IN A joint statement on Monday, six Opposition parties demanded the immediate release of former J&K chief ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti. Calling their detention a “blatant violation of their fundamental rights”, they said “democratic dissent is being muzzled by coercive administrative action”. The statement — which comes a day after former J&K minister Altaf Bukharilaunched a new regional political outfit, […]
Srinagar Five members were killed after a residential house was hit by a boulder in Barmeen Khein area of Udhampur district on Tuesday night. Reports said that a boulder hit a residential house in Barmeen Khein resulting in death of five family members on the spot. An official identified the deceased were identified as Sharda […]
Central government should listen to the voices coming out from Kashmir valley especially from business community as they have been facing the brunt of situation prevailing in Kashmir from the past so many decades. Post abrogation of article 370 on August 5, last year proved to be the last nail in the coffin business community […]
SRINAGAR, MARCH 9: Commissioner, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), Gazanfar Ali today visits civil lines area including Lal Chowk, Polo view, Maulana Azad Road, Regal Chowk and took stock of drainage system and other works in the area. He was accompanied by Corporator, Wajahat Hussain, Joint Commissioner Works, Joint Commissioner Planning, S.E Drainage and other senior […]
Will be quarantined at 9 isolation wards: DDC Budgam BUDGAM, MARCH 9: District Development Commissioner (DDC), Budgam, Tariq Hussain Ganai today said that 41 local residents of Budgam who arrived from Iran and China will be quarantined at 76 bed facilities established at nine isolation locations in the district. This was revealed by the DDC […]
KUPWARA, MARCH 09: The District Development Commissioner (DDC), Kupwara, Anshul Garg today convened a meeting of concerned officers to review the measures being put in place to tackle spread of Coronavirus in the district. The Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), Nazir Ahmad Lone; Assistant Commissioner Revenue (ACR), Bashir Ahmad Bhat; Chief Medical Officer, Abdul Gani Dar, […]
SRINAGAR, MARCH 9: Urban Forestry Division of Forest Department Monday organized a plantation drive at the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR), Media Complex here today. The drive was part of national initiative for enhancing the green cover across the country. On the occasion, various saplings of Deodar and Kail were planted by the […]
AHMEDABAD, MARCH 9: Gujarati businessmen are successful worldwide and they should also explore the vast investment opportunities in Jammu & Kashmir said, Sh. Girish Chandra Murmu, Lieutenant Governor, J&K, while addressing the captains of the industry from Gujarat during the interaction jointly organised by Confederation of Indian Industry(CCI) and Government of J&K in Ahmedabad. He […]
Mar 9 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir administration will ensure that jobs, lands and assets are protected for the people of the Union Territory as it invites investments after abrogation of the special status, its Lieutenant Governor GC Murmu said here on Monday. The LG was addressing businessmen at a roadshow organised for the upcoming […]
SRINAGAR – A truck driver was killed while a conductor suffered injuries after a high tension transmission line fell on a truck in Gund Brath area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday morning. Two persons boarding the truck had a miraculous escape. At around 10:45 a.m., HT (High Tension) transmission line fell down, […]
