Srinagar: Authorities on Friday imposed restrictions in Nowhatta area of downtown on the second death anniversary of slain militant, Sajad Ahmed Gilkar alias Sajad Bila as a precautionary measure. “ Restrictions were imposed under section 144 at Nowhatta to maintain peace,” an official said. Witnesses said that heavy deployment of forces was also made in […]
Srinagar: Additional District Magistrate Srinagar Kuldeep Krishan Sidha has issued an order imposing strict restrictions on putting up any sort of advertisements or signboards on utility poles and street lamp posts in the Srinagar city. The order states that such boards and signs cause adverse effects to the beauty and aesthetics of the city and […]
Srinagar:Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the way newspapers, journalists and businessmen are hounded looks nothing less than a witch hunt. It was stated during a one day workers’ convention of the was held on Friday in Srinagar’s Batamaloo constituency in which party’s senior leadership highlighted its mission and underlined the need for stronger PDP […]
Srinagar: Continuing to press for their demands, the Pakistani wives of former militants who had returned to Kashmir along with their Kashmiri husbands under a rehabilitation scheme Friday appealed the State as well as the central governments to grant them citizenship or deport them back to Pakistan. Addressing a presser here at Kashmir Press Club, […]
Srinagar: Commissioner Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Khursheed Ahmed Sanai today took up a meeting to review solid waste management at his central office Karana Nagar. During the course of meeting different components of Solid Waste Management including Status of IHHL, CTPT, open defecation free, I.E.C and Information Communication Technology were reviewed at length. While discussing […]
Srinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Vice-President and Jammu and Kashmir in-charge Avinash Rai Khanna Friday said that the return of Kashmiri Pandits is party’s priority. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Khanna said that the rehabilitation of Kashmiri pandits is BJP’s agenda and they will be rehabilitated soon. He added that their security and […]
Anantnag, People of various villages of Bijbehara on Friday accused the contractor and junior engineer of using sub-standard material in the macademusation of Bijbehara-Sirhama road. The widening and macademization of the busy road connecting dozens of villages with Tehsil and district headquarters was started some three years ago. Though the macadenization on several patches of […]
Baramulla: An Over Ground Worker (OGW) worker of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) was arrested by security forces in apple township of Sopore in this north Kashmir district, official sources said on Friday. Sources said security forces established a naka checking at Parraypora in Rafiabad, Baramulla following a tip off. During the checking, one suspicious person identified as Tawheed […]
Srinagar: The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Friday started removing unauthorized hoardings within the municipal limits of summer capital, Srinagar. SMC Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu said the drive to remove all hoardings has been started from 8 am in the city. He said unauthorized hoarding about Amarnath yatra too will be removed. In reply to […]
Srinagar: A woman and a minor student were injured in two separate road accidents in central Kashmir district of Ganderbal on Friday, official sources said. They said the woman, identified as Zairoon Begum, a resident of Gund, was hit and injured by a truck at Hariganiwan, Kangan, in Ganderbal district today. She was admitted to local […]
