ADC B’pora chairs meeting for Implementation of COTPA-2003

BANDIPORA: The Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Bandipora, Waseem Raja on Tuesday chaired a meeting of concerned officers to discuss modalities for implementation of Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act-2003(COTPA-2003). The ADC stressed on intensive IEC activities for implementation of COTPA-2003 and called for strict ban on sale of cigarettes within 100 yards of educational institutions. […]

Drug Control Department closes down one erring medical shop at Kulgam

KULGAM: Continuing efforts to curb the misuse of habit forming drugs, the Drug Control Department Kulgam closed down one medical shop, Darul Shifa medical store operating opposite District Hospital Kulgam for violation of different conditions of licenses and non maintenance of sale records. Moreover, a prosecution was also launched today before the Court of Chief […]

DC Ganderbal reviews functioning of HWCs in district

Directs for completion of screening of remaining in mission mode GANDERBAL: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shyambir today chaired a meeting of the Health Department to review the functioning of Health and Wellness Centers (HWCs) in the district. At the outset, brief discussion was held regarding the functioning of HWCs including availability of health services, […]

PM Modi pays floral tribute to former Japanese premier Abe at his state funeral

PM Modi pays floral tribute to former Japanese premier Abe at his state funeral

Tokyo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday offered a floral tribute to former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe at his state funeral in Tokyo. Representatives from over 100 countries, including more than 20 heads of state and governments, attended Abe’s funeral. Modi, who arrived here early in the morning, joined several global leaders to pay tributes […]

Tense Japan holds funeral for assassinated ex-leader Abe

Tense Japan holds funeral for assassinated ex-leader Abe

Tokyo: A tense Japan prepared Tuesday for a rare and controversial state funeral for assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving leader in his nation’s modern history and one of the most divisive. Tokyo was under maximum security, with angry protests opposing the funeral planned around the capital and nation. Hours before the ceremony […]

Imran Khan accuses Maryam Nawaz of hatching plot to kill him through ‘religious fanatic’

Imran Khan accuses Maryam Nawaz of hatching plot to kill him through ‘religious fanatic’

LAHORE: Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan on Monday accused senior politician Maryam Nawaz of propagating “sectarianism and religious hatred” against him and hatching a plot to kill him through a “religious fanatic”. Khan also said Maryam, the daughter of former premier Nawaz Sharif, is so desperate that she is also making sure that he […]

Putin likely to announce accession of occupied regions of Ukraine on September 30, UK says

Putin likely to announce accession of occupied regions of Ukraine on September 30, UK says

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to announce the accession of occupied regions of Ukraine to the Russian federation during his address to parliament on September 30, the British ministry of defence said on Tuesday. The referendums currently underway within these territories are scheduled to conclude on September 27, the defence ministry said in […]

‘Rs 500-cr loss in September’ at Sopore fruit mandi

‘Rs 500-cr loss in September’ at Sopore fruit mandi

Sopore: Halting of fruit-laden trucks on Srinagar-Jammu national highway has taken a heavy toll on Asia’s second largest fruit mandi in Sopore, with the mandi administration saying they have suffered Rs 500 crore loss in the month of September only. Revealing the tentative loss assessment, President of the traders’ association at Fruit Mandi Sopore, Mudasir […]

Fruit mandis across Kashmir shut for second day

Fruit mandis across Kashmir shut for second day

Srinagar: As a mark of protest to press their demand of allowing fruit laden-trucks to proceed on the national highway from Qazigund, fruit mandis across Kashmir valley remained shut for the second consecutive day on Monday. Several fruit growers and traders said that they face mounting losses due to the authorities “unnecessarily blocking” the movement […]

All stranded Jammu-bound trucks to be cleared by tonight: Div Com

All stranded Jammu-bound trucks to be cleared by tonight: Div Com

Says 3,995 apple trucks moved towards Jammu on Sunday, intermittent shooting stones at Mehar causing stoppages SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole, on Monday informed that 46,000 trucks and trailers have moved from Qazigund towards Jammu in which 29,000 are apple-laden trucks, in alternate day convoys from Sep 01 to Sep 25. He said […]