Sagar dismayed over prevailing power crisis in Kashmir

Sagar dismayed over prevailing power crisis in Kashmir

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar on Monday expressed dismay over the prevailing power crises in Kashmir, saying the longer, and unscheduled power cuts have disturbed the daily lives of people. Since October, ever since the J&K administration shut its offices in the summer capital of Srinagar to move […]

81 candidates in fray for phase-1 DDC polls in Shopian

81 candidates in fray for phase-1 DDC polls in Shopian

SHOPIAN: In Shopian for upcoming first phase of district development counsel (DDC) and Panchayat by-elections total 81 candidates are in fray as 10 of the nominees withdrew their candidature on Monday which was the last day of withdrawal of nomination forms. An official told Kashmir Reader that for the upcoming DDC and By elections for […]

Avalanche warning issued for four districts in Kashmir

Avalanche warning issued for four districts in Kashmir

Srinagar: Authorities in Kashmir issued an avalanche warning in four districts of the valley on Monday as the higher reaches of the union territory received moderate to heavy snowfall, while the plains were lashed by rains. The avalanche warning has been issued in Kupwara, Bandipora and Baramulla districts of north Kashmir, and Ganderbal district in […]

Training imparted to polling staff at Srinagar

SRINAGAR: In connection with forthcoming elections, a training session for polling staff was today organised by the District Administration Srinagar (DEO) at Womens` College MA Road and College of Education, Srinagar. During the training session 371 employees of different departments were imparted necessary polling related training in two sessions. First session started from 11 AM […]

Director SKIMS calls on LG

SRINAGAR: Director SKIMS, Prof. A.G Ahangar Monday called on Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha here at Raj Bhavan. The LG held a detailed discussion with the Director SKIMS and enquired about functioning of the Institution and healthcare facilities being provided to the patients. He also sought update regarding management of Covid-19 at SKIMS. On the occasion, […]

Literary function, Mushaira held at Bandipora

BANDIPORA:A literary function and Mushaira was held here at Bandipora on Sunday to felicitate Prof. Ismail Ashna for releasing a new anthology of English poems ‘The Unheard Songs’. The literary function was organised by ‘Coffee and Kalaam’- an organization of young writers and poets under two sessions. The function was attended by writers and poets […]

Step motherly treatment with regular employees: DAK

Extend Covid-19 incentives for regular health care workers Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today welcomed the decision of the Government to give 5% monthly incentives to NHM Employees during Covid pandemic but is equally aghast and annoyed over the step motherly treatment shown by Government of Jammu and Kashmir towards the regular employees of health […]

Rafique Rather elected EJAC president

Rafique Rather elected EJAC president

BARAMULLA: Senior trade union leader and chairman JK teachers forum Mohammad Rafique Rather a resident of north Kashmir’s Baramulla has been elected as president employees joint action committee (EJAC) which the elections held on Monday. In a statement to press, EJAC said that election committee nominated by EJAC held the election on 16th November 2020, […]

DC reviews functioning of Power sector in Bandipora

BANDIPORA: Deputy Commissioner Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmed Monday convened a meeting of officers to review the functioning of the Power Sector in the district. The officers informed the meeting about the power scenario in the district and the issues of overloading during peak hours. It was also informed that the recent outages were primarily due […]

Militants make two abortive bids at police in south Kashmir

Srinagar: Suspected militants hurled a grenade at the residence of a police officer adjacent to police station Shopian in south Kashmir on Monday evening but it failed to explode and was later defused, official sources said. They said that later a bomb disposal squad of police reached the spot and destroyed the device safely. Earlier, […]