Seven drug peddlers arrested in Jammu, Reasi
Jammu: Seven alleged drug peddlers have been arrested in three separate incidents in Jammu division, officials said Monday. The accused were arrested from Jammu and Reasi districts, they said. A police team Sunday intercepted two persons at Waliabad area of Sidhra in Jammu city and recovered intoxicant capsules and injections from their possession, they said. […]
Amit Shah daydreaming about scrapping of Article 370: Tarigami
Srinagar: CPI (M) leader, M Y Tarigami, on Monday said BJP president Amit Shah, who on Sunday said Article 370 will be scrapped if Narendra Modi is elected as Prime Minister again, is daydreaming as time has come when the Modi-Shah duo should get ready to pack their bags as reports are pouring in that […]
JKTA meets secretary school education to discuss pending issues of erstwhile SSA teachers
Srinagar: A delegation of JK Teachers Association (JKTA) on Monday held a meeting with secretary school education department, Sarita Chauhan regarding the pending issues of teachers recruited under erstwhile SSA scheme. The delegation discussed the delay in conversion of undergraduate teachers to Grade II teachers and regularization of SSA teachers who have completed their initial […]
Advisor Ganai appeals wholeseller and retail associations to adhere to Govt-fixed prices
‘Will ensure people do not face hardships in holy month of Ramadhan’
Srinaga: Advisor to the Governor, Mr. Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, has issued a fervent appeal to both wholeseller and retailer associations to advise their members to observe self-restraint and collectively decide not to charge more than the prices fixed by the Government. Ganai, who is Advisor in-charge Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Department, made this […]
City traffic may witness some ease
Traffic grade separator inaugurated at Tourist Reception Centre
Srinagar: Governor Satya Pal Malik Thursday inaugurated the traffic grade separator at Tourist Reception Centre (TRC) crossing here, a project which missed its initial date of completion by two and half years. Then Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had laid the foundation stone of the grade separator project in December 2015 and executing agency was […]
Registration of overloaded school van suspended
DC Srinagar warns schools of strictest of punishments for overloading
SRINAGAR: On the directions of the Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, the registration of a school van was Thursday suspended under Section 53 of the General Motor Vehicles Act 1988. The school van was found overloaded with children risking their life in serious violation of the norms. The DC who directed the RTO […]
Death of woman due to blood ‘mismatch’
SKIMS says relatives’ allegations is ‘baseless’
Srinagar: The Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) has reiterated as “baseless” the claims by relatives of a Srinagar woman, who they alleged died due to medical negligence. Mir Anjum, a resident of Srinagar’s Bemina and who was in her 20s, expired at SKIMS last month after she was transfused with 2 pints of blood. […]
Drug Department suspends licenses of four medical shops in Sopore
Sopore: Drug Department has suspended licenses of four medical shops outside Sub District Hospital, Sopore for “compelling patients” to purchase medicines from their shops. Over complaints against the erring shop owners, Sopore Drug Department has constituted a team of Drug inspectors headed by Drug Inspector Sopore/Rafiabad, Junaid Naseer along with Drug Inspector, Shabir Ahmad Pandit […]
Action against BJP by DC Leh appreciable: PDP
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday termed action against the BJP by District Administration led by Deputy Commissioner Leh, ‘appreciable’, stating that such actions play a vital role in restoring peoples’ faith in the institutions of democracy and Fair Play. In a statement issued here, senior PDP leader and former minister Naeem Akhtar said […]
Burglars loot shoe shop in Sopore
Sopore: Burglars looted a shoe shop at Bismillah Market, Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district and decamped with goods worth thousands during the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. The shoe shop belongs to Javid Ahmad Lone son of Ghulam Ahmad, a local resident. Incidentally, dozens of shops have been looted by burglars in different […]