Man killed, thrown in river Jhelum at Baramulla, says family; hold protest

Man killed, thrown in river Jhelum at Baramulla, says family; hold protest

BARAMULLA: A man was allegedly killed and his body thrown into the river Jhelum by some sand mafia’s in Khawajabagh area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday night. According to family, Bilal Ahmad Pandit 45 a resident of Khawajabagh Baramulla was extracting sand from river on Friday late evening but could not return back […]

Unprecedented level of transparency in the execution of works, Financial reforms: LG

Unprecedented level of transparency in the execution of works, Financial reforms: LG

Releases pictorial e-compendium of 9514 projects worth Rs 3900 cr SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday released an e-book consisting of pictorial compendium of 9514 projects worth Rs 3900 cr completed in J&K under various UT sector schemes during 2020-21. The e-book is available for public viewing on the official website of the Finance Department […]

Khankahbag families seek relocation as floods, landslides pose threat to lives, property

Khankahbag families seek relocation as floods, landslides pose threat to lives, property

Pampore: A delegation of some families from Khankahbag area Pampore in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district has appealed to authorities for relocating them to safe places because landslides pose a threat to their houses. They told Kashmir Reader that their houses are constructed on Jhelum embankments which undergo landslides triggered by rains and floods. They said […]

Drug peddler arrested in Anantnag, huge quantity of contraband recovered

SRINAGAR: Police have arrested a drug peddler in Anantnag and recovered huge quantity of contraband substance from his possession. Police Station Mattan received a specific information through reliable sources that one person namely Manzoor Ahmad Yatoo son of Ghulam Mohammad Yatoo resident of Mattipora Nanil has indulged in peddling of narcotic substances and has hoarded […]

Utilisation of public buildings rationalised at Anantnag

60 allotted to various deptts. ANANTNAG: In pursuance to the directives issued by Lieutenant Governor regarding rational utilisation and allocation of vacant public buildings, the district administration Anantnag has allotted sixty (60) vacant buildings to RDD, ICDS, Health, Revenue and other departments. An order to this effect was issued by the District Development Commissioner, Dr. […]

SMC demolishes several illegal structures across city

SMC demolishes several illegal structures across city

SRINAGAR: Srinagar Municipal Corporation Saturday demolished a massive structure at main road Sazgaripora. The structure according to the SMC statement was coming up illegally without permission. The Enforcement wing under the supervision of Chief Enforcement Officer Mudasir Banday took to the site and swung into actio with the assistance of police to demolish the said […]

Darul Khair distributes relief material among fire victims

Srinagar: Darul Khair Mirwaiz Manzil has expressed deep anguish over huge loss of property due to fire incident at Palapora, Guzarbal in Noorbagh area of Srinagar’s Shahr-e-Khaas in which around a dozen residential houses were gutted. It expressed heartfelt solidarity and sympathy with the affected families and stressed for their immediate rehabilitation. According to a […]

DLSA reaches out to families of under trials at B’pora

BANDIPORA: A team of District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Bandipora on Saturday visited families of several under trial persons belonging to marginalized and weaker sections of the society in the district. Secretary Legal Services Authority, Faiq Nazir said that the Para Legal Volunteers (PLVs) visited these families on the directions of Executive Chairman JK State […]

MD NHIDCL inspects progress of work on ongoing projects in Jammu region

JAMMU: Managing Director, National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways, Government of India, Keshav Kumar Pathak inspected progress of work on several projects in Jammu region during his 4-day visit to UT of J&K from July 28 to 31st July 2021. During this visit, the MD was accompanied […]

USBRL project: DC Ramban reviews progress, bottlenecks with Railway authorities

RAMBAN: Deputy Commissioner, Ramban, Mussarat Islam today conducted a virtual meeting with Railway authorities to resolve issues and review the pace of progress on the prestigious Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Line (USBRL) Project. Additional Deputy Commissioner, Harbans Lal, who is also the Collector, Land Acquisition (Railways); Dy. Chief Engineer Northern Railway, Hussain Khan; Chief General Manager IRCON, […]