PAMPORE: Three drug peddlers were arrested along with heroin by police in Pampore on Friday. According to police 11 grams of substance suspected to be heroin was recovered from their possession. The arrested have been identified as Tabish Rafiq son of Mohammad Rafiq Bhat, resident of Namblabal Pampore, Mudasir Ahmad son of Mohammad Ashraf Dar, […]
KUPWARA: District Development Commissioner (DDC), Kupwara, Imam Din today visited Hayhama area of Kupwara to inspect various ongoing developmental works. During the visit, the DDC inspected ongoing construction of 10 MVA Receiving Station Hayhama coming up at an approved cost of Rs.2.88 crore of which Rs.1.04 crore have been expended so far. The DDC stressed […]
SRINAGAR: Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid in collaboration with Mirwaiz Foundation, released the annual Calendar for Hijri 1442 and year 2021 at Jama Masjid Srinagar today . The calendar was released by Imam Hai and Vice President of Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid , Maulana Ahmad Sayed Naqashbandi as Anjuman’s president Mirwaiz Umar Farooq continues to be […]
JAMMU: In pursuance to the J&K High Court’s directions issued in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), a Committee of experts today visited Government Medical College Jammu and took stock of patient care facilities in the premier Hospital. The Committee constituted by HC is headed by Dr. Yogesh Chawla, retired Director PGIMER, Chandigarh and […]
Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Handicrafts Employees Union has expressed its sincere gratitude to the administration especially to Shri Manoj K. Diwedi, Commissioner/ Secretary, Industries and Commerce for enhancing the rate of stipend to the trainees in the training centres of Department of Handicrafts & Handloom. In a statement Senior Trade Union Leader, President Handicrafts Employees Union, […]
Srinagar: A three-day training programme on ‘Climate Change and Future Trends in Disaster Management’ concluded at the University of Kashmir on Friday. Registrar Dr Nisar Ahmad Mir was the chief guest at the valedictory session of the online programme, organised by the varsity’s Department of Geography and Disaster Management (DGDM) in collaboration with National Institute […]
Baramulla: President Municipal Council Baramulla Umer Azhar Kakroo along with nine other councillors in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district joined the Apni party headed by Sayed Altaf Bukhari in a function at Srinagar on Friday. Umer Kakroo who was recently ousted by some councillors during no confidence motion, retained it after getting reprieve from the court. […]
Washington: The Biden administration is going to remain committed to a strong bilateral relationship with India, the Pentagon has said, a day after US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke for the first time with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. The Secretary made it very clear that we’re going to remain committed to a strong US-India bilateral […]
WASHINGTON: Voicing outrage over the acquittal of those involved in the brutal murder of Daniel Pearl in 2002, the White House has asked Pakistan to expeditiously review its legal options, including allowing the US to prosecute al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and other suspects to secure justice for the American journalist’’s family. Pearl, the […]
New Delhi: The BJP on Friday lashed out at Opposition parties for boycotting President Ram Nath Kovind’s address to the joint sitting of Parliament, calling it “unfortunate” and noting that he as the constitutional head of the country is above political differences. BJP leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad singled out the Congress, the […]