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Overnight blaze at Chankhan Sopore damages five houses
Sopore: Five residential houses were completely damaged in a major fire incident at Chankhan area of Sopore during late last night. According to reports fire erupted from the house of Khazir Muhammad Malla and engulfed the houses of Bashir Ahmad Malla, Abdul Rashid Malla, late Muhammad Maqbool Malla and Ghulam…
Read More »Green Srinagar Initiative: DC Srinagar reviews preparedness for launch on March 15
Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, on Tuesday reviewed the preparedness for the launch of the ambitious Green Srinagar Initiative under the Smart City mission on March 15. The DC was speaking in a meeting and said some 1.50 lac saplings will be made available for plantation across the…
Read More »Revenue officers to be equipped with all required facilities: DC Srinagar
Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, Tuesday said Revenue officers in the district will be equipped with all necessary and required facilities to enable hassle-free and comfortable execution of their important services. The DC said this while convening a meeting of Revenue officers of the Srinagar district to discuss…
Read More »Modern machinery being used for Wular Lake dredging
Advisor to Governor, K Vijay Kumar inspected pace of work on the Wular Lake Conservation Project, here today. The conservation project on the world famous Fresh water Lake is being implemented by Wular Conservation & Monitoring Authority (WUCMA). Commissioner Secretary Forests Manoj Kumar Diwedi, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF)…
Read More »Three Shopian residents held for arms loot from ex-PDP MLA’s residence: NIA
National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday claimed to have arrested three residents of south Kashmir’s Shopian district in a weapon loot case from the Srinagar residence of former Peoples Democratic Party legislator. Seven rifles and the licensed pistol of ex-legislator Aijaz Ahmad Mir were looted from his Jawahar Nagar residence…
Read More »Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema calls shutdown on Saturday
Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) has called for a shutdown in Kashmir on Saturday, 16 March against an NIA notice to Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and ban on Jama’at-e-Islami. Addressing a press conference at Mirwaiz Manzil Rajouri Kadal, the umbrella body of ulema appealed people to observe shutdown on Saturday…
Read More »Pleas against Article 35A: Hearing most likely Wednesday or Thursday
Kashmir High Court Bar Association Srinagar has constituted a team of its members who will remain present before the Supreme Court on Wednesday and on Thursday when the bunch of petitions filed for scrapping of Article 35-A of the constitution of India are most likely to come up for hearing.…
Read More »Forces launch search operations in Rajbagh
Srinagar: Government forces on Tuesday launched search operations in the Rajbagh area of Srinagar. Reports said that Army, Police and CRPF has been deployed in the area and door to door searches are going on. There is no official word yet as to why the area was sealed by the…
Read More »Vehicular movement towards Jammu resumes on Highway
Day after the highway was shut following landslides on the strategic highway, Traffic authorities reopened the stretch for vehicular movement. Traffic police officials said that vehicular movement from Srinagar to Jammu only will be allowed. The road was closed down after a landslides blocked the road yesterday in Banihal area.…
Read More »3 people killed as snowstorm pummels Khooni Nallah Kupwara
A snowstorm swept Khooni Nallah near Sadna Top Tangdhar in Kupwara district of north Kashmir overnight, killing three people while two others had a miraculous escape. Reports said that five persons were on way to their home in Karnah when the blizzards trapped them near Khooni Nallah area at around…
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JSD orders major reshuffle of 116 Mechanical Wing Officers
Transfers, postings and additional charges ordered across Jammu, Kashmir and I&FC mechanical divisions Jammu: …
