Da’wah campaign organized by Islamic Fraternity at Pahalgam concludes

Pahalgam: Islamic Fraternity (IF), an organization working in the field of Da’wah, education and social welfare, wrapped-up its Ten days Da’wah program in Pehalgam on Tuesday. A tent and Dawah tables was erected by the organization inside Pahalgam where dozens of volunteers distributed Islamic literature particularly the Holy Qur’an in various languages, for the purpose […]

LG inaugurates Government Ayurvedic Medical College, Akhnoor

Jammu: Augmenting the preventive and curative health care facilities for the people of J&K, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today inaugurated Government Ayurvedic Medical College, Akhnoor and dedicated it to the public. “With the new state-of-the-art Ayurveda facility, we have achieved a new milestone in the healthcare sector of Jammu and Kashmir”, the Lt Governor observed. […]

Driver arrested with smuggled timber in Pulwama

PULWAMA: The Forest department on Tuesday evening seized a vehicle along with illegal timber in Drabgam area of Pulwama during the intervening night of Tuesday.The arrested driver was identified as Javid Ahmad Rather son of Mohammad Sultan, resident of Budgam. “The driver was taken in custody and further investigation is going on and an FIR […]

DC B’la for efforts to completely eliminate Plastic pollution: Kumar directs Officers

BARAMULLA:With an aim to review the implementation of directions issued by National Green Tribunal (NGT) with respect to environmental conservation, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Baramulla, Bhupinder Kumar today chaired a meeting of concerned officers at dak bungalow here. On the occasion, several matters including establishment of Solid Waste Management facility across the district, compliance of […]

Black bear, two cubs rescued in Tangmarg village

Black bear, two cubs rescued in Tangmarg village

BARAMULLA: A black bear along with her two cubs were rescued by the wildlife department in a Tangmarg village of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. Officials in the wildlife department said that they received an information that a female black bear with two cubs are roaming in Dardpora village of Tangmarg and a fear […]

Minibus gutted in fire in Baramulla

Minibus gutted in fire in Baramulla

BARAMULLA: A mini bus parked on the roadside in Zandfaran area in Narwav Baramulla was gutted in a fire incident on Monday night. Owners of the mini bus bearing registration number JKK 05-6658, said that they keep their vehicle along the road side in Zandfaran village. At 12 am I was informed by neighbours that […]

Geology and Mining office building inaugurated in Pampore

Pampore: Joint Director Kashmir Geology and Mining department, Nisar Ahmad inaugurated a sub-office building at Khrew area of Pampore in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. District Mineral Officer (DMO) Pulwama, Altaf ul Rasool and other officials of Geology and Mining department were present on the occasion. Later Joint Director Geology and mining held a meeting with […]

Charsoo villagers crave for blacktopping, widening of road

Awantipora: Charsoo villagers in Awantipora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district have been demanding blacktopping of an important link road for past two years. The villagers told Kashmir Reader that it is an approaching road to Srinagar-Jammu Highway and is being used by villagers from Charsoo, Takuna, Reshipora, Gulzarpora and other adjoining villages. The residents […]

PDD told to undertake necessary measures to meet energy demands

SRINAGAR: Stressing on the need for stabilization and modernization of power supply in Jammu and Kashmir, Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan today directed the officers to double their efforts in order to provide efficient power supply to the consumers. He made these remarks during his visit to review the functioning of Central workshop […]

24 vehicles involved in illegal mining seized by DMO Pulwama

Pampore: District Mineral Officer Pulwama (DMO) Altaf Ul Rasool has seized 24 vehicles used in illegal mining and transportation of raw materials from different areas of Pulwama district during raids in last two days. DMO Pulwama along with his team conducted raids in different areas of Pampore including Khrew and other parts of Pulwama district […]