Ganga reviews preparedness for Baba Chamliyal Mela
Minister for Industries and Commerce, Chander Prakash Ganga chaired a meeting to review the preparedness for annual Baba Chamliyal Mela. Vice-Chairman, State Advisory Board for Welfare and Development of Other Backward Classes Rashpaul Verma, Deputy Commissioner, Sheetal Nanda, ADDC Vivek Sharma, ADC Tilak Raj Sharma, SSP Samba Anil Magotra and senior officers of BSF, Police, […]
‘Mother of all battles’ keeps valley indoors
As India and Pakistan, the two neighbouring countries clashed with each other in 2017 ICC Champions Trophy tie at Edgbaston in England on Sunday, people across Kashmir preferred to stay indoors and remained glued to their Television sets to watch the high octane cricket match. Almost all business establishments remained closed and traffic was thin […]
Dir Tourism inspects tourism infra project at Aharabal
Continuing the programme to take stock of infrastructural development activities at various tourist places in Valley, Director Tourism Kashmir Mahmood Ahmad Shah Sunday visited Aharbal Development Authority (ADA) and inspected tourism related assets there. The Director was accompanied by Project Monitoring Consultant from Government of India Umar Khan and Chief Executive Officer ADA, Mohammad Shafi […]
Andrabi reviews progress of RAPDRP project
Minister of State for Haj, Auqaf and Power Development Department, Syed Farooq Ahmad Andrabi, Sunday toured the southern part of the Srinagar City to take stock of the Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) project. Visiting various places, including Friends Colony, Sir Syed Avenue, and Co-operative Colony, the Minister also reviewed the progress […]
NIA is unnecessarily harassing TeH leadership: Geelani
Chairman Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani, Sunday said that Indian authorities, its agencies and particularly NIA is unnecessarily harassing Tehreek-e-Hurriyat leadership and its activists. According to a statement, reacting sharply over raids conducted by (NIA), Geelani said that they have been given this task just to drag and involve leadership into fabricated cases. Condemning […]
Hurriyat (M) condemns NIA raids
Hurriyat Conference (M) has strongly condemned the arbitrary and coercive act of raiding the house of its Media Adviser Shahid-ul-Islam and other pro-freedom activists and some members of business community by the Indian NIA in a bid to harass and scare the resistance leadership from representing the people’s sentiments and their just political struggle. Giving […]
Indian leadership has started an economic war against Kashmiris: Yasin Malik
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik on Sunday said that from mass killings to state sponsored economic terrorism against Kashmiris, so called Indian democracy stands fully exposed in Jammu Kashmir. “The hatemongering leadership of a country whose prime time television holds debates on good health and red cheeks of Kashmiris should seriously […]
Govt to launch website to boost sale of Kashmiri handicrafts
Amid frequent internet shutdowns and snapping of social media by the authorities, the government is planning to sell the famous Kashmir’s handicraft products online by developing its own marketplace website on the pattern of Flipkart and Amazon. “A unique and modern site will be developed by the government to sell online our handicraft products which […]
Er Rashid condemns police excesses in Anantnag town
AIP Chief and MLA Langate Er Rashid Sunday condemned the use of force and continuous atrocities on masses and traders in Anantnag town, Er. Rashid, as per the statement has brought the matter to the notice of Chief Secretary seeking “stern action against those who are misusing their authority to curb the rights of masses.” […]
Govt fails to provide irrigation facilities to farmers: Mian Altaf
Senior National Conference leader and MLA Kangan Mian Altaf Ahmed has flayed the Irrigation department for ‘failing’ to provide irrigation facilities to the farmers in several villages of Kangan constituency. In a statement, Mian Altaf said that the irrigation and flood control (I&FC) department has failed to restore the main Baba water canal here that […]
