Election helpline established in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: To ensure smooth, free and fair elections for 16th Lok Sabha 2014 in district Srinagar, a helpline and complaint redressal cell headed by a designated Nodal Officer has been established at District Headquarter (DC Office), Srinagar. The cell is fully equipped with the toll free telephone number of 1800 180 7051 and e-mail ID […]

Gumbi Software kick starts recruitment drive at KU

SRINAGAR: A delegation of Gumbi Software, an IT company based in Banglore, Saturday visited Kashmir University to kick start its camps recruitment drive in the varsity and selected four students for training and employment. Shabir A Bhat, director for Centre for Career Planning and Counseling (CCPC), of the KU, which organized recruitment drive told the […]

Baramulla: 2 cops injured in ‘attack by stone-pelter’

SRINAGAR: Two policemen sustained injuries in an assault on Saturday when they went to arrest an alleged stone-pelter in Baramulla district of north Kashmir. A police team was deputed to arrest a stone-pelter of Old Town Baramulla, a police spokesman said here. He said when the police team approached to arrest him he attacked them […]

Reasi gets modernised post office

REASI: As a part of extension of postal services in Jammu and Kashmir one more modernized post office was today inaugurated by Chandra Prakash, Chief Postmaster General, Jammu and Kashmir at Deputy Commissioner’s office Reasi in the presence of Deputy Commissioner Reasi, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, an official spokesperson said. Speaking after the inauguration of post […]

Valley to plant 6 lakh mulberry trees this year

BARAMULLA: In the backdrop of weeklong festival of World Arbor Day, Commissioner Secretary, Agriculture Production Department, Asgar Hassan Samoon kick started mulberry plantation drive in Kashmir division by planting a mulberry sapling in Nursery at Basic Seed Station, Sericulture Development Department, Mirgund here on Saturday. Director Sericulture, Malik Farooq and other officers of the department […]

Workshop on entrepreneurship held in Ganderbal

GANDERBAL: Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneur Development Institute (JKEDI) organized a workshop on entrepreneurship development at mini secretariat here on Saturday. The workshop was held in coordination with Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) Ahmadabad, an official spokesperson said. On the occasion, Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal lauded JKEDI for its role in changing employment scenario in the […]

Nepali labourer found dead in Ladakh

SRINAGAR: A Nepali labourer was found dead under suspicious circumstances in frontier region of Ladakh, police said on Saturday. Tek Bahadur, a resident of Dong Reppi area of Nepal, was found dead in his room at Somoor-Nobra in “suspicious manner” yesterday, a police spokesman said. The postmortem of the deceased was carried out at Sub […]

Artisan awareness camp held in Kokernag

ANANTNAG: District officer of Handicrafts Department Saturday organised a daylong orientation cum awareness camp at Kokernag here to aware the artisans and common people about different welfare schemes and programs, an official spokesperson said. As the handicrafts sector is a backbone of the rural economy, a large number of participants attended the camp. The authorities […]

Election Observer reviews preparedness in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: Election Observer for Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency, Dheeraj Singh convened a meeting with all the Nodal Officers to review the poll preparedness for the Parliamentary election-2014 scheduled to be held on April 30 for Srinagar Constituency, here Saturday. According to an official spokesman, during the meeting the Observer was briefed about basic facilities put in […]

PDD employee electrocuted

SRINAGAR: A government employee was electrocuted while repairing a high tension electricity wire in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said on Saturday. Power Development Department lineman Ghulam Nabi Reshi, a resident of Veer Saran, came in contact with a live wire while repairing high tension wire at Club Park in Pahalgam hill resort yesterday, a […]