Hajjn: Residents of Hajin in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Saturday held a protest demonstration against the installation of smart meters here. Scores of locals, mostly women, assembled on road in the Banger Mohalla area and staged demonstrations against the move. The protesters shouted slogans against the PDD for installing smart meters in the area. […]
Hajin: In a first-of-its-kind in Kashmir Valley, a Self Help Group comprising eleven members started locally manufacturing and marketing sanitary napkins for enhancing their incomes and ensuring better health and hygiene of the village women. The initiative was started by a group of women from Shahgund village of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district with the support […]
Thousands attend funeral prayers, demise widely condoled Hajin: Thousands of people attended the funeral prayers of renowned contractors of Jammu and Kashmir Haji Mushtaq Ahmad Parray, who breathed his last in SKIMS Soura on Monday morning after suffering from a massive brain hemorrhage last week. Mushtaq Ahmad was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard […]
Bandipora: A two-storey residential house was completely damaged in a fire incident in the Naidkhai area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Talking to Kashmir Reader, Abdul Rahim Dar, the owner of the house said his two-storey residential house, located in Bazar Mohalla, Naidkhai, caught fire around 02:00 am during the intervening night of Sunday and […]
Hajin: A narrow culvert on the busy Hajin-Sopore road in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district has become a death trap for transporters as 15 accidents have taken place in the past six months, leaving one person dead and injuries to dozens. Locals while talking to Kashmir Reader said that this narrow culvert near Bonikhan Hajin has […]
Hajin: A 24-year-old pregnant woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her residence in Mukhdamyari village of Hajin in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday. An official said that the woman identified as Ulfat Bano, wife of Mohammad Ashraf of Mukhdamyari was found lying unconscious at her home. She was taken to the Community […]
Hajin: Inhabitants of Hajin town in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district have expressed strong resentment against the authorities over dilapidated road conditions in their locality. The residents said all inner links roads connecting the locality with the main road are dotted with potholes, giving a tough time for commuters. Aadil Ahmad of Wahab Parray Mohallah Hajin […]
Gundjahangir: Residents of Gund Bulakh Gundjahangir are up in arms against Power Development Department as the area is reeling under darkness for the past 15 days due to a technical snag in a newly installed transformer. The residents while talking to Kasmir Reader said that the 200 KV transformer developed some snag minutes after was […]
Involve DDCs, BDCs, PRIs in anti-encroachment drives: SDM Sumbal Bandipore: Acting tough against land grabbers, the District Administration Bandipora retrieved around 1600 kanals of government land in single-day anti-encroachment drives carried out across the district on Thursday, thereby increasing the total retrieved land to around 28,000 kanals, which includes 13217 kanals of State and 15471 […]
Bandipore: Deputy Commissioner Bandipora Dr Owais Ahmed on Thursday conducted an extensive tour of Hajin, Naidkhai and adjacent areas. He interacted with the public and took feedback regarding post-the snowfall situation. He also listened to public issues and passed on spot directions for their redressal. The Deputy Commissioner along with DDC Chairman inaugurated a hotline […]