Anantnag: Two non-local laborers were shot at and injured by militants Saturday evening, here in Pulwama district of South Kashmir, police said. The wounded labourers have been identified as Shamshad Sheikh and Faizan Qadri, both residents of Bihar. “Shamshad has a bullet injury in his neck, while Faizan has a similar wound in his right […]
J&K declared as ‘controlled area’ to curb Lumpy Skin Disease Anantnag: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday imposed a complete ban on the import of bovine animals from outside the union territory and also their inter-district transportation, in a bid to curb the spread of Lumpy Skin Disease. Lumpy Skin Disease is a viral […]
Anantnag: The only tuberculosis hospital in entire south Kashmir, vacated from main town Anantnag to make way for a parking facility, has now been shifted to the Mattan area in the district – some 8 kilometres from the main town. TB patients in the south Kashmir region have been facing severe inconvenience as a result, […]
‘They are robbing doctors of their basic dignity. I have never seen doctors being treated this way anywhere’ Anantnag: The overworked doctors performing night duties at Maternity and Childcare Hospital (MCCH) in Anantnag lament the lack of basic facilities, including even a decent room to retire to or a place that can be called a […]
Anantnag: The Ranibagh Garden here in main town Anantnag has become a safe haven for drug addicts and peddlers, with residents lamenting that the administration is doing nothing to curb the menace. The blatant use, abuse, and sale of drugs in the middle of the town goes unchecked even as the administration is busy organising […]
Anantnag: The construction of an important bridge over the Jhelum river is at a standstill for more than four years now, after the work was put to a halt as funds dried up – and also in wake of some political meddling in the project – here in Sempora area on the outskirts of Srinagar […]
The Bamzoo Water Supply Scheme in Mattan does not cater to Bijbehara Bijbehara: People here in Bijbehara town of Anantnag district accuse the Jal Shakti Department of utter negligence, as the quality of water supply keeps deteriorating to new lows every passing day. Residents of the town told Kashmir Reader that the water supply was […]
Anantnag: A militant was killed while an army man was injured in a gunfight between militants and government forces here in Shopian district on Monday. The operation was still going on, according to police, when this report was filed. The police were yet to reveal the identity of the slain militant to the press, but […]
Plan for two stations – Sangdan, between Qazigund and Sadoora stations, and at Naina Batpora – already scrapped Anantnag: More than five years after the Union Railway Ministry approved five new halt stations, on the Banihal-Baramulla Railway track, only one has so far been completed – much to the inconvenience of commuters in hundreds of […]
Funds coming in ‘trickles’, months to get a bill cleared: Project Manage Anantnag: More than fifteen years after its construction was taken up, a vital bridge over the Jhelum river here in Dogripora area of Pulwama district remains incomplete. Poor funding, and political meddling in the past, is stated to be the main cause of […]