhandedness and brutality, aggressive military and coercive measures have tarnished every fabric of democratic norm, if any, […]
Ban on JKLF is ‘authoritarian’, says Hurriyat (M)
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) Monday strongly condemned the mass crackdown and arrest of resistance leaders and activists, booking them under PSA and shifting them to outside jails, terming it as ‘a sheer political vendetta and totalitarian’. The amalgam in a statement issued here said that ban imposed on JKLF is ‘totally undemocratic and authoritarian’ in […]