JAMMU: With one candidate withdrawing the nomination papers on Saturday, only thirteen candidates will be contesting from Udhampur parliamentary constituency. “On the day for withdrawal of candidature, one independent candidate namely Kanchan Sharma withdrew her nomination from Udhampur Parliamentary Constituency which is schedule to go for polls on April 17,” an official spokesperson said in […]
SRINAGAR: A warm farewell was accorded to commentators Ghulam Mohammad Dhobi and Abdul Gani Lone and chauffeur of Field Publicity Unit of Information Department Abdul Rehman Marazi on their retirement from government service here Saturday. Field Publicity Officer, Mohammad Akbar Khan applauded the sincere and dedicated services of retirees which they rendered in Information Department […]
SRINAGAR: Hurriyat Conference Jammu Kashmir (HCJK) Saturday flayed the detention of its leader Shabir Ahmad Shah by police at to Boh, in Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. In a statement, the HCJK spokesman said that “Shah was on his way to Tral in connection with election boycott campaign where had to address a […]
SRINAGAR: To ensure home delivery of domestic LPG cylinders, the Enforcement Squad of CAPD, Kashmir imposed a penalty of Rs 20,000 for violation of distribution of LPG home delivery under PDS to registered consumers, an official spokesperson said. During the inspection, Enforcement Squad found that M/s New Paradise Gas Agency was making point delivery of […]
SRINAGAR: A residential house was damaged in fire incidents in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district Saturday. Fire broke out in a residential house of Ghulam Hassan Bhat, son of late Umer Bhat of Kalaros in Kupwara. The fire tenders from nearby fire station immediately swung into the action and brought the fire under control, a police […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: 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 […]
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 […]