SRINAGAR — The revenue department on Tuesday retrieved 52 kanals state land in Srinagar. Quoting Tehsildar South Srinagar, Moin Kakroo, news agency KNO reported that 40 kanals state land illegally occupied by Nedous Hotel owner has been retrieved at M A Road here while 12 kanals state land was retrieved at Karan Nagar. He added […]
SRINAGAR — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea against a Jammu and Kashmir government circular directing all Deputy Commissioners to remove encroachments on Union Territory land, including Roshni land and Kachharie land, by January 31, Bar and Bench reported. As per the report, a bench of Justices MR Shah and BV […]
SRINAGAR — The flight operations at Srinagar International Airport were resumed on Tuesday after a day long suspension due to heavy snowfall in the Kashmir valley. Quoting Kuldeep Singh, Director Srinagar International Airport, news agency KNO reported that flight operations resumed today after a slight delay in the morning. He said, several morning flights were […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered premature retirement of 03 officials of Prison Department for their involvement in corruption, underperformance and anti-social activities. In a statement, a spokesperson said in its endeavor to make the Administration more efficient and transparent, the government prematurely retired 03 personnel of Prison Department on charges of […]
SRINAGAR — Senior Congress leader and Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi, his sister and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar and Kherbawani Temple in Ganderbal on Tuesday morning. Reports said that Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra accompanied by senior congress leaders visited Kheer Bhawani temple in Ganderbal and Hazratbal shrine […]
SRINAGAR — As the 40-day-long period of harsh winter known as the ‘Chillai Kalan’, which started on December 21 ended, the Meteorological Department on Monday forecast dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours. The Union Territory received heavy snowfall during the last 24 hours which disrupted the normal life in the valley […]
ISLAMABAD — The death toll from the suicide blast that ripped through a mosque on Monday afternoon in Pakistan’s northwest provincial capital of Peshawar rose to 63, an official told Xinhua. Spokesperson of Lady Reading Hospital Muhammad Asim said on early Tuesday morning that the death toll rose after some injured succumbed to their injuries […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference President Farooq Abdullah has urged the government to create a conducive atmosphere in the Valley to enable the return of Kashmiri Pandits. “The government must release the salaries of Kashmiri Pandits and ensure security to enable their safe return,” The Tribune quoted Farooq Abdullah as having said. He was speaking at […]
SRINAGAR — Former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah said on Monday that they see a ray of hope in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. As the two leaders invoked Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary while praising Rahul Gandhi for the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Abdullah also urged the former Congress […]
SRINAGAR — PDP ex-state secretary youth and constuiency incharge Habba Kadal Arif Laigaroo alleged that following heavy snowfall on Monday, the area ended up as a stagnant pool of water as authorities have not cleared snow from the roads. Snow has not been cleared from the most of the roads in Habba Kadal and other […]