21 families moved after landslides, shooting stones damage property in Uri village

BARAMULLA: At least 21 families have been shifted to nearby safer places on Wednesday in Zamborpatan village of town Uri in Baramulla district, after shooting stones from nearby mountains and landslides hit the village. Official sources said that they received information from the said village that shooting stones and landslides from nearby mountains hit the […]

Doctor couple injured in road accident in Baramulla

BARAMULLA: A doctor along with his wife got injured in a road accident in Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday afternoon. Officials in the police said that two light motor vehicles a Baleno car bearing registration number JK09C-0652 and a Swift bearing registration number JK01AN-9964 collide with each other near Krepalpora area […]

Rs 313 cr for 76 municipalities to boost infrastructure in 3 years : Principal Secretary H&UDD

Reviews development scenario of Budgam BUDGAM: Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department (H&UDD), Dheeraj Gupta, who is also In-charge Administrative Secretary for District Budgam, Wednesday visited Budgam to review the status of different development projects being executed in the district under different state and centrally sponsored schemes like Capex, languishing, B2V and District Development […]

Man fakes suicide at Hajin, found hiding in mosque

Hajin: An attempted sucide by a 32 year old man from Hajan area of North district Bandipora, after reportedly jumping in river Jhelum on Wednesday, turned out to be fake, as he was spotted hiding in a bathroom of a local mosque. A police official confirmed to Kashmir Reader that the man was traced and […]

Bandipora-Gurez road officially opens for two-way vehicular traffic

BANDIPORA: The Bandipora-Gurez road, which remains closed during winters due to intense snowfall, was officially thrown open for two way traffic on Wednesday. The road opening ceremony was held at the Razdan pass- 11500 feet high wherein Deputy Commissioner Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad flagged off the traffic declaring officially the road open for two-way traffic. […]

Police arrests 4 gamblers, stake money seized

SRINAGAR: Police in Ganderbal have arrested four gamblers from a gambling site and seized ?14,670 /- stake money. A police party from Police Post Shadipora under the supervision of DySP Hqrs Ganderbal raided a gambling site at Langi Bagh Wakura following an input about gambling activities and apprehended four gamblers. They have been identified as […]

Anjuman Nusrat-ul-Islam pays tribute to former chairman Shaheed-e-Millat Mirwaiz Farooq

Srinagar: Anjuman Nusrat-ul-Islam while remembering its former chairman Shaheed-e-Millat Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Farooq on his 31st martyrdom anniversary paid glowing tribute to him for his selfless and invaluable contribution towards the institution saying the late Mirwaiz’s vision of taking forward the educational mission of Anjuman was praiseworthy. While hailing the Shaheed-e-Millat for undertaking educational and […]

Second wave highly contagious, transmitting at a faster pace: Dr Hardeep Singh

Timely isolation, treatment key to defeat Covid SOPs, vaccination only solution to save people from third wave of Covid-19 SRINAGAR: Dr Hardeep Singh, Professor of Medicine, Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar Wednesday said that the second wave of Covid-19 is highly contagious and transmits from infected person to others at a fast pace. While making […]

Voluntary Medicare Society at forefront of relief work during pandemic

Srinagar: Voluntary Medicare Society, a leading NGO in healthcare, rehabilitation of persons with disabilities or PwDs and education of special children, is once again in the forefront of fight against Covid pandemic. In a statement by the society, it said that it is acting in tandem with Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) and Ehsaas trust international, […]

Covid-positive mother can feed baby with precaution

‘Families need to adopt covid appropriate behaviour to save children’ JAMMU: Dr Sachit Sharma, Senior Resident Pediatric Doctor at Shri Maharaja Gulab Singh(SMGS) Hospital today said that Covid-positive mother can feed her milk to baby, by taking certain precautions. Dr Sachit said that if a lactating mother is Covid-positive, she can feed her milk to […]