Meet Indian delegations if they come to see you, Soz tells separatists

Senior Congress leader and former Minister, Professor Saifuddin Soz Friday asked Hurriyat leadership and civil society members to meet the Indian delegations who likely to visit Kashmir in coming days.      He said that that India’s Civil Society has finally taken adequate notice of the critical situation of Kashmir and many of its representatives have […]

Div Com reviews arrangements for Children Special train

Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan, today convened a meeting to review logistic arrangements for running the fortnightly Children Special Train ‘Wadi Ki Sair’ successfully.                Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Chief Controller Railways, Director School Education Kashmir, General Manager SRTC, Director Hospitality & protocol, Dy. SP Headquarter PCR, Officers from CRPF, Health and Education Departments attended the […]

Div Com for action against ferrying of construction material in LAWDA zone

Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan, today convened a meeting to review the mechanism to effectively monitor and stop illegal ferrying of construction material in LAWDA jurisdiction. Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, VC LAWDA, Secretary LAWDA, SO to IGP Kashmir, Deputy SP Traffic, Deputy Director Planning, Assistant Commissioner and other concerned attended the meeting. The meeting was […]

Srinagar Municipal Corporation unable to relocate street vendors  

  Despite Jammu and Kashmir High Court’s order of removing street vendors, a large number of street vendors continued to occupy the roadsides and footpaths in and around the city.   These vendors put up their stalls on the footpaths of Batamaloo, Hari Singh High Street, Amirakadal Bridge and many such places that hampers the […]

Minister visits Dachigam National Park, stresses for Hangul conservation

Minister of State for Forest, Environment, Animal & Sheep Husbandry, Fisheries and Cooperative, Mir Zahoor Ahmad today shared his concern for dwindling number of world famous Hangul and stressed the need to take necessary conservation measures. The Minister said this while inspecting various infrastructural facilities at Dachigam National Park and directed to maintain these assets […]

Open space under Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh flyover to be beautified

Minister for Public Works Naeem Akhtar today called for utilizing the space available under the under-construction Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh flyover in a way that it will add aesthetics, social and commercial value to the city. The Minister was speaking at a meeting called to explore ideas for developing the space under the 2.5 km flyover connecting […]

Cobra appears in Rajbagh, creates panic

  Panic gripped the residents of Rajbagh locality of Srinagar when a cobra was spotted in the lawns of a residential house in the area on Friday afternoon. However, the authorities in the wildlife department failed to reach the spot on time thereby adding to the chaos and panic that the residents went through. Talking […]

Editorial: The Durbar factor

Darbar move is a tradition that is rooted in history. It is one of the few good traditions that has been carried on unabated. The Mughal kings used to shift their administration to Kashmir to escape the sweltering heat in North India. They would take the Pooch-Shopian route to reach Kashmir. That is how the […]

Nurses lack training in compassion, empathy: DAK

On International Nurses Day, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today said that nurses in Kashmir lack training in compassion which is an essential component of nursing care. President DAK Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement said that absence of training in compassion and empathy is responsible for poor attitude of nurses towards patient care. “We […]