Policeman injured in stone pelting in Awantipora

A police constable of Jammu and Kashmir police was critically injured when some miscreants pelted stones at Awantipora on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway, official sources said. According to the reports, a Police party was on the way to Awantipora from Seer Jagir area of Tral, where the cordon was going on. Suddenly, Youth pelted stones […]

Editorial: Forest cover and budgetary allocations

The phenomenon of increased population puts a lot of pressure on the natural resources. However, in our case the pressure on our natural resources has been manifold as the population and urbanisation we have witnessed over the past two decades is quite abnormal. For a number of reasons, forest lands have been diverted to non-forest […]

Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave passes away in Delhi

Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave died in New Delhi on Thursday. The 60-year-old Dave complained of uneasiness at his home this morning and was rushed to AIIMS where he passed away, according to official sources. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha since 2009.He was sworn in as a Minister of State with […]

ICJ verdict on Kulbhushan Jadhav at 3.30 p.m. today

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to announce its verdict in Kulbushan Jadhav case at 3:30 pm on (IST) today. The UN’s top court is to decide on an Indian appeal for suspending Pakistan’s planned execution of the Kulbhushan Jadhav, saying his rights had been violated by Islamabad, reports said on Wednesday. The […]

‘Sargoshiyan’ premiered at SKICC

For the first time in Indian Cinema history, the premiere of any Bollywood movie was launched in Kashmir capital Srinagar. ‘Sargoshiyan’ that has been shot extensively in Kashmir became the first Bollywood film to have Its Premiere in Srinagar and in recent past it is the only Indian movie that has not been revolved around […]

Minister reviews status of ongoing development projects

Minister of State for Housing & Urban Development, Asiea Naqash, today convened a meeting of officers of the R&B Department to review the status of ongoing developmental projects in the Srinagar City. The Minister sought details of the pending works in the City in general and the Hazratbal Constituency in particular. She asked the officers […]

Aadhar based identification of casual labourers

To finalise the Aadhar based identification and skill profile of casual labourers of Agriculture Department Kashmir division, Director Agriculture Kashmir, Altaf Aijaz Andrabi chaired a high level meeting on Wednesday of the Divisional Level and District Level officers at Agricultural Complex Lalmandi. Director Agriculture Kashmir emphasized on all the officers to finalise the list of […]

Minister for face-lifting of Lal Chowk Cooperative Super Bazaar

Minister of State for Forest, Environment, Animal and Sheep Husbandry, Cooperatives and Fisheries, Mir Zahoor Ahmad, today visited Cooperative Super Bazaar at Lal Chowk Srinagar to take stock of its functioning.           Secretary Cooperative Department, Bashir Ahmad Bhat, Managing Director State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) and other officers of Cooperative Department and SRTC accompanied the […]