Kashmir

Sarpanchs empowered to issue construction permission of residential houses in rural areas

SRINAGAR — Government on Saturday designated Sarpanch as competent authority to issue permissions for construction of residential houses in rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir. As per the order issued by Government of J&K, Panchayat Secretary (VLW) and Patwari Halqa will be members of this committee. Furthermore, for construction of commercial buildings in rural areas, […]

Kashmir

Lockdown hits normal life in J&K

SRINAGAR — Normal life was affected across Jammu and Kashmir as authorities placed restrictions on the non-essential movement of people in view of upsurge in covid-19 cases, officials said. Reports said that police vehicles fitted with public address systems announced the restrictions at several places across the Kashmir valley. Shops and other business establishments in […]