SHOPIAN: New type primary health centre (NTPHC) at Imamsahib village in south Kashmir’s Shopian – which was started thirty-five years ago – is incomplete“due to unknown reasons”. Locals said that the centre was sanctioned in 1982. “But due to lackadaisical attitude of authorities, the building of centre was never completed. Even once health minister visited […]
SRINAGAR: A 65-year-old detainee, a member of the Jamaat-I-Islamia, booked under the stringent Public Safety Act and sent outside Jammu and Kashmir has died in a jail at Allahabad, officials said on Sunday. Ghulam Mohammed Bhat, a resident of Kulangam in frontier district of Handwara in north Kashmir, was among hundreds of people detained under […]
SRINAGAR: A militant associate was arrested here linked to active outfit JeM operating in Tral area, police said on Sunday. “He has been identified as Rasiq Maqbool Sheikh resident of PastoonaTral,” the statement said. It added, “Incriminating materials have been recovered from his possession. All the recovered incriminating material has been taken into records for […]
Nearly 5 lakh tourists visit valley this year
SRINAGAR: Kashmir valley received lowest arrival of tourists this year compared to previous season, according to official data of tourism department. In 2019, which saw adverse tourist advisory by the government in run up to the abrogation of Article 370 in August, saw nearly 5 lakh (4, 92630) arrivals. This includes both domestic and foreign […]
Jammu: At least two Pakistani soldiers were reported to have been killed on Saturday in an exchange of fire with the Indian Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Akhnoor village of Jammu, defence sources said. They said the Pakistani troops violated ceasefire and fired on forward posts in Pallanwalla area of Akhnoor which […]
BARAMULLA: The locals of Kreeri in north Kashmir’s Baramaulla have alleged that community health centre in their vicinity lacks basic facility such as manpower, medicines and syringes. They said that x-ray machine installed at the centre develops snags frequently forcing patients to carry out tests at private clinics. According to the patients, a lone children […]
SHOPIAN: Police here have arrested six thieves and recovered nine bikes from their procession. A police officer said that after many complaints received by the police station Shopian, a team was constituted headed by Station House officer (SHO) Shopian Mudasir Ahmad. He said that investigation was started – which led to the arrest of six […]
BANDIPORA: The civil secretariat in north Kashmir’s Bandipora has constantly been criticised due to lack of facilities for disabled people – which according to locals is disheartening. Despite utilising corers of rupees in developing three separate structures “the buildings department seems to have forgotten the rule book as this place of pubic dealing”, locals here […]
Srinagar: Police has attached property of a drug peddler in Kupwara on Friday for cross-border smuggling of drugs. A police spokesperson in a handout said that police obtained the orders for attaching both movable and immovable property of Mohammad Saleem son of Alif-ud-Din Sheikh of Amrohi, Karnah from High Court. The property includes a residential […]
SRINAGAR: High Court Judge, Justice Ali Muhammad Magray Thursday asked the judicial officers to take up the 10 to 15-year-old cases on weekly basis for expediting their disposal. He said this during a meeting of judicial officers to review the status of old cases in different courts of Kashmir division. The meeting was attended by […]