Anantnag streets vendors protest ‘tough’ action
Srinagar: Scores of vendors held protests against the alleged “highhandedness” by the Executive officer of Municipal Committee Anantnag and damaging of vending carts on Friday. Reports said that dozens of carts were either completely or partially damaged by the municipal authorities. They said that the Municipal Committee has been taking Rs. 30 per day from […]
Elderly killed by speeding truck in Sopore
Sopore: A 65-year-old woman died after a speeding truck hit her near Model Town Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday. Reports said that after the accident, the elderly pedestrian identified as Noora Begum w/o Abdul Ahad Dar, a resident of Model Town Sopore was rushed to SDH Sopore where doctors declared her dead […]
NIA issues 2nd summon to Geelani’s grandson
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has issued second summon to Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani’s grandson, Anees-ul-Islam Shah for questioning. Anees is a son of incarcerated Hurriyat (G) leader Altaf Shah (Fantoosh). The summon has asked Anees to appear for questioning at NIA headquarters in New Delhi on May 6. He was earlier […]
Secy Tourism, VC LAWDA tour Dal Lake
Review preparedness for ensuing tourism season, interact with houseboat owners
Srinagar: Commissioner Secretary Tourism, Rigzian Sampheal and Vice Chairman Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) Sajad Hussain Ganaie Friday toured Dal Lake to review preparedness for the ensuing tourism season. They also interacted with the houseboat owners and Dal Dwellers and urged them to contribute in keeping the Dal Lake clean. Commissioner Secretary Tourism said […]
NGO distributes Ramadan food parcels
Srinagar: Ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, ‘Orphans in Need’, a charitable organisation Friday distributed Iftar and Suhoor parcels among widows and orphans in Srinagar. The parcels were distributed among 3,000 beneficiaries at Sher-e-Kashmir Park near Polo View. Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, SSP Srinagar, Dr Mohammad Haseeb Mughal, SP East Srinagar, […]
Man held with with Charas in Bijbehara
Srinagar: Police on Friday arrested a youth near Railway Station Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district and recovered charas from his possession/. The accused has been identified by the police as Mohsin Hassan Mir S/o Gh Hassan Mir R/o Gulgam, Kupwara. Police said it recovered “about 240 grams of charas” from his possession. An FIR […]
Police rescue 50 bovines from smugglers
Jammu: Police Friday foiled two separate bids to smuggle over 50 bovines in Udhampur district even though the smugglers managed to flee, officials said. Police intercepted the suspected smugglers in Bharat Nagar and MH Chowk areas on the highway at Udhampur and rescued the animals, they said. A search was on to nab the suspects […]
Four peddlers held in Jammu region
Jammu: Over 45 kg poppy and other narcotic drugs were seized from four suspected drug peddlers arrested in three separate incidents in Jammu on Friday, police said. Truck driver Lokesh Singh was arrested at Chenani area of Udhampur district after 45 kg poppy was found in his vehicle, they said. Suspected drug peddlers Mohmmad Saleem […]
PHC Panzgam lacks basic facilities, authorities in slumber
Pulwama: A Public health center at Panzgam Pulwama which caters to 60,000 souls is still lacking basic facilities even after four decades of its establishment. Residents of the area said that more than one dozen villages in the belt were suffering due to callous attitude of authorities towards the PHC. The PHC caters to villages […]
Over 5.22 lakh voters in Pulwama, Shopian registered for May 6 polling
SRINAGAR: Over 5.22 lakh voters have been registered in the twin districts of Pulwama and Shopian in South Kashmir slated to go to polls in the last leg of the three-phase schedule for Anantnag Parliamentary constituency on May 6. The electorate is spread over six assembly segments comprising Tral, Pampore, Pulwama, Rajpora, Wachi and Shopian. […]