Srinagar: Due to the ban on construction activities as part of the Covid lockdown, people in Srinagar are worried about the validity of their building permission expiring. The Srinagar Municipal Corporation has extended the validity of building permissions by six months but financial difficulties created by the lockdown have made people postpone their construction plans. […]
Srinagar: Despite completing the bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in Fisheries, hundreds of professionals here are without jobs as the Jammu and Kashmir Fisheries department has not called for any recruitments for almost two decades. According to the passouts, barring a very few Non-Gazetted cadre positions of Fisheries Development Assistant and Deputy Inspector (Adv. 03 […]
Srinagar: Maintaining social distance, private transport operators in Kashmir on Thursday staged a demonstration at Parimpora bus stand to seek relief for losses suffered due to past 10 months of lockdown and permission to resume their services. The operators said they had been the worst hit by the prolonged lockdown and urged the J&K Government […]
Srinagar: Maintaining social distance, private transport operators in Kashmir on Thursday staged a demonstration at Parimpora bus stand to seek relief for losses suffered due to past 10 months of lockdown and permission to resume their services. The operators said they had been the worst hit by the prolonged lockdown and urged the J&K Government to provide […]
Says NC and BJP came together to oust him; Sheikh Imran tipped to take over Srinagar: Junaid Azim Mattu was on Tuesday voted out as the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Mayor when a no-confidence motion was passed against him by the majority of SMC corporators. The no-confidence motion was moved by Waheed Dar, the corporator […]
Srinagar: Mayor Srinagar Municipal Corporation, Junaid Azim Mattu, is going to face no-confidence motion today. The no-confidence motion was filed by Waheed Dar, a councillor from Zakura ward along with the support of more than 42 other corporators against the Mayor. Dar, who is also heading an independent group of corporators at SMC, claimed that […]
Three-wheelers also allowed, with max 2 passengers Srinagar: Three months after the Covid lockdown began, state transport buses of Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation (JKSRTC) will resume inter-district services in Kashmir. Private transport is still not allowed to ply between districts, but three-wheelers, with only 2 passengers allowed, can operate now within the […]
Srinagar: Economically weaker sections of society have not received their monthly cash assistance from the social welfare department since the Covid lockdown began three months ago. Apart from beneficiaries registered with Jammu and Kashmir Bank, those who are registered with other banks, especially grameen banks, have not had the monthly assistance credited in their accounts […]
Srinagar: The Srinagar Municipal Corporation has “suspended” the sterilisation of stray dogs in Srinagar due to the Covid-19 lockdown, Dr Javaid Ahmad Rather, Municipal Veterinary Officer at SMC, told Kashmir Reader. The sterilisation process was halted by the department during the winter season as the Animal Welfare Board of India suggested that during winter months […]
Srinagar: Following the coronavirus lockdown, the multilevel parking projects in Srinagar have been delayed as most of the non-local workers have left Kashmir. The two multi-level parking projects have already missed the deadline of completion. These projects are being managed by the Srinagar Development Authority (SDA) and were to be finished by May 2020. An […]