NEW DELHI: A clean environment is a basic right of citizens and the plea of non-availability of funds cannot be an excuse for not ensuring it, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has said while rapping the Uttarakhand government over waste disposal dump yards illegally set up on the bank of the Khoh river in Kotdwar. […]
Anantnag: Two militants affiliated with Jaish-e-Muhammad were killed in an overnight gunfight by government forces on Thursday morning here in Kandipora village on the outskirts of Bijbehara town in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The slain militants were identified as Adil Ahmad Bhat, resident of Shithpora Bijbehara and Zahid Ahmad Rather of Sirhama Anantnag. Before the […]
Srinagar: A CRPF soldier allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday morning, officials said. Constable Amar Jyoti shot himself at a hotel in Humhama area of the district and died on the spot, the officials said. —PTI Guest
Fresh western disturbances expected to hit Valley by weekend: MeT Srinagar: Upper reaches received fresh snow while rains lashed plains in Kashmir on Thursday bringing down mercury in the region. The meteorological centre (Met) had predicted widespread rains over the plains and snowfall over the upper reaches of Kashmir valley on Thursday and Friday. It […]
Jammu: The Administrative Council in Jammu and Kashmir has approved the adoption of e-office system in all departments of the Civil Secretariat, an official spokesman said on Thursday. The time-bound roll out of e-office in government departments at an estimated cost of Rs 67.62 crore will be a step towards the introduction of paperless office, […]
Family demands access to official inquiry report Srinagar: The J&K High Court has issued notice to the government and police authorities seeking their response on a plea filed by the family of Irfan Ahmad Dar, who was allegedly killed in police custody on the interviewing night of September 15 and 16 last year in Sopore. […]
Srinagar businessman seeks unconditional apology, withdrawal of video within three days Srinagar: A legal notice was served upon administrators of 93.5 Red FM station and its Srinagar-based radio jockey Rayees Mohiuddin seeking unconditional apology and withdrawal of prank video within three days in which he was seen mocking a differently-abled person. Mohammad Afaaq Sayeed, a […]
Srinagar: Social welfare department (SWD) has taken note of complaints against Srinagar-based radio jockey (RJ) of Red FM Rayees Mohiuddin, who mocked a specially-abled person in a prank video in his radio show. District Social Welfare Officer Ashraf Akhoon told Kashmir Reader that they have taken the issue with concerned authority under Rights of person […]
Shopian: In absence of enough laboratories for quality check of pesticides in Kashmir, while the two laboratories announced by the government last year are nowhere in sight, fruit growers are sceptical of the recent initiatives taken by the government to curb the sale of spurious pesticides in the region. Several fruit growers here in Shopian […]
Srinagar: A resident of Srinagar died of Covid on Thursday while 75 new positive cases were reported in Jammu and Kashmir. The official Covid bulletin said the fresh cases include 65 from Kashmir and 10 from Jammu division. It also said that 77 patients recovered and were discharged from various hospitals in the last 24 […]