BY RAO FARMAN ALI IN India, the competition for water has a history of provoking conflict between communities. In Pakistan, water shortages have triggered food and energy crises that ignited riots and protests in some cities. India can store only about 30 days of rainfall, means 200 cubic metres per person, compared to 900 days […]
Pani shifted to Armed Police
Srinagar: The government on Saturday posted Vijay Kumar as Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir replacing SP Pani. An order issued by home department said that Kumar who is IGP Armed Police is transferred and posted as IGP Kashmir. Kumar is a 1997 batch IPS officer. It said Pani has been posted as IGP Armed […]
Jammu: Congress’ Jammu and Kashmir unit took out a flag march here on Saturday to mark the 135th foundation day of the party, with its leaders cautioning people against “the attempts by the BJP to trample the constitutional values”. Amid chants of “save constitution – save nation”, hundreds of party workers, led by Jammu and […]
SRINAGAR: Fuel stations in Srinagar are running dry as tankers carrying petrol and diesel are being denied entry into the city. President petrol pump owners in Kashmir, Bilal Ahmad Bhat said that Traffic Police had stopped tankers at Pantha Chowk from entering into the city. “The tankers laden with petrol and diesel are bound for […]
Say will resign if implemented
BARAMULLA: The panchayat and municipal members from Uri have slammed the proposed move by government to declare Uri a reserved constituency for Schedule Tribe (ST) community, saying that they will resign from their posts if this is approved by the authorities. The move, according to members, “will have far reaching consequences in the whole electoral […]
SRINAGAR: Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Srinagar, Haseeb Mughal on Saturday said that a gang of four youth were busted who were masquerading as militants on highways and looting non-state truckers by showing toy pistols and dummy guns to them. “Three persons have been arrested while as fourth one is still on the run,” he […]
Unabated cold wave grips Valley : Photo/ Fasil Khan
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SRINAGAR: Mobile internet facility was resumed in Ladakh’s Kargil district on Friday but there is no word on when internet services will be restored in Kashmir, where the blackout has completed 145 days after the government of India abrogated Article 370. In Kargil, mobile internet services were restored in view of complete normalcy returning to […]
SRINAGAR: Former deputy mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation Sheikh Imran was on Friday arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in a case pertaining to alleged misappropriation of crores of rupees from the Jammu and Kashmir Bank, officials said. Imran, who was removed as deputy mayor of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) after a no-confidence motion […]
SRINAGAR: Unabated cold wave continued in Kashmir as temperatures dipped further on Friday with Srinagar resulting in freezing of water taps. Srinagar recorded season’s lowest minimum temperatures at minus 5.6 degrees Celsius. “It was the season’s coldest night so far,” said Meteorological department deputy director Mukhtar Ahmad. According to him, coldest ever night in Srinagar […]