Srinagar police launch drive against stunt bikers
Srinagar: Police in Kashmir capital Srinagar have launched a drive against stunt bikers and rash driving after receiving complaints from many parts of Srinagar city. Sources told Kashmir News Trust that police seized many bikes used for stunts by some youth at Foreshore road, Sanant Nagar, Raj Bagh, Parrayapora Baghat and Hyderpora. A police […]
No reserved seats for women in Kashmir buses
Srinagar: Even though the government’s clear instructions to reserve first eight seats for women and specially abled persons, hardly any one follows the rule. The Motor Vehicle Act (MVA) 1988 clearly mentions reservation of 33% for women in the local buses, but its implementation is hardly seen on the ground. The Traffic department, under the […]
10 Killed, 36 Injured As Bus Falls Into Gorge In Jammu And Kashmir’s Rajouri
Jammu: An overloaded private bus skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, killing 10 passengers and injuring 36, police said. The bus was on its way to Jammu from Surankote, they said. Rajouri Senior Superintendent of Police Yougal Manhas said 10 people were killed […]
Sehrai condemns attack on Shakeel Bakhshi
Srinagar Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Chairman Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai strongly condemned the attack on Senior separatist leader and the founder of the Islamic Students League Shakeel Bakshi by unknown people. While terming the assassination bid a deep conspiracy, Sehrai in a statement today, “such brazen acts have no moral and religious justification at all.” He said that hurting […]
SAC appoints principals of 6 GMC in J&K
Agencies Srinagar : The State Administrative Council (SAC) has sanctioned appointment of Principals for six Government Medical College (GMC) in Jammu and Kashmir. An official on Wednesday said that the SAC, which met under the chairmanship of Governor Satya Pal Malik on Tuesday night, accorded sanction to the appointment of Principals for GMC Srinagar and […]
DDC Bandipora reviews progress on various developmental projects
BANDIPORA, JULY 25: District Development Commissioner (DDC) Bandipora Shahbaz Ahmad Mirza Thursday chaired a meeting of officers to review the development activities in Bandipora district. The meeting was attended by Additional District Development Commissioner Mohammad Yousuf Mir, Additional Deputy Commissioner Zahoor Ahmad Mir, Assistant Commissioner Revenue Reyaz Ahmad Beigh, Heads of various departments, District officers […]
Mughal Road closed for traffic due to heavy rains
The Mughal Road was closed for traffic due to landslides triggered by heavy rains in Jammu region on Thursday, officials said.The landslide occurred at Poshana on the Mughal Road, which led to the closure of the route. Several vehicles are stranded and efforts are being made to clear the blockade, they said.
Asnoor without electricity in holy month of Ramadan
Javaid Malik Kulgam: The areas around Asnoor village of Kulgam district are without electric supply in this holy month of Ramadan. The villagers said that in the past few weeks the transformer was damaged twice and was replaced twice. Giving details the village elders said that on the instructions of ground staff of the PDD […]
SDM manhandled, Dr Faesal, Mehbooba reacts
Srinagar:Army on Tuesday allegedly manhandled a sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) and four other officials after an argument with Army personnel on Srinagar-Jammu highway in Dalwach area of Qazigund in south Kashmir. Reports said that after an argument the army man manhandled the SDM Duroo, Ghulam Rasool Wani along with four other officials when he was on […]
National Seminar on ‘ Contemporary World Order and Iqbal’ held at KU
Srinagar, : Iqbal Institute of Culture and Philosophy University of Kashmirorganized a two day national seminar entitled“Contemporary World Order and Iqbal” in which various Iqbalain scholars presented their papers relevant to the title. Prof. Muhammad Aslam Islahi, a reputed Islamic scholar and faculty member at the Department of Arabic Jawahar Lal Nehru University Delhi, was guest […]
