Schools, Colleges to remain shut in Srinagar, Kulgam, Anantnag
District administration Srinagar Wednesday said that the teaching activity in all the Degree Colleges and Higher Secondary Schools (HSS) will remain suspended on Jun 01 while as the district administration Kulgam and Anantnag have decided to close down all the educational institutes on Thursday. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Farooq Ahmd Lone said that the class […]
Body fished out
The dead body of a 17-year-old boy, Faiz Ahmad Shiekh who drowned in the Ningli stream in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district in last week was fished out on Wednesday. The 17-year old boy was drowned into the stream on last Friday. The body of Sheikh, son of Javaid Ahmad, resident of Tarzoo in Sopore was […]
ATM looted in South Kashmir
In a third incident of its kind, burglars on Wednesday night looted more than Rs 20 Lacs that were stacked in an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) of State Bank of India (SBI) from main town Islamabad. Police has registered a case in this regard and investigations have been taken up. “We have registered a case […]
Cancelled from Uri, cross LoC trade continued from Poonch
A day after the cross LoC trade was suspended from North Kashmir’s Uri route, normal trade went on along the Poonch route between India and Pakistan. 25 trucks crossed over from this side while six goods-laden trucks were received at Chakan da Bagh on the Poonch-Rawalakote route today, officials said. They said that 25 trucks […]
Grenade blast in Sopore leaves four cops injured
Four policemen were injured after militants hurled a grenade towards a local police station in Sopore Town of Baramulla district in north Kashmir on Wednesday. According to a police official, militants lobbed a hand grenade at around 4:20pm at the cops near police station Sopore which exploded with a big bang. He said four policemen […]
Bali inaugurates additional infra in SNM Hospital Leh
Minister for Health & Medical Education, Bali Bhagat on his maiden visit to Leh district today inaugurated the Surgical and Diagnostic Block of SNM Hospital. Dr. Sonam Dawa Lonpo, CEC LAHDC, Nawang Rigzin Jora, MLA, Dorjey Mutup, EC Works, Prasanna Ramaswamy, DC Leh, Dr. Saleem-ur-Rehman, Director Health Services, Kashmir, Councilors, Upper Leh, Lower Leh, […]
DC chairs price fixation meet, stresses for sustained market checking
Deputy Commissioner, Mohammed Harun Malik chaired a meeting with officers of concerned departments to fix and ensure strict enforcement of rates of mutton, chicken and other commodities. Assistant Commissioner Food safety, Assistant Director FCS &CA, Chief Animal Husbandry Officer, District Sheep Husbandry Officer, Assistant Controller Legal Metrology, CEO Municipal Council Poonch were present in the […]
LMD imposes fine on Petrol pump, Cineplex
A team of officers from Legal Metrology and concerned oil company headed by Deputy Controller Enforcement Jammu under the supervision of Controller Legal Metrology Department Vipra Bhal conduct detailed inspection of a petrol pump and imposed fine of Rs 25000 for charging excess price from the consumer. Acting on a complaint of a consumer […]
CS expresses grief over death of IAS officer in drowning incident
Chief Secretary, B.B Vyas has expressed profound grief and sorrow over the sad and untimely death of young IAS officer, Shri Ashish Dahiya, in a drowning incident inside the Foreign Service Institute, New Dehli. An IAS Officer of 2016 Batch, Shri Ashish Dahiya was scheduled to join the J&K Institute of Management, Public Administration & […]
Editors’ delegation calls on Information Minister
Minister for Information and Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA), Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali today said the government would continue to provide necessary financial support to the newspapers by way of advertisements to ensure sustainability of especially small and medium publications. The Minister said this during his interaction with the office bearers and members of […]