PAMPORE: Member Parliament for Anantnag parliamentary Constituency, Justice (retired) Hasnain Masoodi, has appealed Lieutenant governor administration to review the decision of banning of quarrying in Letpora and adjoining areas. He told Kashmir Reader that district administration Pulwama banned the quarrying in Letpora and adjoining areas without any justification. “The ban has disempowered the villagers and […]
Srinagar: Lieutenant General B S Raju is all set to take over the charge of General officer Commander (GoC) of Srinagar based army’s 15 Corps headquarters thereby relieving incumbent GoC Lieutenant General KJS Dhillon. “Yes, Lt Gen BS Raju will take over as GoC 15 Corps on March 1,” sources in the army told KNO. […]
SRINAGAR: The J&K High Court directed Government authorities to file response to the contentions raised in a public interest litigation moved against malpractices in vogue in the Revenue Department. The plea seeks entire details of mutation in the patwari halqas of J&K UT besides a stringent action against those pathwaries who have carved out a […]
MCC imposed with announcement of 8-phase schedule
Jammu: By-election to over 12,500 panchayat seats in Jammu and Kashmir would be held in eight phases from March 5, Chief Electoral Officer Shailender Kumar said on Thursday. Polling would be held from March 5 to March 20 and ballots would be used for casting votes, he said. The Model Code of Conduct has come […]
SRINAGAR: A senior religious leader and former militant commander was murdered in a mosque in Srinagar’s commercial hub on Thursday. The slain Abdul Gani Dar, Jamiat Ahlehadees Budgam president, was killed by unknown person on Thursday inside a mosque at Gaw Kadal area of Maisuma in Srinagar. Dar’s associates said that he was murdered after […]
New Delhi: A petition filed by Sara Abdullah Pilot, challenging the detention of her brother and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah under the Public Safety Act, will be heard on Friday before a new bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Arun Mishra. The plea has been listed for Friday before the new 2-judge […]
New Delhi: A plea challenging Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, under which several political leaders and activists have been detained since the abrogation of Article 370, was filed on Thursday. The petition filed by Bhim Singh, Chief Patron of J&K National Panthers Party and Executive Chairman of State Legal Aid Committee, termed the Act […]
New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said statements like ‘goli maro’ and ‘Indo-Pak match’ should not have been made by BJP leaders while campaigning for the Delhi Assembly elections and that such remarks may have cost the party dearly. He, however, said the BJP does not fight elections just for victory or defeat […]
Shopian: After close to two decades of research, Kashmir’s indigenous apple variety, ‘Ambri’, which vanished from orchards long ago, is going to be produced again in the Valley. The once popular apple variety was exported to multiple markets in the world. But it gradually vanished as its production dwindled in the region due to multiple […]
1500 kanals of farmland covered with silt due to a faulty tube-well
Anantnag: Despite crores being already spent on multiple water supply initiatives, several villages in South Kashmir’ s Anantnag remain completely devoid of potable drinking water. Besides, a faulty tube well covers more than 1500 kanals of paddy land with a thick coat of silt, rendering it unsuitable for cultivation at least in the near future. […]