CASO in 2 more Shopian villages, no militant found

Shopian: A day after laying cordon around several Shopian villages, government forces on Tuesday carried out cordon and search operation (CASO) in two more villages in the south Kashmir district. However, both the military operations were called off with no trace of militants found in either of the villages. Locals from Pahnoo village said that […]

LMD imposes Rs 20k fine on manufacturer for selling underweight oxygen cylinders to Hospitals

LMD imposes Rs 20k fine on manufacturer for selling underweight oxygen cylinders to Hospitals

SRINAGAR: The Legal Metrology Department (LMD) Srinagar Tuesday booked medical Oxygen cylinder plant units and imposed a fine of Rs. 20, 000 on them for selling underweight cylinders to the hospitals. The action was action after several hospitals lodged complaints alleging that the Medical Oxygen Cylinders supplied to the Hospitals are underweight due to which […]

Justice Magrey chairs seminar organised by DLSA in Budgam

Justice Magrey chairs seminar organised by DLSA in Budgam

BUDGAM: Judge of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir, Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey, who is also Executive Chairman of J&K Legal Services Authority J&KLSA) today chaired a seminar organized by District Legal Services Authority, Budgam. The event, held to raise awareness on management of mental health and stress in the times of COVID-19 pandemic, was […]

Leopard caught by wildlife experts in Pampore area, tracking of more being carried

Leopard caught by wildlife experts in Pampore area, tracking of more being carried

Pampore: The Jammu and Kashmir wildlife department on Tuesday caught a leopard from Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The leopard, according to locals, was roaming in the area for many days and had created fear among residents. Wildlife officials told Kashmir Reader that a male leopard was captured alive by a team of […]

LAWDA convenes 114th meeting of BPA

LAWDA convenes 114th meeting of BPA

50 Cases decided on merit SRINAGAR: The J&K Lakes & Waterways Development Authority today convened 114th meeting of the Building Permission Authority under the Chairmanship of the Vice Chairman, J&K-LDA at Miskeen Bagh, here. The meeting was convened under Control of Building Operations Act, 1988 through Building permission Authority, J&K LDA. The agenda for the […]

Two leopard cubs caught in Beerwah Budgam

SRINAGAR: The Wildlife Department has rescued two leopard cubs during the nighttime of Monday at Poonch – Gund village of the Beerwah Tehsil in Central Kashmiris Budgam district. Bashir Ahmad Bhat, Block officer from the wildlife control Chadoora told the Kashmir Reader that two leopard cubs have been rescued from the Poonch- Gund village during […]

Admin routes illegal earth filling in Pampore wetlands for developmental works

Pampore: The Tehsil Administration Pampore has found a novel way to discourage earth filling of wetlands around the town and land conversion of padday with such material now dispatched to government works going on in the area. Tehsildar Pampore Ishtiyaq Mohi-ud-Din while talking to Kashmir Reader said that in the areas surrounding Pampore like Meej […]

KU selected to participate in GoI’s flagship GATI programme

Srinagar: The University of Kashmir has been selected as one of the pilot institutions for participation in the Government of India’s prestigious pilot project named Gender Advancement for Transforming Institutions (GATI). GATI is a Department of Science and Technology’s programme to promote gender equity in science and technology and is being undertaken in partnership with […]

Special DG Crime JK AK Chaudhary reviews the functioning of Crime Branch Kashmir

Srinagar: Special DG Crime J&K AK Chaudhary IPS reviews the functioning of Crime Branch Kashmir (CBK) He visited the premises of CBK and chaired a meeting to review the functioning of CBK. The meeting was attended by SSP CBK Imtiaz Ismail IPS, ASP CBK Naveed Peerzada and other officers of CBK.The Special DG was briefed […]

Dr. Kanchan Negi delivers online lecture to CUK students

Ganderbal: School of Social Sciences in collaboration with Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of the Central University of Kashmir (CUK), organised a special extension online lecture by trainer and educationist, Dr. Kanchan Negi on “Dealing with Stress, Enhancing Personality and Life Skills Management” here on Tuesday. Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mehraj ud Din Mir, Registrar, Prof. M […]