Police order aimed at denying jobs to youth of Kashmir: Hurriyat

Police order aimed at denying jobs to youth of Kashmir: Hurriyat

Srinagar: The Hurriyat Conference on Monday expressed concern over an order issued by the Jammu and Kashmir Police for denying security clearance for passport and jobs to stone pelters, alleging that the move is aimed at closing the doors of employment for the people of the Valley. The CID wing of the Jammu and Kashmir […]

LeT module busted in Anantnag, 4 IED makers nabbed: Police

LeT module busted in Anantnag, 4 IED makers nabbed: Police

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police has busted a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) module in Anantnag district by arresting four people involved in developing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), officials said Monday. The busting of the IED module has helped the police avert a major attack in Anantnag town and also saved gullible youths from falling prey to […]

Abandoned rice cookers on Gulmarg road create bomb scare

Abandoned rice cookers on Gulmarg road create bomb scare

BUDGAM: Rice cookers found dumped along the Gulmarg road put the police and other agencies on high alert on Monday and sparked panic in the area as the police sought assistance of the bomb disposal squad, which found nothing suspicious in the cookers. According to Budgam police, on Monday morning they found four abandoned rice […]

LG Sinha meets Union Rural Development Minister

LG Sinha meets Union Rural Development Minister

NEW DELHI: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Modnay met Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Giriraj Singh. The Lt Governor discussed important issues related to PMGSY for strengthening rural connectivity in J&K and various initiatives taken by the UT Government to improve quality of life in rural areas. The meeting went fruitful and […]

Kashmiri fishes extinct, European trout released in Rambiara river

Kashmiri fishes extinct, European trout released in Rambiara river

Shopian: After extinction of the local Schizothorax fishes due to mining of minerals in the Rambiara river and use of chemical substances to catch and kill fish, the fisheries department has now put about 60,000 trout fingerlings in the Rambiara, in an area that is far from human habitation. However, the authorities have excluded the […]

Pegasus issue: SC to hear on Aug 5 pleas seeking probe into snooping allegations

Pegasus issue: SC to hear on Aug 5 pleas seeking probe into snooping allegations

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on August 5 the pleas, including the one filed by senior journalists N Ram and Sashi Kumar, who have sought an independent probe by a sitting or a retired judge into the alleged Pegasus snooping matter. According to the cause list uploaded on the apex court […]

Body of sand digger allegedly killed by opponents found in river Jhelum at Khanpora B’la

Body of sand digger allegedly killed by opponents found in river Jhelum at Khanpora B’la

BARAMULLA: Police on Monday fished out the body of a person from river Jhelum who was allegedly killed by some sand mafia’s in Khawajabagh area of Baramulla on Friday night. On Monday afternoon a team of Baramulla police along with local people of Khawaja Bagh spotted the body and retrieved it. The body was identified […]

DC Bandipora reviews progress of RDD works

DC Bandipora reviews progress of RDD works

Bandipora: Deputy Commissioner Bandipora Dr Owais Ahmad Tuesday reviewed the status of works taken up by the Department of Rural Development Department under different centrally sponsored schemes. The meeting was attended by Additional District Development Commissioner adipora Afsar Ali, Additional Deputy Commissioner Bandipora Zahoor Ahmad Mir, Joint Director Planning Imtiyaz Ahmad, Assistant Commissioner Development Abdul […]

ADDC Poonch reviews implementation of Mission Youth

POONCH: Additional District Development Commissioner, Poonch, Abdul Sattar chaired a meeting regarding the effective implementation of the recently launched Mission Youth Programme here at DC office Poonch. During the meeting, various issues were discussed, including, finalization of Youth Club, Sports plan under LG Rolling Trophy Scheme, Finalization of Youth Counselling Centre, Tejaswini Livelihood Scheme, Sponsored […]

Expedite formulation of brief documents of Wetlands: DC Gbl to Officers

GANDERBAL: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Krittika Jyotsna today took a detailed review of initiatives taken for formulation of brief documents under Wetland Rules, 2017 for three main Wetland of Manasbal Lake, Waskurasar and Ahansar located in the district. ADC Ganderbal, Farooq Ahmad Baba, DFO Sindh, CEO Manasbal Development Authority, Ex. Engineer Jal Shakti (I […]