Srinagar Municipal Corporation unable to relocate street vendors
Despite Jammu and Kashmir High Court’s order of removing street vendors, a large number of street vendors continued to occupy the roadsides and footpaths in and around the city. These vendors put up their stalls on the footpaths of Batamaloo, Hari Singh High Street, Amirakadal Bridge and many such places that hampers the […]
Minister visits Dachigam National Park, stresses for Hangul conservation
Minister of State for Forest, Environment, Animal & Sheep Husbandry, Fisheries and Cooperative, Mir Zahoor Ahmad today shared his concern for dwindling number of world famous Hangul and stressed the need to take necessary conservation measures. The Minister said this while inspecting various infrastructural facilities at Dachigam National Park and directed to maintain these assets […]
Open space under Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh flyover to be beautified
Minister for Public Works Naeem Akhtar today called for utilizing the space available under the under-construction Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh flyover in a way that it will add aesthetics, social and commercial value to the city. The Minister was speaking at a meeting called to explore ideas for developing the space under the 2.5 km flyover connecting […]
Cobra appears in Rajbagh, creates panic
Panic gripped the residents of Rajbagh locality of Srinagar when a cobra was spotted in the lawns of a residential house in the area on Friday afternoon. However, the authorities in the wildlife department failed to reach the spot on time thereby adding to the chaos and panic that the residents went through. Talking […]
Editorial: The Durbar factor
Darbar move is a tradition that is rooted in history. It is one of the few good traditions that has been carried on unabated. The Mughal kings used to shift their administration to Kashmir to escape the sweltering heat in North India. They would take the Pooch-Shopian route to reach Kashmir. That is how the […]
Nurses lack training in compassion, empathy: DAK
On International Nurses Day, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today said that nurses in Kashmir lack training in compassion which is an essential component of nursing care. President DAK Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement said that absence of training in compassion and empathy is responsible for poor attitude of nurses towards patient care. “We […]
CRPF trooper found dead at Humhama training centre
A CRPF soldier was found dead on Friday inside a training centre of the paramilitary force in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. According to the reports , Anil Kumar Head constable of 35th batallion CRPF , was found dead inside his room at the Regional Training Centre of CRPF in Humhama area of Budgam district by […]
Handcuffed Tahir Mir has answered serious questions for Indians, says Er. Rasheed
Asking New Delhi to stop using lieutenant Umer Fayaz’s assassination to defame and humiliate Kashmiris for defending its ‘absolutely weak argument’ on Kashmir dispute, AIP Supremo, and MLA Langate Er. Rasheed Friday said that national media and ‘communal minded pseudo-intellectuals’ have entered into worst dirty character assassination race against Kashmiris. In a statement issued here, […]
Clashes in Sopore after Friday prayers
Photo by Peerzada Waseem