BARAMULLA: Police on Tuesday night seized illicit timber in Boniyar area of Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Official sources in the police department said that a team of police station Boniyar, Uri headed by Station House Officer (SHO) Tariq Ahmad raided Bachi village of Boniyar, and seized 40 logs of illicit timber which was […]
BARAMULLA: Around 49 employees of different departments were suspended after they were found absent from their duties in Boniyar and Uri Tehsil s of Baramulla district on Wednesday. Official sources said that after received several complaints from public, Sub Divisional Magistrate Uri Riyaz Ahmad Malik visited offices of different departments in Boniyar and Uri Tehsil […]
ANANTNAG: Sluggish pace and poor quality of work on the vital Dialgam-Laalan road, here in Anantnag district, has been causing severe inconvenience to the general public. Dozens of villages are dependent on this road for connectivity and travel. The widening and black topping of the 5-kilometer road is being carried out under the Pradhan Mantri […]
PAMPORE: Illegal sand miners have turned compound of government primary school at Bujibagh village of Pampore area into dumping site for sand, which isaffecting functioning of institution. School staff and students told Kashmir Reader that sand diggers have been dumping sand illegally extracted from Jheluminto premises of the institution. “Sand in the compound has blocked […]
TRAL: Residents of Doodhmarg Gujjar Basti Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama on Tuesday locked down government high School here decrying deficiency of staff in the school. The residents locked the school and staged peaceful protest infront of school building and said that authorities were making mockery of the underprivileged class living in the far flung […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to refer petitions challenging the scrapping of Article 370 to a larger bench. The current 5-judge Supreme Court constitution bench, headed by Justice NV Ramana, will continue to hear the cases related to Article 370. The People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) and the Jammu and Kashmir […]
SC to hear on March 5 Sara Abullah Pilot’s plea
NEW DELHI: The Jammu and Kashmir administration informed the Supreme Court on Monday that National Conference leader Omar Abdullah has been detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) considering his “past conduct” and possibility of such conduct being repeated on his release, which may “prejudice the public order”. Terming Abdullah as “a very vocal critic” […]
Jammu: A house was partially damaged on Monday after the Pakistan Army fired and shelled forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. The firing and mortar shelling in Mendhar sector started in the early hours of Monday, prompting strong and effective retaliation by the […]
PAMPORE: Much to the dismay of general public and sports enthusiasts, Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council has been carrying out only superficial maintenance of the Pampore Sports Stadium here in Pulwama districtdespite funds being at disposal. The funds for the up-gradation and maintenance of the Sports Stadium were released after much ado. The stadium has […]
ANANTNAG: Kammad Government High School, one of the oldest, has been left out of upgradation process by the government, which has dejected students, faculty and locals. The locals, teachers and students told Kashmir Reader that the school should have been the first to be considered for upgradation into Higher Secondary. “This institution was established as […]