Anantnag: Two non-locals, one from Nepal and another from Bihar, were shot at and injured Thursday evening here Anantnag district of South Kashmir, the police said. “The identities of the two are being ascertained,” a senior police official from Anantnag said, adding that both the injured worked at a private school. Preliminary reports suggested that […]
Srinagar: Hundreds of vendors in Srinagar city still await the completion of the promised “smart vending zone” under the smart city project, even as they face repeated humiliation at the hands of the authorities during “anti-encroachment” drives. It has been more than 3 years since the official process began to rehabilitate street vendors of Srinagar […]
Another local Hizbul militant killed in Bijbehara; LeT commander Mukhtiyar Bhat, involved in killing of 1 ASI of CRPF & 2 RPF men, killed in Awantipora: ADGP Anantnag: Additional Director General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Tuesday said that three LeT militants including a foreigner were killed in Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama […]
Anantnag: Open garbage dumping yards along the Srinagar-Anantnag stretch of NH-44, as also along the Bijbehara-Anantnag stretch of the old national highway, emanate foul smell and are a health hazard, besides being eyesores. They also hurt the Valley’s image of cleanliness as they are the first things that tourists visiting Kashmir notice along the highway. […]
Srinagar: With each passing day the power crisis across Kashmir is deepening with frequent power cuts and no adherence to the curtailment schedule. The situation is witnessed in both metered as well as the unmetered areas. With winter approaching and the weather forecast for a wet spell next week, there seems to be no hope […]
Srinagar: The planned widening and upgrade of Syed Meerak Shah Road, between Dalgate and Zakoora through old town Srinagar, remains a distant dream more than 13 years after the project was sanctioned. The 10-kilometre stretch is one of the most vital routes in the city, connecting city center Lal Chowk to Hazratbal Dargah, Old Town, […]
Militant arrested alive from Baramulla encounter site, say police Srinagar: An army soldier and a militant were among two people killed in two separate ongoing gunfights between militants and government forces, one of them in the Baramulla district in north Kashmir and another in the Kulgam district in south Kashmir. Also, a local militant identified […]
Unit holders, small-time industries affected by outages Srinagar: Winter is yet to arrive and the power supply in Kashmir has already gone from bad to worse, even in the metered areas – the people complain, particularly the ones who have their businesses bearing the brunt. Complaints of erratic power supply are being received from across […]
Srinagar: The work on Srinagar mini-secretariat in Batamaloo area of Srinagar has remained abandoned for more than three years with the resumption of work nowhere in sight. A six-decade-old bus terminal was shifted to Srinagar outskirts to make way for the proposed mini-secretariat, more than six years ago, much to the inconvenience and annoyance of […]
Anantnag: The illegal extraction of boulders from Brengi Nallah and Lidder River, here in Anantnag district, continues unabated despite a ban imposed by the administration. The irony is that even projects executed by the government use illegally extracted raw materials, right under the nose of the administration. Sources told Kashmir Reader that the illegal extraction […]