New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed its registrar to transfer the amount deposited by media houses which were pulled up for disclosing the identity of the eight-year-old gangraped and killed in Kathua to a fund for sexual assault victims. Two media houses recently deposited Rs 10 lakh each with the court and others […]
Pampore: A lone pediatrician at Sub District Hospital Pampore in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district caters to around 200 patients on a daily basis. A number of parents told Kashmir Reader that there were two pediatricians at the hospital earlier. “The doctors were seeing the patients in equal proportion and everything was running smoothly,” Faizan Gulzar, […]
Srinagar: Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Vikar Rasool Wani on Thursday said the Centre should immediately restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and hold Assembly polls here. He also accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre of creating “dictatorship” in Jammu and Kashmir. “We demand immediate restoration of statehood to Jammu and […]
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha expressed confidence Thursday that a road project connecting the Amarnath cave shrine will be approved this year as the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation has completed its preliminary project report. Once the road is built, pilgrims from across the country and Jammu and Kashmir will be able to visit […]
New Delhi: The modus operandi of cyber criminals is changing and the court cannot remain immune to sufferings of people who are cheated by app developers who misuse phone data and blackmail them, the Delhi High Court has said. The high court said it is saddening to see people are not aware that once they […]
JAMMU: Secretary Culture, Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah on Thursday took an extensive tour of Shri Ranbir Singh Library here and took stock of facilities being provided to the public there. He held an extensive tour of the library and visited different sections of the public library viz reading room section, children section, Raja Ram […]
JAMMU: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department, Atal Dulloo on Thursday chaired a meeting to finalise Annual Action Plan of various centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) in the Animal, Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries for financial year 2023-24 at Civil Secretariat here. The meeting was attended by Secretary in Agriculture, Shabnam Kamili; Director Animal Husbandry Jammu, […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President and Member of the Parliament from Srinagar on Thursday said the narratives of peaceable calm, development and prosperity peddled by the government doesn’t reflect the reality on the ground. He said this while addressing people at Habbak. Party’s Provincial President (Kashmir) Nasir Aslam Wani was also present […]
SRINAGAR: Continuing its efforts towards the cleanliness of the villages, the Directorate of Rural Sanitation, Jammu and Kashmir today organized a virtual “Sarpanch Samvaad” through the participation of community members, PRIs, and all other stakeholders. The event was aimed to promote the importance of maintaining clean and hygienic environments in rural areas and to encourage […]
Jammu: Former Director General of Police, J&K M M Khajooria was cremated with full State honours at the Shastri Nagar crematorium on Thursday afternoon. A team of J&K personnel accorded a ceremonial guard of honour to the former Director General, who passed away yesterday. A galaxy of senior serving and retired officers from Civil and […]