Jailed Sarjan Barkati’s family stages protest in Srinagar, seeks his release

Jailed Sarjan Barkati’s family stages protest in Srinagar, seeks his release

Srinagar: The family members and relatives of Sarjan Barkati on Wednesday held a protest demonstration in Srinagar demanding his immediate release. Sarjan Barkati, a resident of Reban village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district was arrested during 2016 unrest after he led many protest rallies in south Kashmir districts. Family members and other relatives of Barkati assembled in press […]

Body of 29-yr-old recovered from river in Rajouri

Body of 29-yr-old recovered from river in Rajouri

Srinagar : A body of a man was found from Anas river on Tuesday night in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. A 29-year-old man identified as Javid Ahmad, son of Abdul Rashid, a resident of Panihad Moori in Budhal area of the Rajouri district. The deceased, according to reports was serving as a Gram Rozgar […]

SAC reviews status of employment, transit accommodation for Kashmiri migrants

SAC reviews status of employment, transit accommodation for Kashmiri migrants

Srinagar : The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik took note of the status report submitted by the Department of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (DMRR&R) regarding employment to Kashmiri migrants. Pertinent to mention here is that 3000 posts of various categories were created under the […]

NIA attaches Asiya Andrabi’s property in Srinagar

NIA attaches Asiya Andrabi’s property in Srinagar

Srinagar : National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday attached the house of incarcerated Asiya Andrabi, who heads the separatist group Dukhtaran-e-Millat, in Soura area of Srinagar. According to the NIA order, the said house cannot be transferred, sold or otherwise dealt in any manner with prior permission. The house has been attached under the Unlawful […]

Governor launches ‘Green J&K Drive’

Governor launches ‘Green J&K Drive’

Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik launched the “Green J&K Drive” at a function organized by the Forest Department at Zabarwan Hills here today. Governor, along with other dignitaries, planted the saplings to mark the beginning of a massive afforestation drive in the State. Governor observed that Green Jammu and Kashmir drive […]

Tourism woes

Tourism woes

Tourism Industry has been suffering from the past several years especially post-Burhan Wani killing on July 8 2016. There have been lot of efforts by the State and the Central Governments to bring this industry out of the present mess, but little worked on the ground. The fact of the matter remains that there is […]

150 bunkers ready in Poonch, work on 350 nearing completion: Officials

150 bunkers ready in Poonch, work on 350 nearing completion: Officials

Jammu: The construction of as many as 150 bunkers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district has been completed and 350 more will be ready soon, officials said Monday. These bunkers have been constructed to provide safety shelters to the people living along the LoC in Poonch from cross-border firing and shelling by Pakistan, they said. District […]

Amarnath yatra suspended from Jammu on Monday

Amarnath yatra suspended from Jammu on Monday

Agencies Jammu :  The Amarnath yatra was suspended on Monday as a precautionary measure following a strike called by separatists in Kashmir valley to mark the third death anniversary of former Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, officials said. The annual pilgrimage to the 3,880 meter high Amarnath cave in south Kashmir Himalayas will resume Tuesday, […]