JAMMU: Advisor to the Governor, Mr. Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, has issued directions to the Directors of School Education, Kashmir/ Jammu, to immediately examine the complaints about sale of textbooks at exorbitant prices by private schools in the State and recommend measures to regulate the rates. Taking cognizance of the reports published by a section of […]
SRINAGAR: Forest Department has started supply of firewood to around 1300 Masjids of Srinagar city from November 01 on subsidized rates for which the Department has already stocked 45,000 quintals firewood at P.C. Depot Srinagar. Meanwhile, Chief Conservator Forests (CCF), Kashmir, paid a visit to the P.C. Depot and took stock of the firewood supplies […]
GANDERBAL: Taking cognizance of a complaint, Food Safety Team Ganderbal, headed by the designated officer sealed a Sweets manufacturing unit at 90ft Pandach after finding it working in unsanitary conditions. During inspection, the team observed that the unit was in working unsanitary condition as well as without license/registration. The unit under question was sealed till further […]
UDHAMPUR: In view of the Diwali festival, a team of officers/officials of Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) and Police Department conducted extensive market checking at Majalta. During the checking, the team, headed by Tehsil Supply Officer, Majalta, checked various shops and establishments in Majalta and its outskirts and a fine of […]
Srinagar: Taking cognizance of a complaint filed by a family, Police Station Kunzar here in North Kashmir registered a formal case against Tehsildar, Naib Tehsildar and Patwari of Karhama tehsil of Tangmarg. Nisar Ahmed, the complainant in his complaint has alleged that under the garb of removing illegal encroachment the Revenue officials illegally detained and […]
Srinagar: Incarcerated Dr Aafia Siddiqui has penned a letter addressed to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan pleading her innocence and calling for him to help in her release, Express Tribune reported. Siddiqui has been behind bars since 2010 on charges of attempted murder and mounting an assault on US military personnel and is serving an 86-year sentence at […]
Srinagar: Chairman Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai on Wednesday thanked the people of Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Nigeria including many Kashmiris, who were part of the Arba’een walk and staged a silent protest against the “oppression in Kashmir”. Sehrai in a statement said: “When we study Karbala we observe it was social, political and religious […]
Srinagar: Opposition Democrats captured the House of Representatives on Wednesday in the crucial midterm elections while President Donald Trump’s Republican Party retained its majority in the Senate, an outcome likely to intensify the political bitterness and fighting between the two major parties in the run up to the 2020 presidential poll. Breaking the Republican monopoly […]
The United States “cannot win militarily” in Afghanistan, General Austin Scott Miller, the top US commander in the war-torn country, has conceded in a recent interview. The United States — under Republican George W. Bush’s presidency — and its allies invaded Afghanistan on October 7, 2001 as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror. The […]
Srinagar: Kashmir sapphires are renowned for their brilliance and strong saturation of velvet blue, which is reminiscent of the colour of a peacock’s neck. An exceptional necklace set with 21 top-quality Kashmir sapphires, carrying a total of 109.08 carats, will be offered at Christie’s in Hong Kong on 27 November at US $ 12-15 million. […]
