Say will resign if implemented
BARAMULLA: The panchayat and municipal members from Uri have slammed the proposed move by government to declare Uri a reserved constituency for Schedule Tribe (ST) community, saying that they will resign from their posts if this is approved by the authorities. The move, according to members, “will have far reaching consequences in the whole electoral […]
SRINAGAR: Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Srinagar, Haseeb Mughal on Saturday said that a gang of four youth were busted who were masquerading as militants on highways and looting non-state truckers by showing toy pistols and dummy guns to them. “Three persons have been arrested while as fourth one is still on the run,” he […]
SRINAGAR: Mobile internet facility was resumed in Ladakh’s Kargil district on Friday but there is no word on when internet services will be restored in Kashmir, where the blackout has completed 145 days after the government of India abrogated Article 370. In Kargil, mobile internet services were restored in view of complete normalcy returning to […]
SRINAGAR: Former deputy mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation Sheikh Imran was on Friday arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in a case pertaining to alleged misappropriation of crores of rupees from the Jammu and Kashmir Bank, officials said. Imran, who was removed as deputy mayor of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) after a no-confidence motion […]
SRINAGAR: Unabated cold wave continued in Kashmir as temperatures dipped further on Friday with Srinagar resulting in freezing of water taps. Srinagar recorded season’s lowest minimum temperatures at minus 5.6 degrees Celsius. “It was the season’s coldest night so far,” said Meteorological department deputy director Mukhtar Ahmad. According to him, coldest ever night in Srinagar […]
JAMMU: Heavy traffic jams were witnessed on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway at Nagotra toll post on Friday as authorities did not allow fresh Kashmir-bound traffic due to bad weather, triggering protests by drivers. “Everybody is informed that the highway is closed. No vehicle in any circumstances will be allowed to move towards Kashmir”, a policeman […]
SRINAGAR: Amid freezing temperatures in the Valley, Cluster University Srinagar (CUS) has failed to put in place appropriate heating arrangements for students appearing in their semester-end examinations. The varsity charged Rs 1600 including “hot and cold charges” from each students before examinations. But the large-scale complaints about lack of proper heating in examination halls have […]
SRINAGAR: Encroachment demolition squad of Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) is helplessly looking at illegal constructions coming up in Dal Lake and adjoining areas after the officer heading the squad was transferred. According to officials, illegal constructions are rampantly coming up at several places in the interiors of the lake for last two weeks […]
KULGAM: Sixteen years after it was sanctioned and more than 12 years after the work began on it, the Sub-District Hospital in Qaimoh area of Kulgam remains awaits completion. The 50-bed hospital was sanctioned as an up-gradation to the existing Primary Health Centre (PHC) by the then government in 2003. An estimated Rs 19 crore […]
SRINAGAR: Regal chowk auto stand drivers have expressed anguish over fine imposed by the traffic department in the saftermath of High Court directions banning roadside parking in Srinagar city. The drivers said that there auto stand is registeredwith Srinagar Municipal Corporation and regional Transport office Srinagar. “Traffic department is imposing fine against the violators who […]