Anganwadi workers, helpers continue protests against SAC decision
Srinagar : The Anganwadi workers and helpers working under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme continued their protests against the State Administrative Council’s (SAC) decision to disburse their honorariums through Gram Panchayats. Hundreds of workers under the banner of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union Jammu and Kashmir affiliated with CITU raising slogans against the […]
Omar Abdullah has a point
Omar Abdullah recently in a newspaper article has articulated the views of the mainstream politicians especially Kashmir centric regional parties. He has asked the Central Government that they should not allow the democracy to get killed by simply trying to make their agenda feasible on the ground with the help of State Governor. He said […]
Youth injured in protests against dumping of garbage in Pulwama
Srinagar: A youth was injured on Wednesday after police party used pellets to disperse protesters in a Pulwama village. Reports said that residents of Wahibugh Village of the district were protesting against the dumping of muck in their village by Muncipal Committee Pulwama. “The police personnel escorting a garbage truck fired pellets after they were […]
Kifayat Rizvi appointed as Hon Gen Sec to JK State Branch of IRC Society
Srinagar : The governor administration on Wednesday appointed Kifayat Hussain Rizvi as Honorary General Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir State Branch of Indian Red Cross (IRC) Society for a period of three years. An order issued by the Financial Commissioner to Governor, Umang narula reads, “Mr. Kifayat Hussain Rizvi, formerly Commissioner/Secretary to government, Labour and […]
Senior PDP leader and Pulwama district president Khalil Bandh resigns
Srinagar : In a huge setback to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) senior leader and district president Pulwama, former MLA Mohammad Khalil Bandh has resigned from the basic membership of the party. In a letter, Khalil Bandh outlined how the party compromised on its basic principles after demise of late Mufti Mohammad Syed and how […]
Militant killed in Sopore gunfight
Baramulla : A militant was killed after a gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Gund Brath area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday morning. SSP Sopore Javeed Iqbal said that one militant body along with one weapon has been recovered from the encounter site. The SSP further said that […]
Fresh batch of 4584 Yatris leave for Amarnath Cave Shrine
Jammu: A fresh batch of 4584 pilgrims Wednesday left for Amarnath Cave Shrine in South Kashmir from Yatri Niwas, Bhagwati Nagar base camp. Total 192 vehicles left the base camp including 76 HMVs, 104 LMVs and 12 motorcycles. The first batch was flagged off, on June 29 by the Advisor to Governor K K Sharma. […]
South Kashmir youth shuns militancy: Police
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said that a youth shunned militancy and returned to the mainstream. “One more individual with the help of #Communitymembers & #Police in #Pulwama has returned back to #mainstream. #Identity of the individual has been #protected,” police said on Twitter.
Muslim Wakf Board
Muslim Wakf Board after becoming one of the wings of the State Administration has come under severe criticism for the lack of maintenance of the Shrines from which it is getting crores of rupees in a year. Most of the funds collected from the shrines are being used for the purchase of vehicles for the […]
Unidentified male body retrieved in Jehlum
Srinagar : Police on Tuesday recovered an identified male body on river Jehlum near Shadipora area of Sumbal in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Reports reaching said that some locals spotted the body floating near Shadipora and informed the concerned police station immediately. A police team reached the spot and retrieved the body. Confirming it a […]
