District Mining Officer holding additional charge, says he is ‘going after the mafia’ Anantnag: Illegal extraction of soil, from the plunder of fertile Karewas, goes on unabated in more than half a dozen villages of Pulwama district here in south Kashmir, with the authorities acting as mere spectators. The extraction, using heavy machinery including earth […]
JKPDCL Chief Engineer blames people for consuming ‘more than agreement’ Srinagar: Power supply across Kashmir valley is hitting new lows with each passing day of the bitter winter, despite a recent steep hike in power tariff. To add insult to injury, the Chief Engineer of the Jammu and Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation (JKPDCL), Javed Dar, […]
Anantnag: An indoor stadium, aimed at engaging the youth in a constructive way, remains far from completion, almost five years after work was started on the building, in Shopian. The youth have been left bitter and disappointed with the sorry state of affairs. “It pinches all the more during the winter season while it is […]
Anantnag: Thousands of people living in more than 75 villages across Anantnag district in south Kashmir remain devoid of clean drinking water as four major supply schemes are still incomplete, more than ten years after work was first started on them. The schemes were sanctioned fourteen years back, in the year 2008, with an aim […]
Situation has gone worse since the ‘curtailment schedule’ was issued, say people Srinagar: As the temperature hits sub-zero levels in Kashmir, the power crisis has further deepened across Kashmir valley, notwithstanding the “curtailment schedule” that Jammu and Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (JKPDCL) had recently issued. The curtailment schedule is being grossly violated by the […]
Shopkeepers lament that no one wants to stop at a place where the stench of garbage greets them Pulwama: An open garbage dumping site, with tonnes of filth, just lying in plain sight here in Pulwama district has become an eyesore for the general public and a health hazard for the people who live and […]
Srinagar: A school building, constructed more than a decade ago for Government Middle School Habak on Srinagar outskirts, lies empty and abandoned, crumbling with neglect. The school administration is forced to hold all its classes in a single classroom owing to lack of space in the old building, where the school currently operates from. In […]
Anantnag: Hundreds of employees of the Education Department, including teachers and some Class-IV employees, working under the New Pension Scheme (NPS) are yet to receive their salaries for the month of October, here in Anantnag district of south Kashmir. Similar reports have been pouring in from Kupwara district of north Kashmir as well. This is […]
Second such incident in just over a month Anantnag: Police on Sunday said that a “hybrid militant” who was recently arrested and was in police custody was killed during a gunfight with militants. Police said he had been taken to identify a hideout in Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The slain has been […]
Anantnag: The Aripath Nallah, a vital water body here in Anantnag district, has been turned into a dumping yard, which is causing immense damage to the water body in particular and to the environment in general. Only recently the lack of water in the Aripath Nallah had forced hundreds of farmers to sow corn in […]