Director Agriculture Kashmir kick stared vegetable seedling for indoor cultivation at Sumbal Bandipora

Director Agriculture Kashmir kick stared vegetable seedling for indoor cultivation at Sumbal Bandipora

  Srinagar:Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal on Sunday visited District Bandipora and inspected the Hi-tech Poly House at Sumbal wherein various vegetable seedlings were prepared for the up coming season. Director Agriculture further applaud the efforts made by the concerned field staff and also kick started the distribution of vegetable seedlings for indoor cultivation. […]

Delimitation draft proposes massive changes in Kashmir

Delimitation draft proposes massive changes in Kashmir

New Delhi: The Delimitation Commission has proposed an overhaul of assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu andKashmir in its draft report which has been handed over to five associate members for their suggestions, officials said on Saturday. The voluminous report has proposed redrawing of the Anantnag Parliamentary seat by including Rajouri and Poonch from […]

NC rejects delimitation panel’s draft proposal

NC rejects delimitation panel’s draft proposal

Srinagar: National Conference on Saturday rejected the second draft proposal of the Delimitation Commission which has suggested the creation of new constituencies and redrawing of others in Jammu and Kashmir. NC summarily rejects draft working paper made available by Delimitation Commission to associate members on 4th February 2022, party spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said. The […]

Those questioning Delimitation Commission’s report have some other motives: Jitendra Singh

Jammu: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Saturday said that those who are questioning the report of Delimitation Commission must have some other motives. Talking to reporters at Jammu, he said that the BJP trusts the legitimacy and integrity of the Delimitation Commission which was constituted by the election commission of India. “Commission follows certain […]

Two militants killed in Srinagar encounter

Two militants killed in Srinagar encounter

Srinagar: Two militants were killed in a pre-dawn gunfight in Srinagar outskirts on Saturday, police said. The duo was identified as Ikhlaq Ahmad Hajam son of Ab Ahad Hajam resident of Kujer Frisal Kulgam and Adil Nisar Dar son of Nisar Ahmad resident of Malangpora Pulwama. They were affiliated with LeT (TRF), said a police […]

Man shot dead inside his house in Rajouri

Man shot dead inside his house in Rajouri

Jammu: A 27-year-old man was shot dead inside his house by unidentified assailants in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday. Karamat Shah, a resident of Targain village in Budhal area, was shot in the head by unidentified gunmen from the window of his room on the intervening night of Friday and […]

Journalist Fahad Shah booked for ‘glorifying militancy’: Police

Journalist Fahad Shah booked for ‘glorifying militancy’: Police

Srinagar: Journalist Fahad Shah, who was Friday arrested by police, has been booked for glorifying militancy , spreading fake news, and inciting the general public against law and order in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday. A case has been registered against Shah at Safakdal Police Station and Pulwama Police Station, they said. For […]

Weekend lockdown in Valley, markets shut, life affected

Weekend lockdown in Valley, markets shut, life affected

Srinagar: Normal life was affected across Jammu and Kashmir as authorities placed restrictions on the non-essential movement of people in a bid to contain spread of Covid cases on Saturday. Reports said that police vehicles fitted with public address systems announced the restrictions at several places across Kashmir valley. Shops and other business establishments in […]

1606 Covid cases in J&K with 719 in Kashmir

1606 Covid cases in J&K with 719 in Kashmir

Srinagar: Daily Covid continued to witness a decline in Jammu and Kashmir with 1606 fresh cases and four deaths by the virus reported on Saturday. An official bulletin said that 887 cases were detected in Jammu division and 719 in Kashmir division, taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 445497. […]

Far-flung tribal hamlet of Tral gets electrified

Far-flung tribal hamlet of Tral gets electrified

Tral: Gurpal Satoora tribal hamlet, a far-flung area in Sub Division Tral in Pulwama district, received electricity supply for the first time on Friday. Power Development Department’s Junior Engineer for the area, Harminder Paul Singh, told Kashmir Reader that some persons were resisting raising of electric poles here for some reason. “Feasibility of electric transformer […]