A family living on road after damaged boat on Jhelum bund
By: Mudasir Ahmad Khan Srinagar Abdul Khaliq Guroo S/O Abdul Samad Guroo was making his living by ferrying people from Convent Ghat to Grindlayes Bank Ghat known now as Polo view branch of J&K Bank. After the government made a bridge near the convent, he is now without any business. Another misfortune hit him recently […]
Humour mills go on overdrive after late night boom in Srinagar
Srinagar: It’s a sonic boom! It’s a pressure cooker bursting! It’s a quake! And yes, the late night boom that reverberated across the city and several parts of south Kashmir on Tuesday was indeed a quake, seismologists later confirmed. But before that, social media humour and rumour mills were already on overdrive with messages facetious, […]
PDP steps up legal battle for Mehbooba Mufti’s release from “illegal” detention
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is getting ready for a prolonged legal battle for the release of its president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, whose detention the party leaders described as “illegal” and “questionable in a democracy”. Iltija Mufti, daughter of Mehbooba Mufti, told the media today that she had […]
Fruit growers of Ganderbal get fresh assurances but problems persist
By: Sofi Ayaz Ganderbal Fruit growers in Ganderbal district are faced with a lot of problems and they have been waiting for the government intervention making appeals to even LG Manoj Sinha to make sure that in the current fruit season they do not face any hurdles to transport out their fruits. After the repeated […]
Ladakh simmering as their rights at stake
By: Tariq Shah Srinagar The cat is out of the bag as the people of Ladakh are brewing with resentment against the continued silence of the central government to safeguard their various rights including on land as this region is now a Union Territory being directly controlled by central government without any legislature. Recently many […]
LG to chair 20th Administrative Council meeting today; major reshuffle in admin on cards
Lieutenant Governor J&K UT Manoj Sinha is scheduled to chair 20th meeting of the Administrative Council to be held today in Civil Secretariat here in Srinagar. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), an order issued by Commissioner Secretary to Government Manoj Kumar Dwivedi (IAS) reads, “20th meeting of the Administrative Council is scheduled to be […]
Shah family bereaved
Ghulam Rasool Shah of Nishat went for heavenly abode on September 21, 2020 the bereaved family has appealed their relatives and friends that Fathe Khani would be held on 24 of September at 10:30 A.M at their ancestral graveyard in Nishat Gupkar. Bereaved family Ghulam Jeelani Shah (Son) 8715024545
65-year-old man critically injured in bear attack in Handwara
A 65-year-old man was critically injured in an attack by a bear in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday morning. An official identified the injured as Wali Mohammad Sheikh son of Habibullah Sheikh of Dolipora village in Tehsil Villgam of the district. The sexagenarian was outside his home when the bear attacked him during the […]
3 killed, four injured as load carrier vehicle rolls down gorge in Doda
Jammu:Three people were killed and four others injured after a vehicle in which they were travelling skidded off the road and rolled down a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said on Wednesday. The Tata mobile vehicle was on its way to Kumate in the district from Kastigarh when the incident […]
Lt Governor approves regularisation/promotion of more than 550 officers at the level of SP and Dy.SP
More than three decades old seniority disputes and resultant litigations put to rest ‘It is our collective responsibility to address the issue of career progression, well-being of police and welfare of their families’, Lt Governor JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 23: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has regularised/promoted more than 550 officers at the level of SP and […]
