KULGAM — An official inquiry was ordered into the allegations against a private company for overcharging at an entry point at Aharbal in Southern district of Kulgam, officials said Thursday. They said that contractors of a private firm that has been in contract to charge entry fee of vehicles at Aharbal in Kulgam were allegedly […]
GANDERBAL — At least 10 persons were injured in separate road accidents in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday. An official said that an accident took place at Satrina Kangan when a Tavera vehicle bearing registration number JK01Q-8625 driven by Mehraj-ud-din Mir, son of Abdul Gani of Budgam on way from Kangan to Baltal collided […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities on Thursday issued guidelines and do’s and don’ts to all the government and private educational institutions of Kashmir Division to contest the ill-effects of the heat wave. The guidelines were issued as a precaution that all government and private schools have to be observed by schools to combat the ill-effects of the […]
Haroon Nabi SRINAGAR — Fearing the government may scrap the selection process for the posts of Finance Account Assistant (FAA), the aspirants on Thursday held a protest demonstration, seeking immediate release of the final selection list. The candidates while protesting in Srinagar’s Press enclave said they have come to know from various sources that Jammu […]
SRINAGAR — Five JKAS officers were transferred in the interest of administration with immediate effect. According to an order issued by the government, Umar Shafi Pandit, JKAS, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Noorabad, holding additional charge of Sub-Registrar, Noorabad, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director, J&K Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Development, Kashmir. Mehraj-ud-Din […]
SRINAGAR — Days after its “exit” from the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement, the political party founded by IAS officer Dr. Shah Faesal in 2019, merged with Arvind Kejriwal’s Aami Admi Party on Wednesday. Reports said that JKPM president Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Khan and other officer bearers of […]
UNITED NATIONS — While admitting to a “fragile” food situation in his country, Pakistan’s Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal has thrown a warning that India’s policies in Kashmir could have “potentially catastrophic consequences” from another conflict. “If the tensions created by India’s current policies in occupied Kashmir and aggressive postures are left unattended, it […]
ANANTNAG — A-35-year old man was injured after a leopard attacked him in Voii Bemdora village of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday evening. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that Mushtaq Ahmad Ganie (35) son of Mohammad Afzal Ganie of Voii Bemdora was attacked by the leopard when he was on […]
KULGAM — A 21-year-old youth died after a tree fell on him in Damhal Hanjipora village of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thursday, officials said here. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the youth identified as Ubair Ahmad Kumar son of Ghulam Hassan of Pranhal Kulgam died after a tree fell […]
ANANTNAG — An Amarnath pilgrim died of cardiac arrest, while a horseman died after falling off horse on Thursday during Amarnath Yatra in Pahalgam area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag area, officials said here. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that a 66-year-old yatri identified as Kalavala Subrmanym from Andhra Pradesh died of […]
