BJP leader’s vehicle set ablaze in Kulgam
SRINAGAR: The government disallowed congregational Friday prayers at historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar for 13th consecutive week, even after the transition of J&K from state to Union Territory on Thursday. Government forces sealed all the entrances to the mosque on Friday. Heavy deployment of government forces were seen manning the streets and roads since morning […]
Scheme meant to turn bio-waste into cooking fuel
SRINAGAR: A year after J&K was declared as Open Defecation Free (ODF) on 2nd October 2018, the government has failed to implement one of the key schemes of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) (SBM-G) in rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir. Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan (GOBAR-DHAN) scheme was launched in February 2018 to make the […]
SRINAGAR: Radio Kashmir is now “All India Radio Kashmir”, according to an official decree issued on Friday. This effect comes a day after the state was officially divided into two union territories. Set up in 1947 by the Jammu and Kashmir government and had been part of All India Radio (AIR) since 1950s, the radio […]
Srinagar: Girish Chandra Murmu took oath of office as the first Lieutenant Governor for Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in Srinagar on Thursday, as the erstwhile state of J&K was formally bifurcated and downgraded into a union territory. Murmu, an IAS officer of 1987 batch was administered oath of office and secrecy by Chief […]
Oath ceremony for LG today
Srinagar: The first Lieutenant Governor for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Girish Chandra Murmu, will take oath of office on Thursday as the erstwhile state of J&K formally ceases to exist and is bifurcated into two union territories of J&K and Ladakh. Murmu will take oath at a low-key affair with no union […]
Srinagar: Normal life remained disrupted for the 87th straight day in Kashmir on Wednesday with all shops and business establishments closed while public traffic remained off the roads to protest against the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir State into two Union Territories (UT’s). The shutdown has intensified since Tuesday, when […]
Normal life hit in Valley
Srinagar: For the first time in three decades, footpath vendors of a flea market here on Sunday defied the strike call to observe October 27 as a ‘black day’ to protest against the landing of Indian army to Kashmir in 1947. An emailed statement attributed to press secretary of Hurriyat Conference (G) on Saturday had […]
Srinagar: Panic gripped several parts of south Kashmir on Sunday afternoon after authorities “forcefully” removed hundreds of non-local truckers from several places in Shopian and adjoining villages of Pulwama and Kulgam. The trucks were also removed from the government designated ‘safe zones’, which act as pickup points for loading apple in trucks after the killing […]
Srinagar: At least six CRPF personnel were injured as suspected militants hurled a grenade on government forces at Kak Sarai outside the SMHS Hospital in Srinagar, officials said. Panic gripped parts of the city after the blast as government forces intensified checking at several spots across the city. Witnesses said they heard a loud bang […]
Srinagar: Ahead of Block Development Council (BDC) polls in J&K, BJP National General Secretary (Org) Ram Madav arrived in Valley on Saturday to hold a party workers convention on Sunday. A local BJP leader told Kashmir Reader that Madav arrived to boost the morale of contesting candidates and party workers for the BDC elections. “For […]