Srinagar: The government of J&K has admitted that illegal constructions in Kashmir Valley have come up due to carelessness and negligence of the field staff entrusted with checking and preventing the same. In a circular issued by the Housing and Urban Development Department (HUDD), it is said that it has been brought to the notice […]
Srinagar: “The unexplained delay between the prejudicial activities (necessitating detention) and in passing of the detention order renders it illegal,” the J&K High Court held on Saturday while quashing a Public Safety Act (PSA) detention order against Ashiq Ahmad Rather of Pulwama. Advocate Wajid Haseeb representing the detenue submitted before court that the detenue had […]
One patient from Srinagar loses life Srinagar: A resident of Srinagar who was infected with Covid-19 died while 271 new positive cases were reported in J&K in the 24 hours up to Saturday evening. The official Covid bulletin said that the fresh cases include 196 from Kashmir and 75 from Jammu division. It said that […]
Shopian: The superior quality of the Kashmiri apple has trumped competition from the ‘illegally imported’ Iranian apple, even though it has brought down rates by 20 to 30 percent in Delhi’s markets this year. According to traders who operate from cold storages based in Lasipora industrial area, a box of apple is being sold at […]
Jammu: The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils (LAHDCs) for Leh and Kargil districts have failed to submit accounts for audit since their inception, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India said, terming it a serious financial irregularity . The audit reports of eight other autonomous bodies in Jammu and Kashmir, including both wings of Sher-e-Kashmir […]
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan today chaired a meeting of officers and took review of the status of Bio-digesters in Houseboats in Dal Lake, at SKICC, Srinagar. The meeting was attended by Secretary Tourism, Sarmad Hafeez; Director Tourism, G N Itto; J&K Bank officers, Representatives of Houseboat and Shikara Associations. VC, LAWDA […]
Awantipora: Senior Superintendent of Police Awantipora Mohammad Yousuf (JKPS) held an introductory meeting with the media fraternity of Police District Awantipora on Saturday. The meeting was held in the office chamber of SSP Awantipora in which SDPO Awantipora and media persons associated with different print and electronic media participated. In the meeting, a threadbare discussion […]
Awantipora: A number of delegations from the Pampore area of South Kashmir called on Deputy Commissioner Pulwama Baseer-Ul-Haq Choudhary at his office Pulwama on Saturday. The delegations included members from Gujjar and Bakerwal Conference , Saffron Growers Associationand members of stone quarry association. The delegations congratulated him for assuming charge as Deputy Commissioner Pulwama. The […]
Awantipora: Tehsildar Pampore Ishtiyaq Mohi-ud-Din (KAS) on Saturday held a meeting with butchers here at Tehsil office. He asked butchers of the town for selling meat at already fixed rates and for installing digital balances at their shops within five days. ” So far we have received no complaints. Still, we warned meat sellers for […]
Srinagar: The J&K State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC), Srinagar, and the J&K State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) in collaboration with a local NGO organised a one-day Community Disaster Preparedness Awareness programme at Haji Safdar Complex, Yusufabad Bemina, on Saturday in which more than 60 volunteers from the community participated. The volunteers were imparted training in […]