Two bridges on Pampore outskirts left unfinished due to ‘political meddling’, ‘lack of funds’

Two bridges on Pampore outskirts left unfinished due to ‘political meddling’, ‘lack of funds’

Anantnag: Work on at least two bridges, one of them a footbridge and the other a 140-meter road traffic bridge, has been on halt for more than two years now, here on the outskirts of Pampore town in south Kashmir. The road bridge was being constructed in Sempora area, at an estimated cost of Rs […]

Construction of over 7,700 bunkers completed along LoC, IB in Jammu

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government has completed the construction of 7,777 bunkers along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International border (IB) in five districts of Jammu region, officials said on Tuesday. This was conveyed to Divisional Commissioner of Jammu Sanjeev Verma during a meeting with deputy commissioners of border districts held via […]

4 IPS officers promoted as ADGPs

4 IPS officers promoted as ADGPs

Srinagar: The government ordered promotion of four J&K cadre IPS officers as Additional Director Generals of Police (ADGPs) and granted time scale to two other IPS officers According to an official order, Dr SD Singh, Satish Khandare, Rajesh Kumar and T Namgyal have been promoted as ADGPs with effect from 01.01.2020. Also, the government promoted […]

Court imposes Rs 4 lakh fine for sale of substandard drugs

Court imposes Rs 4 lakh fine for sale of substandard drugs

SRINAGAR: The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Anantnag has convicted the accused responsible for manufacturing a drug of substandard quality (Hexwin MouthWash) Mfg. by Dr. Edwin Lab, and has imposed a fine of Rs. 400000(Rs 80,000 per accused) followed by a strict warning for future. The accused were booked by the Court of CJM-Anantnag […]

Unattended garbage cause inconvenience to Bla locals

Unattended garbage cause inconvenience to Bla locals

BARAMULLA: Heaps of stinking garbage at many places in Old town Baramulla has become a major cause of inconvenience to the people who want immediate removal of this piled mess. Local people of several areas of Old town said that heaps of stinking garbage caused grave inconvenience to the local people and other pedestrians. They […]

Dir Information releases ‘The Butterfly of Paradise’ authored by DPS student

Dir Information releases ‘The Butterfly of Paradise’ authored by DPS student

Says book is inspiring and encouraging SRINAGAR: Delhi Public School, Athwajan, Srinagar today organized a function here to launch a Novel ‘The Butterfly of Paradise’ authored by debutant Sadiah Nisar Shah, a 10th class Student of the school, published by Freshcode Publishing Book house, Kashmir. The book was released by Director Information, Dr Sehrish Asgar, […]

End exploitation of daily wagers: Apni Party

End exploitation of daily wagers: Apni Party

Don’t delay their regularization: Mir SRINAGAR: Apni Party senior vice president Ghulam Hassan Mir on Tuesday reiterated Party’s demand for regularization of daily rated workers of Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement issued here, Mir expressed deep concern over the delay in permanent absorption of daily rated, need-based, consolidated, contingency paid, HDF and NYC workers […]

KU moves to establish Academy of Kashmiri Language

Prof Talat inaugurates 2-day national seminar on literary criticism Srinagar:The University of Kashmir will soon establish an Academy of Kashmiri Language to boost the promotion of Kashmiri language and literature in line with the recommendations of the New Education Policy-2020, Vice-Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad said on Tuesday. Addressing as chief guest the inaugural session of […]

IUST to offer B.Arch from academic session 2020-21

SRINAGAR: To take another step towards academic expansion by introduction of various demand driver programmes, Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) all set to offer 05 Year full time Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) programme from the Academic Session 2020-21. Department of Architecture has already been instituted at IUST which envisions to achieve the highest […]

Elderly man dies after scuffle over ‘disputed’ land in Shopian

SHOPIAN: An elderly man apparently died due to cardiac arrest when a scuffle broke out over a dispute of land at Padderpora Village of district Shopian. The deceased was identified as Abdul Salam Thoker aged about 65. Locals said that the incident took place after the revenue and other block level officials visited the village […]