Srinagar: Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir imposed restrictions in many areas here on Monday to prevent separatist-called protests. “Restrictions under section 144 CrPc have been imposed in Nowhatta, Khanyar, Rainawari, M.R.Gunj and Safa Kadal. While partial restrictions have also been imposed in Maisuma and Kralkhud,” the police said. Leaders of separatist conglomerate, Joint Resistance Leadership […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman Yasin Malik was arrested on Monday to prevent him from leading protests in Srinagar, said a spokesman. He said that a police party arrived at his Maisuma residence in Srinagar today morning and detained him. “Malik was detained and shifted to Central Jail Srinagar,” said the spokesman. […]
BUDGAM: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK), Sunday, held a free mega urology camp at Budgam as part of its Social Outreach Programme. The said camp was organised by Dr Muzaffer Ali, Senior Surgeon who is also District President DAK for Budgam and Dr Arshid Rashid. Large number of patients thronged in to camp for free screening […]
SRINAGAR:This time of the season when the uplands of Pampore on the outskirts of Srinagar, presents a breath-taking sight of fields full of purple coloured saffron flowers but Government’s failure to make irrigation facilities functional have rendered the fields deserted. With no traces of flower and harsh winter approaching fast, the saffron growers are expecting […]
SRINAGAR: In a bid to help state government’s 27 fully owned corporations in Jammu & Kashmir to rediscover their growth trajectories, finance ministry is holding a marathon meeting with all the Public Sector Undertaking and various other institutions on Monday. The meeting will be participated by the top management of all these entities excluding their administrative […]
SRINAGAR: The government has done a mockery of a major pilgrim tourism project which is being implemented around Dargah Hazratbal, Kashmir’s most revered shrine. The Rs 42 crore project has been fragmented into a series of small projects and their execution has been given to diverse players with the J&K Wakf Board literally lacking any say. […]
SRINAGAR: Point-man Daneshwar Sharma got a firsthand crash course in grounding realties as a group of youth including former militants, stone pelters, a few charge-sheeters and lot many victims of violence interacted with him. The interactions were in-camera and in absence of any government functionary at Pulwama. “It is a fact that I was part […]
SRINAGAR: In a bid to incentivise the Pandits who stayed back and did not migrate, the government has decided to recruit 250 Pandit youth this year. The process for the identification of the posts has already started, highly informed sources said. “Under the Prime Minister Development Programme (PMDP), there was a small section under which […]
Srinagar: The Centre’s decision to pay subsidy on LPG directly to the consumers may have drastically checked the illegal connections and helped in eliminating the menace of corruption indulged allegedly by the oil companies in the country but in Kashmir it has broken the back of the poor consumers in view of frequent increase in the […]
Baramulla: On February 24 this year, at around 2 AM, a devastating fire broke out in Uri town of north Kashmir, destroying more than 50 shops and godowns in one go. The fire, which started from a double-storey building, engulfed rest of the nearby shops and godowns in a jiffy. The fire could not […]