Apni Party to be launched in Jammu by Mar 16
Srinagar: After Kashmir, former finance minister Syed Altaf Bukhari is all set to launch his Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) in Jammu before March 16, 2020. Sources said that Bukhari along with other leaders affiliated with the newly launched party will be flying to Jammu in coming days to launch the party in the […]
Youth, minor killed in road mishaps
Srinagar: A speeding vehicle Wednesday crushed an 18-year-old boy to death in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Officials said that an 18-year-old boy identified as Rizwan Ahmad Dar, son of Farooq Ahmad Dar, resident of Muslimpeer Sopore, was hit by a speedy vehicle at Model town Sopore. “The Scooty of youth was hit […]
41 quarantined persons in Budgam test negative: Officials
BUDGAM: District Development Commissioner (DDC), Budgam, Tariq Hussain Ganai Tuesday said that there is no need to panic as all the 41 Budgam residents who arrived from China and Iran have been quarantined and tested negative with no symptoms of infection of Coronavirus. DDC made these remarks during his visit to various isolation wards established […]
Coronavirus spread: Social media users spreading hate, misinformation warned in Leh
Leh: District Administration Leh has issued a stern warning to those who are propagating misinformation about the spread of Coronavirus and trying to hurt the sentiments of a particular religious community. District Development Commissioner, Leh, Sachin Kumar issued a formal order asking social media users not to twist facts about the spread of coronavirus and […]
Court quashes PSA detention of Srinagar youth
Srinagar: State High Court Tuesday issued directions to authorities to release a Kashmiri detenue lodged at Agra Jail of Uttar Pradesh. The court of Justice Tashi Rabistan issued this direction after annulling the detention of Srinagar youth under Public Safety Act. Advocate Bashir Ahmed Tak who represented the detained youth said that police had arrested […]
Renaming landmarks expose UT admin’s priorities: Bukhari
Srinagar: Taking strong exception to rechristening names of roads and buildings, President of newly created Jammu Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday said that the focus of the Union Territory administration should have been on addressing the issues and sufferings of people. Referring to the decision of Jammu and Kashmir administration, […]
Six shops gutted in Srinagar fire
Srinagar: Property worth lakhs was destroyed after fire engulfed six shops in Alamgari Bazar area of Srinagar city. A police official said that fire was spotted in a shop and within no time it engulfed five other shops. Prima facie, short circuit seems to be the cause of the fire, but police have taken up […]
Garbage dumping at Jhelum banks goes unabated, authorities in slumber
Srinagar: The river Jhelum has been turned into a waste dump with people frequently throwing the garbage into it at various places. As per sources, the shopkeepers and vendors at different places are openly dumping their garbage into the banks of Jhelum, exposing government’s tall claims of stringent policy to keep valley clean. “The authorities […]
Govt attaches properties of financial firm
Firm turned defaulter in 2015
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday attached properties of a financial firm which turned defaulter in 2015. The government today ordered attachment of six properties of the defaulters M/S Vikrant Finance Corporation, Rajouri. “In exercise of powers under Section 3 of J&K Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, and without […]
Masrat Alam produced before TADA Court
Jammu: Senior separatist leader and President Jammu Kashmir Muslim League, Masarat Alam was presented before the TADA court here in Jammu in a case filed against him by Jammu Kashmir Police in 2012. Alam who is in jail since 2010 was released for a short period of time in April 2015 was produced before the […]