Urs Shahi Hamdan (RA) celebrated with religious fervor in Tral
Tral : The Annual Urs of Hazrat Ameer Kabir Mir Syed Ali Hamdani (RA) lovingly known as Shah-e-Hamdan was celebrated on Saturday at Khanqah Faiz Panah in Tral area of South Kashmir today with religious fervor and enthusiasm. Thousands of men and women devotees thronged the shrine right from Friday evening and attended the Shab Khawani […]
4 Qurbani Animal dealers arrested for excessive pricing
SRINAGAR,: In the run-up to the occasion of Eid next week, a special team constituted by Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Syed Abid Rasheed, Saturday undertook a market-checking drive at various areas in the district to verify the price and quality of eatables sold in markets here. The special team, which was headed by Assistant Commissioner […]
Chief Secretary reviews strategy for tackling drug abuse in J&K
SRINAGAR,: Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam today called for urgently constituting a broad-based departmental panel alongwith representatives of some NGOs to formulate draft De-addiction Policy outlining comprehensive mechanism/measures to deal with the menace of dug abuse in the State in an efficacious manner. Chief Secretary passed these directions at a high-level meeting convened at the Civil […]
Governor reviews NHIDCL roads and Tunnels Projects
Srinagar, : Governor N.N. Vohra chaired a meeting today to review the pace at which the vital Z Morh and Zojila Tunnel projects and certain major road projects are being executed by the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited. The review meeting was attended by Sh. B.B. Vyas and Sh. Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, Advisors […]
Eid-ul-Azha arrangements finalized in Budgam
BUDGAM: District Development Commissioner Dr Syed Sehrish Asgar today chaired a meeting of different officers to finalise the arrangements for the forthcoming Eid-ul-Azha. She directed the Municipal authorities to ensure proper sanitation and cleanliness at all the places, particularly at those places where congregation prayers would be offered on Eid-ul-Azha. She directed them to give […]
First batch of Hajj pilgrims to arrive on Aug 28
SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan, today convened a meeting to review the arrangements being made for pilgrims of the state who are scheduled to return from Saudi Arabia beginning August 28 after performing the annual pilgrimage. The meeting was informed that five flights carrying Haj pilgrims from Jeddah will reach Srinagar Airport on August 28. From August 29 to September […]
Doctors continue to take freebies in Valley, price of medicine goes high
SRINAGAR,: Keeping the rules set by the Medical council of India at bay, the doctors in the Valley continue to take freebies worth lakhs of rupees to increase the sales of pharma companies. When Press Trust of Kashmir contacted Dr Riyaz Ahmad Daga spokesperson DAK, he conveyed freebies ranges from a simple pen which most of […]
Woman in 20s burnt to death by lover, his family in Odisha
Rourkela: A woman in her early 20s died of burn injuries after she was allegedly set afire in front of her boyfriend’s house in Rourkela on Friday, police said. Locals found the woman engulfed in flames outside the house of her boyfriend, Amit Yadav, in Bondhamunda locality in Rourkela on Friday morning, police said. They shifted […]
Former UN chief and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kofi Annan has died
ACCRA: Former United Nations Secretary General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan has died, the Kofi Annan Foundation said on Saturday. Annan, of Ghanaian nationality, died in hospital in Bern, Switzerland, in the early hours of Saturday, two close associates of Annan said.
843 pilgrims pay obeisance at the Holy Cave
SRINAGAR,: On the 51st day of the ongoing Shri Amarnathji Yatra, 843 Yatris paid obeisance at the Holy Cave. Till date 2,81,227 Yatris had the darshan of the Shivling at the Holy Cave.
