New Delhi: The IMA expressed concern on Monday over governments and people being complacent and engaging in mass gatherings without following COVID-19 protocols, saying these events are potential super spreaders for a third wave of the pandemic. Stressing that tourist bonanza, pilgrimage travel, religious fervour are needed, but can wait for a few more months, […]
Only Srinagar-bound traffic from Jammu on highway today SRINAGAR: Rain fell across Kashmir valley on Monday, bringing down day as well as night temperatures and providing welcome relief from the sizzling heat of the last one week. Deputy Director of the Met centre in Srinagar, Mukhtar Ahmad, told Kashmir Reader that there is a chance […]
Srinagar: National Conference on Monday decried the dilly dallying tctics of the government for not allowing the party leaders to offer prayers and floral tributes at Mazar-e Shohada in Srinagar’s Khawaja Bazaar on martyrs day. The party spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar took strong exception to the move and said the party had sought permission from […]
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency has arrested three people from South Kashmir for allegedly being involved in a conspiracy of ISIS to radicalise and recruit impressionable youths in India to wage violent jihad against the State. The NIA spokesperson said on Monday that the three –Umar Nisar, Tanveer Ahmad Bhat and Rameez Ahmad Lone — […]
Jammu: Police has reactivated village defence committees (VDCs) to deal with the threat of militancy in Jammu’s Reasi district, officials said on Sunday. Though they are not professionally trained, they are highly committed towards self and community defence against militants, who are equipped with sophisticated weapons, they said. VDCs have proved a stone wall defence […]
SRINAGAR: There will be no sale of sacrificial animals at any unauthorised place in Kashmir this year, to prevent the spread of Covid-19 virus, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, PK Pole has directed in a recent meeting with various arms of the administration. “Sale and purchase of the animals shall be done strictly as per COVID-19 guidelines,” […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to revoke the recent dismissal of 11 employees or give them a “fair chance” to challenge the charges levelled against them. The administration has sacked the 11 employees, including sons of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, officials said on […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Monday directed Superintending Engineer PHE to be personally present before the court to explain why the stagnated water from the residential areas of Badamibagh Cantonment area in Sonwar has not been drained out. The court referred to an order dated 3 April, 2015 wherein respondents were directed to take […]
BARAMULLA: Two boys lost their lives while taking bath in nearby ponds in Lolab area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday. Official sources said that a group of boys were taking bath in a pond in Divar area of Lolab Kupwara in which a 10-year-old Yawar Ahmad Ganai son of Manzoor Ahmad Ganai drowned. […]
BARAMULLA: A daily-wager in the power development department (PDD) received a serious electric shock while repairing a high tension (HT) line in Kralweth village of Tangmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday afternoon. Nazir Ahmad Ganie of Malpoora village of Kunzer Tangmarg was repairing a HT line when suddenly he received an electric shock […]