KWJA condemns summons to journo

KWJA condemns summons to journo

Srinagar: Kashmir Working Journalists Association (KWJA) condemned the continued harassment and intimidation of journalists in Kashmir. In the latest instance, Srinagar-based journalist and editor of weekly The Kashmir Walla, Fahad Shah, was summoned by Police to explain its reportage of the recent gunfight in the city in which some 15 houses were damaged and residents […]

HC asks govt to respond on Gowhar Geelani’s plea to quash FIR

HC asks govt to respond on Gowhar Geelani’s plea to quash FIR

Srinagar: The J&K High Court has issued notice and directed the government to file objections after a fresh plea was filed by journalist and author Gowhar Geelani against the transfer and investigation of his case to Sadder police station. Geelani while filing the fresh plea through his counsel Salih Pirzada questioned the order dated April […]

GoI, state govts owe huge dues of advertisement money to media industry, INS tells SC

GoI, state govts owe huge dues of advertisement money to media industry, INS tells SC

New Delhi: The Government of India (GoI) and state governments’ advertising arms owe between Rs 1,500 crore and Rs 1,800 crore to various media houses going by industry estimates, the Indian Newspaper Society(INS) has told the Supreme Court, and expressed fears that there is little prospect of recovering the arrears any time soon. The INS […]

Govt appoints B R Sharma as PSC Chairman

Govt appoints B R Sharma as PSC Chairman

JAMMU: The government on Thursday appointed former IAS Officer B R Sharma as Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission. An order issued said, Lieutenant Governor GC Murmu has appointed Sharma as PSC Chairman Public Service Commission till he attains the age of sixty two years. LG has made the appointment in exercise of powers […]

Shops on wheels become saviours in Covid lockdown

Shops on wheels become saviours in Covid lockdown

Shopian: Thanks to small load carrier vehicles and auto rickshaws, people in rural areas here have not faced scarcity of essential commodities in the two months since the Covid19 lockdown was announced in late March. Transformed into shops on wheels, small load carriers made available vegetables, fruit, rice and other essential commodities at the doorsteps […]

Three freshly recruited militants arrested in Kupwara

Three freshly recruited militants arrested in Kupwara

Kupwara: Police on Thursday said that three youth who recently joined militant ranks in Kupwara were arrested along with arms and ammunition. Police said that a cordon and search operation (CASO) was launched Wednesday night in forested area of Gungbugh of Lolab in Kupwara. The militants hidden in the area started firing on the search […]

Bakery destroyed in Watergam Baramulla after two men tested positive for Covid 19

Bakery destroyed in Watergam Baramulla after two men tested positive for Covid 19

Baramulla: The bakery items worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed by the administration in Watergam area of Rafiabad in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday after two persons of two bakeries tested positive for Coronavirus on Wednesday evening. Locals said that large number of police men along with members of municipal committee Watergam and health […]

Div Com reviews preventive measures taken in Non-Covid hospitals in Kashmir

Calls for strengthening Covid Management Centres in Anantnag

Div Com reviews preventive measures taken in Non-Covid hospitals in Kashmir

Calls for strengthening Covid Management Centres in Anantnag SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, P.K Pole Thursday convened a meeting to review the protocol to be followed by the healthcare staff working in Non Covid Hospitals in Kashmir in wake of Union Health advisory. The meeting was attended by the Medical Superintendents of SMHS, L.D, SKIMS, […]

JKYF Baramulla spents over 27 lakh among 1297 deserving families

JKYF Baramulla spents over 27 lakh among 1297 deserving families

Srinagar: Under the on going humanitarian assistance programme carried out throughout Kashmir and Chinab valleys J&K Yateem Foundation Baramulla provided cash and kind assistance to COVID-19 lockdown affected families to mitigate their hardships , on 20-05-2020. An amount of467500 was disbursed among 277 widow headed ,poor and destitute families in different parts of district on […]

LG, Advisors extend Jumat-ul-Vida greetings

LG, Advisors extend Jumat-ul-Vida greetings

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu has conveyed his warm greetings to the people on the occasion of Jumat-ul-Vida. The Lt Governor observed that Jumat-ul-Vida has a great spiritual significance and is an auspicious occasion to offer special prayers and seek the blessings of Almighty. He hoped that this occasion would be a harbinger of […]