Srinagar: Following the deferment of strike by transporters in Jammu and Kashmir, the government on Thursday accepted their demand by raising passenger fare by 19 percent. The raise will be meant for all categories of commercial passenger vehicles including buses, cabs etc. According to an official spokesperson, the approval for hike was given in the […]
Former legislator seeks immediate relief Srinagar: At least eight houses have been gutted in a major fire incident on Thursday at Srinagar’s Nawabazar area of old city, causing huge damage to the residential structures According to the eyewitness, the fire had broken out from one of the houses of the area which in a just […]
SHOPIAN: After a leopard was spotted in a Meminder area of Shopian, a search and rescue operation has been started by wildlife department to track down the wild animal. This is for the second time in two months that a leopard was spotted in human habitation at Shopian. Mudasir Ahmad, the in-charge wildlife control room […]
Srinagar/jammu: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha has extended his heartiest greetings to people of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on the eve of Shab-i-Meraj. In his message of felicitations, the Lt Governor hoped that the auspicious occasion would spread the message of peace and promote the spirit of brotherhood, harmony, and amity among people […]
SRINAGAR: Mayor Srinagar Junaid Azim Mattu along with Commissioner SMC Athar Amir Khan on Thursday visited Hazratbal shrine to oversee the arrangements made for the devotees at the Dargah. They also visited various areas of the shrine and paid their obeisance there. Mattu took on the spot review of the arrangements put in place by […]
Pampore: Locals and Tehsil administration officials of Pampore on Thursday greeted pandits on Herath at their residences. The team was led by Naib Tehsildar Pampore Mohammad Ameen and Naib Tehsildar Khrew Bashir Ahmad. They visited a number of Pandit families in Pampore, Wuyan, Ladhoo and Khrew area. The team led by Naib Tehsildar Khrew also […]
Srinagar: A contingent of students from the University of Kashmir Thursday returned to the campus after their heritage tour to several parts of the country concluded. The 10-day tour, which was flagged off by Vice-Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad, was organised by the varsity’s Department of Students Welfare (DSW) under the flagship Shikshit Bharat initiative. Twenty-two […]
JAMMU: The Administrative Council (AC), under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, on Thursday approved to create additional 30 posts to the recently sanctioned 200 bedded Maternity Hospital at Gandhi Nagar, Jammu. The posts would make the pediatric wing of the hospital fully functional. The proposal was submitted by Health and Medical Education Department. […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Party President, Member of Parliament from Srinagar Dr Farooq Abdullah and Vice President Omar Abdullah on Monday expressed grief over the demise of wife of former bureaucrat Sheikh Muhammad Hussain of Saloora Ganderbal. In their condolence message the party president and vice president prayed for peace to the […]
Pampore: Jammu and Kashmir Eco Watch, a non government organisation, is likely going to hold a plantation drive at Saffron town Pampore area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on March 15. CEO of J and K Eco-Watch and an Environmental Lawyer Nadeem Qadri told Kashmir Reader that the drive was part of Go Green Pampore, […]