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Bricks much costlier as kilns restart work after months

BUDGAM: After being shut for months of winter and then due to the coronavirus lockdown, brick kilns here in Budgam are selling bricks at...

COVID-19: 5-day lockdown re-imposed in Budgam towns

Budgam: In view of a rise in the number of the COVID-19 cases in the district lately, authorities in central Kashmir's Budgam have re-imposed...

JKECC calls for immediate regularisation of temporary government employees, releasing their wages

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Employees Coordination Committee (JKECC)on Thursday said that the government should regularise all the daily wagers,casual labours and other temporary employees...

Casual workers in government departments seek regularization prior to fresh recruitments

SRINAGAR: The casual workers and daily wagers working in different departments on Tuesday held a protest demonstration here in Srinagar demanding regularisation of their...

Cab operators protest, seek permission to ply on Srinagar-Jammu highway again

SRINAGAR: Cab operators who ply from Srinagar to Jammu on Saturday held a protest demonstration here in Srinagar demanding that the government allow their...

Polytechnic engineering students demand mass promotion, instead of exams

SRINAGAR: Polytechnic engineering students on Thursday held a protest demonstration here in Srinagar demanding the mass promotion in their second-semester. Scores of students assembled here...

Hike in passenger fare adds to people’s miseries in difficult times

Srinagar: The transport department’s order to hike by 30% the passenger fare for stage transport vehicles has not gone down well with people, who...

Ten months on, in-charge lecturers wait for posting in Valley

Srinagar: For more than ten months, the school education department in Kashmir has not issued orders of posting for teachers promoted as in-charge lecturers. This...

Blacktopping of roads begin, 400 kilometre stretch to be macadamised in Srinagar this year

Srinagar: The department of Roads and buildings (R&B) has started blacktopping work of arterial after the works remained suspended last year following abrogation of...

3rd ‘free’ LPG refill under Covid relief package to be paid for first

Srinagar: Beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) scheme will not get advance amount for LPG cylinder refill in their bank account this...

MeT predicts rains in Valley

SRINAGAR: The Meteorological centre Srinagar has predicted light rain and thunderstorm in most of the places of Kashmir during the next 24 hours. Deputy Director...

Health centre in Beerwah without doctor for 11 months

BUDGAM: While the government is strengthening the health care system across Kashmir valley to fight with Covid-19, the New Type Primary Health Centre (NTPHC)...

Almost 70 thousand dog bite cases treated at SMHS in past decade and half

Srinagar: The stray dog menace is so common in Kashmir that perhaps it would not come as a surprise that 69,026 cases of people...

Kitchen gardens grow in Kashmir valley

BUDGAM: Since the lockdown has been imposed across Kashmir valley, people have started creating kitchen gardens at their houses and are savouring fresh vegetables...

Domestic animals, too, get medical services at doorstep

BUDGAM: Medical check-up, vaccination, and treatment of domestic animals is being done at the doorstep amid the lockdown in villages of Budgam district, where...

Lockdown cripples courier services

SRINAGAR: Since the Covid-19 lockdown was imposed across India, courier services are not able to function, depriving thousands who worked as delivery agents and...

Traffic resumes on Srinagar-Jammu highway

Srinagar: Vehicular traf f ic resumed on Srinagar -Jammu highway a f ter remaining closed ye s t erday. Traffic movement on the highway...

Doctors suggest washing fruits, dates and vegetables

Srinagar: Doctors have suggested people to wash fruits, vegetables and dates before eating them to avoid risk of contracting coronavirus. During the month of Ramadan,...

Beerwah villages get electricity for 4 hours, seek intervention of LG

Srinagar: People from various villages of the Beerwah in Budgam have pressed for regular power supply in Ramadhan. They told the Kashmir Reader that...

Income from Kashmiri shawls dries up, work comes to halt

BUDGAM: The market for Kashmiri shawls has been badly affected since the nation-wide lockdown was imposed. Artisans and traders say they are unable to...

Dates and dry fruits lying unsold even in season of Ramadhan

SRINAGAR: People are unable to either buy or sell dates and dry fruits for the month of Ramadhan due to the nation-wide lockdown over...

Dates and dry fruits lying unsold even in season of Ramadan

SRINAGARP: People dateare unable to either buy or sell dates and dry fruits for the month of Ramadan due to the nation-wide lockdown over...

Income from Kashmiri shawls dries up, work comes to halt

Budgam: The market for Kashmiri shawls has been badly affected since the nation-wide lockdown was imposed. Artisans and traders say they are unable to...

Kashmir’s farmers get to work as sowing season begins

BUDGAM: The sowing season has started across Kashmir valley amid the coronavirus lockdown. The sowing season in Kashmir usually starts in the month of...

Traffic resumes on highway

Srinagar: Srinagar-Jammu highway has been opened for vehicular traffic on Saturday after it was suspended due to shooting stones. Superintendent of Traffic Police Rural...

Kashmir’s farmers get to work as sowing season begins

BUDGAM:  The sowing season has started across Kashmir valley amid the coronavirus lockdown. The sowing season in Kashmir usually starts in the month of...

Highway closed due to shooting stones

SRINAGAR: Traffic on Srinagar- Jammu highway has been suspended due to shooting stones between Ramsoo – Ramban. Only essential commodities vehicles are allowed to...

MeT predicts rains, snow in Kashmir

  SRINAGAR:The Meteorological Department on Friday forecast light to moderate rains for plains and light snowfall for the upper reaches of the Kashmir valley for...

Anganwadi workers told to deliver ration at homes, but without gloves or masks

SRINAGAR; Anganwadi workers and helpers working in the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) have demanded release of their honorarium and proper protection kits if...

Rain, storm forecast for today

SRINAGAR: The Meteorological Centre has forecast a spell of light to moderate rain for plains areas and thunderstorm, hail and light snowfall for upper...

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