Restrictions in downtown tomorrow
The authorities have decided to impose restrictions in many areas of downtown as the joint resistance leadership has decided to conduct many fuctions etc in connection with hafta shahdat. Reports said that there would be curfew like restrictions in the areas falling under police stations of maharaj gunj. Safa Kadal and nowhatta.
Lightning kills man in Hajin
A youth died due to lightening in Hajin area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday evening. An official said that Mushtaq Ahmad Dar (22) son of Ghulam Muhammad Dar resident of Chak Muhalla Muqdamyari died due to lightening. He said that he died after lightening struck him while he was working in his […]
Class work to remain suspended in SP, MP Schools tomorrow.
SRINAGAR, MAY 19: According to the Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Farooq Ahmed Lone, class work in SP Higher Secondary School, Srinagar and MP Higher Secondary School, Srinagar shall remain suspended on May 20, 2017 (Saturday) as a precautionary measure.
Mid-term exam from June: DSEK
SRINAGAR, MAY 19: The School Education Department today announces Mid-Term exam for all classes from 5th to 12th from mid June. However for 10th and 12th classes, Golden Test shall be held as mandatory examination, contrary to the past practice where it was optional. An order issued from DSEK in this regard states that the dates notified for […]
Road stretch from Rambagh bridge to AS College crossing closed
SRINAGAR, MAY 19: According to the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, road stretch from Rambagh to Amar Singh College crossing has been closed for traffic in view of the ongoing construction of flyover. The Div Com said that heavy machinery is to be operated and heavy building material is to be used on the road stretch […]
NIA lands in valley to inquire Hurriat funding.
New Delhi: In what can be termed as a major breakthrough for the Centre in the ongoing Kashmir unrest, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday registered a preliminary enquiry into the funding of Hurriyat leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Naeem Khan and others in Jammu and Kashmir by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed and […]
Education, healthcare exempted,tax on services finalized: GST council
Srinagar: The all-powerful goods and service tax (GST) Council on Friday finalised tax rates for services under the GST regime, scheduled to kick-in from 1 July. Kerala finance minister Thomas Issac said there will be four rates for services at 5, 12, 18 and 28%, similar to tax slabs for goods. The tax rate on […]
Drabu praises GST Council.
SRINAGAR: Terming the GST Council as India’s first federal institution, Minister of Finance and Labor and Employment, Dr Haseeb Drabu today said the new tax regime will pave way for cooperative federalism in the country. “The GST will bring major changes in fiscal and political side of India’s federal structure because of which coercive federalism […]
Female body recovered at Awantipora.
Police recovered a dead body of a lady from river Jhelum in Awantipora. The dead body was identified as Rukhsana(35) w/o Riyaz Ahmed from Bhijbehra Sources said that the dead body was shifted to Sub District Hospital Pampore for postmortem. The body was recovered from the river near Ziyarat Shareef, Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama […]
Pulwama man killed by militants:Police
Srinagar: A dead body was found at Gudoora in Pulwama Friday morning, police said in a statement. The body was later on identified as that of Mohammad Yousuf Lone son of Sana-ul-lah Lone resident of Gudoora, Pulwama. “During the initial investigation it was revealed that the deceased was fired upon by militants during the intervening […]
