Jammu, Srinagar to have full fledged slaughter houses by year end: Govt
SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary, Housing &Urban Development Department, Dheeraj Gupta Monday asked the Municipal Commissioners of Jammu and Srinagar to get completed the slaughter houses in both the cities in this financial year only. The meeting of ‘Slaughter House Monitoring Committee’ was held to review the progress of these projects which are being constructed to provide […]
Motorcyclist dies, another injured in road mishap
Srinagar: A motorcyclist died and another sustained injuries in a road accident in Tutigund area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday. Reports said that a motorcycle was hit by a unknown vehicle at Tutigund Handwara resulting in on spot death of one person identified as Mudasir Ahmad Sheikh son of Ghulam Nabi […]
Amid Covid-19, 485 candidates appear in NDA, Naval exams in Kashmir
DC Srinagar visits exam centres to take stock of arrangements, conduct of examination
SRINAGAR: As many as 485 candidates from different parts of Kashmir appeared in NDA and Naval examinations held today in Srinagar. The examination was conducted by UPSC and for Kashmiri candidates it was held at Amar Singh College and SP Higher Secondary School examination centres in Srinagar. The Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary visited […]
Several roads in Achanbal in dilapidated conditions, locals demand macadamisation
Anantnag: Several vital roads in Achabal belt of Anantnag district are in a very bad conditions since the past many months now as locals allege that authorities have forgot to mecadamise them. The roads which are in dilapidated condition include Achabal-Chittergul, Achabal-Kanganhall and Thajiwara to Khundroo, they said. Locals from Achabal said that the 22 […]
Police station Akhnoor closed for public after seven cops test positive for Covid-19
Jammu: Police authorities in Jammu district have ordered closure of a police station and a police post for public visit after several officials tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. Sub-divisional police officer Akhnoor, Ajay Sharma said that Akhnoor police station and Pallanwala police post have been closed till further orders. Meanwhile, an official told that […]
Two road mishaps leave three dead near Ramban
Banihal/Jammu: Three people were killed and two others injured on Saturday when two Kashmir-bound load carriers skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge along Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district, police said. A mini load carrier, carrying poultry birds to Kashmir, rolled down into about 400-feet gorge near Digdole, at 4.40 am, killing […]
Unidentified persons vandalize school in Handwara
Srinagar: Unidentified persons on intervening Saturday night have destroyed property worth over a lakh in an educational institution at Qalamabad Mawar area of Handwara in north-Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Reports said that the unidentified persons have struck at Government Boys Middle School at Qalamabad to destroy its property. The major damage, as per the reports, has […]
Quota for Vaishno Devi pilgrims from outside JK raised to 500 daily: Official
Jammu: Nearly three weeks after the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district was reopened for pilgrimage, the shrine board has increased the quota for pilgrims from outside the Union Territory to 500 daily, officials said on Saturday. The shrine atop the Trikuta hills was reopened on August 16 after a gap of […]
Official languages row: Excluding Punjabi language anti minority move: Raina
Srinagar: All Party Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) Chairman and J&K Apni Party leader Jagmohan Singh Raina Saturday described exclusion of Punjabi language from Jammu and Kashmir official languages Bill-2020 as an anti-minority move. While addressing a press conference at Srinagar Press Club, Raina said Punjabi was “part and parcel of Constitution of J&K” before abrogation […]
40.63 Cr default on loan by the JK Housing Corporation referred to ACB
SRINAGAR: Taking serious note of irregularities in functioning of the J&K Housing Corporation, the Government in a significant decision has come up with a number of measures aimed to streamline the organization. The decision comes in the backdrop of a default on Rs. 40.63 Crore loan by the J&K Housing Corporation to HUDCO, wherein the […]