Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday ordered an enquiry into the alleged use of force on protesting Kashmiri Pandits at Sheikhpora area of Budgam district earlier this week. Talking to reporters here, Sinha said “stern action” would be taken against the officials found involved. Couple of days back, Police resorted to “mild” lathi-charge and used […]
A leopard was found dead at Bonmakhama area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Sunday morning. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that inhabitants of village Bon Makhama have found dead leopard and have informed the officials about the same. Wildlife officials told KNO that they have received information about the presence of […]
A civilian was in injured in crossing firing amid a ‘chance’ encounter between militants and a joint team of police and security forces in Turkwagam South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday. Clarifying it, a top police officer told GNS that there was an encounter which happened by chance in Turkwagam. A civilian received bullet wound […]
Srinagar, May 15: A man was shot at and injured by suspected militants in Turkwagam South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday. A top police officer told GNS that suspected militants fired upon a man in Turkwagam. He recieved bullet wound and was subsequently shifted to nearby hospital where is condition is said to be […]
Srinagar: In May, there is an unusual rush of tourists both by road and by air to the Kashmir valley. Tourism department officials said that the rush is unusual and unprecedented. Secretary Tourism Sarmad Hafeez told this newspaper that in the current year, the tourism industry will witness a revival. According to him many tourists prefer […]
SRINAGAR MAY 14:- In order to pace up the implementation process of beneficiary oriented Centrally Sponsored schemes in the District to attain 100% saturation , the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad today chaired a meeting of District and Sectoral Officers here at Meeting Hall of the DC Office Complex. Besides, Additional Deputy Commissioner […]
Some prominent hotels served notices, fined for exorbitant rates, other service deficiencies SRINAGAR, MAY 14: Continuing with its efforts to check overpricing of tourism services by service providers, a team of officers of the Tourism Department today conducted checks of various hotels in the city to check the services and their pricing being offered to […]
A delegation of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) headed its president and parliament member Dr Farooq Abdullah will meet Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor, Manoj Sinha on Sunday. Source told Kashmir News Service (KNS) that the delegation will meet the LG Sinha at 11:30 am tomorrow, where they will raise the issue of safety and security […]
An 8-year-old girl died after drowning in a river near her house at Chanigam area of Ashmuqam in South Kashmir’s Anantnag on Saturday evening, an official said. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a girl identified as Aasia Fayaz (8) daughter of Fayaz Ahmad Shah, a resident of Chanigam Ashmuqam slipped and […]
SRINAGAR, MAY 14: To make Jammu and Kashmir power surplus in the next four years, Power Development Department is working earnestly towards doubling electricity generation capacity in the Union Territory in three years. The J&K government has initiated a large scale capacity augmentation programme to address the current power deficit in the UT. Earlier, Jammu […]