Srinagar: Opposition PDP Tuesday took out a rally in protest against National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah for his purported remarks on power theft in Jammu and Kashmir. Several PDP activists, led by former employees’ union leader turned politician Khursheed Aalam, took out a march from party headquarters at Polo View amid tight security arrangements to […]
Jammu: Two major tunnel projects on Jammu- Srinagar Highway to reduce the distance between twin capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar, would be completed in 2016, the state Legislative Council was informed Tuesday. Work on Banihal-Qazigund tunnel and Chenani-Nashri tunnel projects is in progress. These projects are likely to be completed by June, 2016 and […]
Jammu: Government has appointed 98,242 officials, including 33,416 need-based workers in the state from January 2009. Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather gave this information in the state Assembly in reply to a question of A R Veeri (PDP). Giving details, he said 59,226 of them have been made permanent workers, 33,416 need-based workers, 5,449 on […]
Jammu: The Legislative Assembly Tuesday passed the JK Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill which seeks to allow payment of honorarium to chairpersons of District Planning and Development Boards and chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of Block Development Councils. Six bills were moved in the House of which five were passed while the remaining one was referred to the […]
SRINAGAR: District Development Commissioner Srinagar, Farooq Ahmad Shah along with a team of officers conducted marketing checking in the city and recovered one quintal of polythene and destroyed the same on the spot. The District Development Commissioner also asked the officers to intensify the campaign for removal of illegal encroachments on footpaths and roads to […]
Srinagar: Nearly 200 stranded passengers, including women and children, were rescued in a night-long operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s frontier district of Kupwara, police said Tuesday . The passengers were stranded near Sadhna Top along Kupwara-Karnah road following landslides, triggered by heavy snowing, last night, a police spokesman said. Over three-ft of snow fell on […]
Srinagar: A history-sheeter, carrying a toy pistol, was arrested after he tried to extort money from a shopkeeper in the city Tuesday. Mohammad Salim Mir, a resident of Safakadal locality of interior city, entered a shop in court road area and demanded money from the shopkeeper by threatening him with a toy pistol, police sources […]
Srinagar: The death of a 29-year-old woman under suspicious circumstances sparked violent protests that left six people, including four policemen, injured in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district Tuesday. Police fired teargas shells and used batons to restore calm, officials said. Neelofar Jan, a resident of Prang village, was admitted to SKIMS Hospital in the city where […]
BY FARHANA QAZI Visiting Kashmir was like slipping down the rabbit hole. Like Alice, who was surprised by talking birds and beasts in Wonderland, I discovered a floating vegetable garden, a palace named after fairies called Pari Mahal, houseboats gliding along Dal Lake, and royal gardens. Kashmir’s untouched beauty captured Western imagination. Known as “the […]
BY COLIN TODHUNTER There is currently a battle waging across the planet over genetically modified (GM) crops. It seems like not a month goes by when a new report is released on the health, environmental or productivity aspects of GM organisms. The GM biotech industry tries to assure governments and the public about the safety […]