Strike hits normal life in Kashmir

Normal life was affected in the Valley Sunday due to a strike called by Joint resistance group to protest the killing of a civilian in firing by security forces after militants attacked an army camp in Kupwara district on Thursday. Most of the shops, other business establishments and fuel stations remain shut. Public transport was […]

Implement Polythene ban in rural areas, Minister tells officers

Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Law & Justice, Abdul Haq Khan said that ban on polythene bags should be strictly implemented in rural areas with imposition of harsh penalties on the defaulters. The Minister said this while chairing a high level meeting to review the functioning of   Rural Development Department here today. While […]

Rehman Veeri for fixed timeline to resolve revenue matters

Minister for Revenue, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, Abdul Rehman Veeri today stressed on framing of timeline for disposal of revenue matters. The Minister was addressing the officials at a Revenue Conference here.  The conference was attended by Divisional Commissioner Jammu Pawan Kotwal, Commissioner Secretary Revenue, Muhammad Ashraf Mir, Additional Commissioner, Sunita Anand, Deputy Commissioners and […]

Basharat Bukhari for strict compliance with manufacturing guidelines for insecticides

Minister for Horticulture, Syed Basharat Ahmed Bukhari, has called for strict compliance with manufacturing guidelines issued by the Horticulture Department and the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST). He said it in a meeting with representatives of pesticide and insecticide manufacturers convened here Saturday. Secretary, Horticulture Department, M H Malik, Director Horticulture and […]

LoC traders accuse trade body of creating hurdles

Some traders engaged in LoC trade from different parts of Kashmir Saturday alleged that their trucks are not being allowed to cross the LoC alternately. They said that the trucks of only those traders are being allowed to cross the border alternately who are the part of the traders Union or are wielding some influence. […]

Kashmir: Youth in time of unrest

Kashmir has demographically never been so young and spirited as it is today. Around two million of its citizens are in their teens and twenties. Growing up in the years of blood and gore, the youth of Kashmir are acquainted with the state’s difficult past. Unlike the previous generation that was smitten by the lure […]

Kashmir: Youth in time of unrest

Kashmir has demographically never been so young and spirited as it is today. Around two million of its citizens are in their teens and twenties. Growing up in the years of blood and gore, the youth of Kashmir are acquainted with the state’s difficult past. Unlike the previous generation that was smitten by the lure […]

Editorial: Smart City dream

Srinagar, the summer Capital of Jammu and Kashmir is always in the news, albeit for wrong reasons. The city remains one of the talking points for one or the other deficiency it faces on the development front. Many plans and dreams about making Srinagar City as a development model made headlines after the City fell […]

Govt initiating fresh developmental plan for beautification of Lal Chowk

Minister for Education, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, today directed for formulating a modern developmental plan for Lal Chowk that will take care of all its basic needs and will lead to its becoming a centre of attraction for locals and tourists alike. The Minister was speaking at a meeting held to review the pace of […]

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