Srinagar: Overnight fire has gutted block office and panchayat building in Aloosa village of northern Kashmir’s Bandipora District. According to eyewitnesses, the fire emanated from the building at 2 in the morning on Friday. The block office, according to reports, has lost all the records in the fire incident. “Block office which operated in the […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has issued an advisory asking “wazwaan cooks” to get themselves registered with food safety authority of the state. Commissioner food safety has issued an advisory asking the cooks to declare their location premises and get registered with the government as well. The advisory has also asked people not to […]
Srinagar: Authorities will exhume the body of nine year old minor girl who was raped and later murdered in Boniyar area of Uri in northern Kashmir’s Baramulla district. The exhumation will be done to collect samples from the body, a police official said. “Forensic experts and doctors from Government Medical College Srinagar will collect the […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President and former chief minister Dr Farooq Abdullah on Friday said that Kashmiri people fear they have no place in India. Addressing an event in New Delhi, Farooq said that New Delhi needs to wake up or else “India will fall apart”. “There is the fear in Kashmiri mind. […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Vice President and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday questioned the appointment of a temporary Director General Police and said that “there was no hurry to replace Vaid as DGP”. In a tweet, tech-savy Omar said, “Changing the DG is the prerogative of the administration but why a […]
Srinagar: The goverenment on Thursday appointed Dilbagh Singh as new Director General of Police Jammu and Kashmir in place of SP vaid. Vaid has been transfferred and posted as transport commisioner in the. The goverenment order said Dilbagh will also hold the charge of DG prisons till further arrangements are made.
Srinagar: PDP is yet to take final decision regarding the local bodies elections. Meeting was held on Thursday which concluded without taking any decision regarding its participation in upcoming local bodies elections in Jammu and Kashmir. PDP Spokesperson Rafi Ahmad Mir also confirmed that party was yet to take final decision regarding the local bodies elections. […]
SRINAGAR: In a communication issued here by the Chief Engineer, Electric Maintenance & Rural Electrification Wing, Power Development Department Kashmir, the general public has been informed that new domestic power connections can be availed free of cost under the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (or Saubhagya Scheme). The free connections which also includes provision […]
Srinagar: Every year around 1000 people die in road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir. The state also topped the list of “high accidental death-prone areas” in a National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) survey. The survey found that an accident J&K has a 64 percent chance of causing death as opposed to 36.4 percent for all […]
Srinagar: After 15 long years, the cordon and search operations (CASO) returned to Chenab valleys Kishtwar area According to the locals, the contingents of police, CRPF and army were involved in the CASO during which they conducted house to house to searches. “We were taken aback when the police and other government forces laid the […]
