Nepali labourer found dead in Ladakh

SRINAGAR: A Nepali labourer was found dead under suspicious circumstances in frontier region of Ladakh, police said on Saturday. Tek Bahadur, a resident of Dong Reppi area of Nepal, was found dead in his room at Somoor-Nobra in “suspicious manner” yesterday, a police spokesman said. The postmortem of the deceased was carried out at Sub […]

PDD employee electrocuted

SRINAGAR: A government employee was electrocuted while repairing a high tension electricity wire in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said on Saturday. Power Development Department lineman Ghulam Nabi Reshi, a resident of Veer Saran, came in contact with a live wire while repairing high tension wire at Club Park in Pahalgam hill resort yesterday, a […]

Bhaderwah police launches drive against wrong parking

ABID PAMPORI BHADERWAH: Police here launched a drive on Friday against wrong parking of vehicles in the town. Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Bhaderwah, Afroz Ahmed along with Station House Officer B S Manhas, Executive Officer MCB Tariq Mehmood Balwan and Naib Tehsildar Masood Ahmed visited Sari Bazaar and its adjoining markets and issued directives for strict […]

Protests in Baramulla over power shortage

BARAMULLA: People from Gantamulla area of this north Kashmir district blocked the Srinagar-Muzfarabad road for several hours on Friday morning against failure of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) and Power Development Department (PDD) to provide them with electricity. Residents of Gantamulla Bala, Gantamulla Payeen, Kitchama and several colonies assembled on the road and raised slogans […]

JKLF (R) pledges to take forward ‘mission of martyrs’

SRINAGAR: While paying tributes to martyrs, JKLF (R) Thursday pledged to “take their mission to logical conclusion.” In statement, a Front spokesman said that a high level meeting chaired by its chairman Farooq Ahmad Dar Alias Baitta Karatey was held at its headquarters which paid “rich tributes to the martyrs of Kashmir.” “It was pledged […]

Civic Action Progamme held Zewan Police Complex

SRINAGAR: Under its Civic Action programme, J&K Police’s 12th Battalion at Zewan Police Complex here Thursday distributed uniform and stationery items among the school children of Government Girls School and Government Boys School Balhama. In a statement, a police spokesman said that besides students and staff members of the school, a number of prominent citizens […]

Encroachments demolished in HMT

SRINAGAR: A team of officials from district administration Srinagar along with police and officials of Srinagar Municipal Corporation conducted extensive demolitions in Mustafabad, HMT. “The demolitions were conducted to retrieve an irrigation canal registered with the Revenue department as Shaamilat (common) land. The canal was encroached upon by some individuals who had illegally conducted land […]

3-day workshop on immunization training concludes at GMC

Srinagar: A three-day workshop on training of trainers of medical officers on routine immunization concluded Tuesday at Government Medical College here. The trainers were trained on micro-planning, cold-chain logistic management, safe injection practices, biomedical waste management, adverse events following immunization, monitoring, surveillance and national immunization programme. Dr. Yangchan Dolma, state EPI officer J&K, was coordinating […]

Power woes: Pampore residents block highway

PAMPORE: Scores of people from this saffron town Tuesday blocked Jammu-Srinagar highway to protest erratic power supply in Frestabal area. The protesters including women and children chanted slogans against the Power Development Department for not addressing their grievance which had been brought into their notice two weeks ago. The agitated people blocked the highway for […]

Sopore: Hamza Mohalla residents miffed at UEED

Sopore: Residents of Hamza Mohalla, Badam Bagh, Sopore have expressed anguish over the failure of Urban Environment Engineering Department (UEED) authorities in constructing drain in the area in last four years. “UEED started construction of the drain four years ago. We were happy with its construction in the area and some people offered their land […]