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Claiming to be an Athlete, girl uses Martial Art techniques against Secretary JK Sports Council in her chamber

Claiming to be an Athlete, girl uses Martial Art techniques against Secretary JK Sports Council in her chamber

Srinagar, Sep 15: In a shocking incident, a girl claiming to be a Martial Art expert use her techniques against the Secretary J&K Sports Council in her office chamber on Wednesday, leaving her injured. The sports council officials present inside the office of Secretary sports at the time of incident said that the girl entered into […]

KRA seeks Govt attention, appeals for ensuring strict implementation of e-commerce policy

KRA seeks Govt attention, appeals for ensuring strict implementation of e-commerce policy

  Srinagar, Sep 15: The Kashmir Retailers Association (KRA) Wednesday urged the government to ensure strict implementation of e-commerce policy and appealed to the people to buy goods from local shopkeepers. Addressing a press conference, President of KRA, Farhan Kitab urged the government to set up a monitoring mechanism for e-commerce and ensure strict implementation […]

1222 cases registered under NDPS Act in J&K in 2020

1222 cases registered under NDPS Act in J&K in 2020

Srinagar, Sep 15: As many as 1222 cases were registered under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act -1985 in Jammu & Kashmir during the last year. The data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reveals that 1222 cases were registered under the law in different police stations of Jammu & Kashmir in […]

Covid resurgence: Srinagar admin seals 5 shops, lodges 9 FIRs against violators

Covid resurgence: Srinagar admin seals 5 shops, lodges 9 FIRs against violators

Srinagar, Sep 14: With the spike in the COVID-19 positive cases in the district, the Srinagar Administration on Tuesday sealed five shops and lodged nine FIRs against the individuals for violating the prescribed Sops and guidelines. The authorities further notified five more micro containment zones in Srinagar, taking the total number of containment zones in the […]

Govt orders transfer, posting of 132 officers as BDOs, 4 as DPOs for ‘smooth functioning of Panchayat blocks’ 

Govt orders transfer, posting of 132 officers as BDOs, 4 as DPOs for ‘smooth functioning of Panchayat blocks’ 

Srinagar, Sept 14: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday ordered transfer and posting of at least 132 officers as Block Development officers and 4 officers as District Panchayat Officers in the Union Territory.  In an order the government also 12 BDOs the additional charge of other blocks in addition to their own duties, while […]

Violence a big hurdle in way of development, good governance in J&K: Altaf Bukhari

Violence a big hurdle in way of development, good governance in J&K: Altaf Bukhari

Srinagar, Sep 13: Apni Party President Syed Mohammd Altaf Bukhari on Monday said that the violence in all its manifestations has severely impacted peace, progress and good governance in Jammu and Kashmir. Bukhari was addressing a day-long Party convention at Chougan-Kishtwar attended by a huge gathering of the locals. “The impact of armed violence negatively […]

Rafiabad Cloudburst: Four Bodies Found, 1 Missing

Rafiabad Cloudburst: Four Bodies Found, 1 Missing

Srinagar, Sept 12: Bodies of four members of a family were found and at least one member is still missing following a cloudburst in Rafiabad area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said on Sunday. Police sources said that calamity struck the hilly area of Hamam Marcoot and hit the Bakerwal (nomad) family comprising at […]

Temperature plummets as Kashmir receives moderate rainfall

Temperature plummets as Kashmir receives moderate rainfall

Srinagar, Sep 11: Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir has surpassed the monthly average rainfall after Kashmir parts received light to moderate rains since Friday evening, bringing down the temperature in the Valley. Deputy Director Meteorological department (MeT), Mukhtar Ahmad said that there is possibility of more light to moderate rainfall across Kashmir […]

Special Court grants bail to two accused in “Kashmir Fight” blog case

Special Court grants bail to two accused in “Kashmir Fight” blog case

Srinagar: A Special Court in Srinagar on Saturday granted bail to two persons accused in a high profile “Kashmir fight” blog case. After hearing prosecution and defence counsel advocate Aamir Masoodi, the Court of Special Additional and Sessions Judge TADA/POTA Srinagar Manjeet Singh Manhas said that grounds invoked by accused in bail application makes them […]