Srinagar: In a first, High Altitude Disease Investigation Laboratory in Sonamarg has come up in Kashmir to provide better and timely treatment to livestock in hilly areas. The facility was inaugurated by Principal Secretary to Animal, Sheep Husbandry, Fisheries and Transport department, Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon. Director Sheep Husbandry Kashmir Dr Muhammad Shareef, Director Fisheries […]
Srinagar: Two persons including a woman were injured in a Bear attack in Tral area of Pulwama ins southern Kashmir on Monday. Officials said that the incident took place in Brental area of Tral. The lady was identified as Shareefa Akhter, a resident of Brental Tral while the boy has been identified as Yasir Ahmad Dar son […]
Srinagar: Peoples Conference (PC) chairman and MLA Handwara, Sajad Gani Lone on Monday said that the local body elections provide an opportunity to the people to elect representatives for their day to day local issues and decentralizes governance. “A local ward representative is able to take into account local grievances more effectively. In these elections […]
Srinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said that people of Jammu and Kashmir have rejected National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by exercising their franchise on Monday. BJP State General Secretary (organization), Ashok Koul while talking to a news gathering agency said the people who came out and cast the ballots on […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Monday said that ongoing ULB polls has turned out to be an exercise in waste as first phase of polling has witnessed a record low poll percentage in the valley with as many as 215 candidates getting elected unopposed with 177 wards having no candidates. Party’s Provincial Spokesperson […]
Srinagar: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir on Monday issued weather advisory after a communication received from Indian Meteorological Centre (Ministry of Earth Science). A communiqué said that Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan issued a weather advisory according to which a spell of light to moderate rain or snow will occur on mountains most likely from […]
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik JRL have appreciated people’s rejection and boycott of the “sham ULB elections” being held by GOI in J&K, and the exemplary complete protest shutdown against it. In a statement, the trio said that the election violated the very definition of the democratic […]
Srinagar: The Chief Electoral Officer of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday evening released the toll count and percentage of votes polled on Monday for different districts of Kashmir valley and Jammu division. 8.3 per cent of the electorate voted in the first-phase of the urban local body polls in Kashmir Valley, while Kargil recorded the […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Monday evening restored the 3G and 4G mobile internet services in Bandipora and Baramulla districts of northern Kashmir. Sources said that the services were restored immediately after the polling for local bodies elections ended at around 4 pm. The services, according to sources, were snapped to prevent disturbance in the polling bound […]
Srinagar: The total poll percentage recorded in Baramulla was recorded 5.2 percent. Sources said that 1325 people polled their votes out of 25276. Baramullah municipal committee consists of 15 wards. Meanwhile reports from Bandipora another northern Kashmir district said 3.29 percent votes were polled from the Municipal Committee Bandipora. A total of 558 peoples exercised […]
