During night hours, patients unendingly wait for doctors at LD

At Government Lalla Ded Hospital, patients literally have to wait for hours to get a glimpse of a doctor who can attend to them. Worse enough, the patients being referred from different Sub District Hospitals (SDHs), after reaching Lalla Ded, are left unattended for hours together. This reporter is a witness to the fact that […]

BJP using Army as instrument for political agenda: Tarigami

Stating that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is using Army as instruments for their political agenda, CPI (M) senior leader and MLA Kulgam, Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami on Wednesday said that the Government of India (GoI) has adopted jingoistic policy towards Kashmir. He cautioned that such policy will not yield any results.  Addressing a press conference […]

Mela Kheer Bhawani holiday on Friday

The holiday on account of Mela Kheer Bhawani would be observed on June 2 instead of June 1, 2017 in the Kashmir division. “In partial modification of Government Order No: 1345-GAD of 2016 dated  December 09, 2016, the holiday on account of Mela Kheer Bhawani shall be observed on 2 June, 2017 (Friday), instead of […]

Schools, Colleges to remain shut in Srinagar, Kulgam, Anantnag 

District administration Srinagar Wednesday said that the teaching activity in all the Degree Colleges and Higher Secondary Schools (HSS) will remain suspended on Jun 01 while as the district administration Kulgam and Anantnag have decided to close down all the educational institutes on Thursday. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Farooq Ahmd Lone said that the class […]

Body fished out

The dead body of a 17-year-old boy, Faiz Ahmad Shiekh who drowned in the Ningli stream in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district in last week was fished out on Wednesday. The 17-year old boy was drowned into the stream on last Friday. The body of Sheikh, son of Javaid Ahmad, resident of Tarzoo in Sopore was […]

ATM looted in South Kashmir

In a third incident of its kind, burglars on Wednesday night looted more than Rs 20 Lacs that were stacked in an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) of State Bank of India (SBI) from main town Islamabad. Police has registered a case in this regard and investigations have been taken up. “We have registered a case […]

Cancelled from Uri, cross LoC trade continued from Poonch

A day after the cross LoC trade was suspended from North Kashmir’s Uri route, normal trade went on along the Poonch route between India and Pakistan. 25 trucks crossed over from this side while six goods-laden trucks were received at Chakan da Bagh on the Poonch-Rawalakote route today, officials said. They said that 25 trucks […]

Grenade blast in Sopore leaves four cops injured

Four policemen were injured after militants hurled a grenade towards a local police station in Sopore Town of Baramulla district in north Kashmir on Wednesday. According to a police official, militants lobbed a hand grenade at around 4:20pm at the cops near police station Sopore which exploded with a big bang. He said four policemen […]

Bali inaugurates additional infra in SNM Hospital Leh

  Minister for Health & Medical Education,  Bali Bhagat on his maiden visit to Leh district today inaugurated the Surgical and Diagnostic Block  of SNM Hospital. Dr. Sonam Dawa Lonpo, CEC LAHDC, Nawang Rigzin Jora, MLA, Dorjey Mutup, EC Works, Prasanna Ramaswamy, DC Leh, Dr. Saleem-ur-Rehman, Director Health Services, Kashmir, Councilors, Upper Leh, Lower Leh, […]

DC chairs price fixation meet, stresses for sustained market checking

Deputy Commissioner, Mohammed Harun Malik chaired a meeting with officers of concerned departments to fix and ensure strict enforcement of rates of mutton, chicken and other commodities. Assistant Commissioner Food safety, Assistant Director FCS &CA, Chief Animal Husbandry Officer, District Sheep Husbandry Officer, Assistant Controller Legal Metrology, CEO Municipal Council Poonch were present in the […]