In Srinagar city there is a growing trend of converting residential houses in many colonies into commercial outlets. This activity has been going on in the past several years and all the previous governments are responsible for allowing such activity to go unchecked. After the September 2014 floods, this activity became more pronounced and it […]
The major challenges faced by the State administration are illegal constructions in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir. These illegal constructions have increased manifold in Jammu region also. The government claimed that they have already framed a policy to deal with unauthorized constructions; there is complete silence on illegal constructions by government departments over the […]
When Governor N.N. Vohra took over the reins of governance in J&K State after Mehbooba Mufti resigned due to the pulling of rug by BJP, he assured the people that security forces would be told in clear terms to avoid collaterial damage during anti-militancy operations. About seven deaths of civilians in few days has shown […]
Public delivery system is the basic ingredient of good governance on the ground and governance administration has failed so far to make it responsive to needs of general public. Recently the new Chief Secretary rolled out his own vision of making the administration public friendly, but on the ground there is no change. Let us […]
Srinagar: Residents of downtown woke up on Sunday morning to witness strict curfew and restriction, as JRL has given a shutdown call for today against the killings of three militants and a civilian who was crushed to death by a police vehicle during protests. With frequent shutdowns crippling life in Kashmir, Srinagar wore a deserted […]
State DGP SP Vaid said on Twitter that encounter concluded at Shopian, five bodies of terrorists recovered. There are fears that the fifth body is of assistant professor of university of Kashmir Dr Mohd Shafi. However DGP has said that identity of militants has not been yet ascertained. One critically injured boy of 17 years […]
Srinagar: Soon after Badhigham encounter was over, protests and clashesProtests clashes multiply, scores referred to Srinagar hospital Soon after Badhigham encounter was over, protests and clashes have spread and multiplies across Kashmir especially in South Kashmir. According to our reporter from SMHS hospital of Srinagar, scores of youth have been admitted with bullet and pellet […]
Srinagar: Two more civilians succumbed to their injuries as clashes with government forces after the encounter in Badigam village south Kashmir’s Shopian district,intensified across south kashmir. According to police and hospital sources , that a civilian identified as Zubair Ahmad a resident of Rajpora area of Pulwama, succumbed to bullet wounds in hospital.. Army has fired […]
Srinagar: The body of third youth, Anzar Farooq Wani, was fished out from the Jhelum river in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday. The body of Anzar of Dewanbagh Baramulla was handed over to the family for the last rites, police said. The body was recovered by joint teams of State Disaster Response Force, Marcos […]
Srinagar: Police confirmed that among the injured near the Badhigham village of Shopian, two have succumbed to their injuries. Teenage boy identified as Asif Ahmed Mir a resident of Rohomo village of Pulwama succumbed to his injuries in Srinagar hospital. District hospital of Shopian confirmed that body of a civilian was lying in the hospital […]