SRINAGAR — In order to protect distribution transformers (DTs) from damage and curb power losses, Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) is installing 40,000 DT meters & 1200 feeder meters under the premier loss reduction scheme of RDSS. This shall be besides 6.85 lakh consumer smart meters which shall be installed in unmetered flat-rate areas […]
ANANTNAG [Raouf Dar] (KIMS) — In a significant blow to drug traffickers, the Bijbehara Police Station has attached a commercial complex valued at over ₹2 crores, belonging to the late Abdul Rashid Dar of Tulkhan Bijbehara. The property was identified as being acquired through illicit drug trade, specifically the trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic […]
SRINAGAR — The Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) has sought compliance reports from all Chief Education Officers (CEOs) on implementation of the orders issued for detachment of the teaching and non-teaching staff working in different offices. The move comes amid the complaints of the poor implementation of the orders earlier issued by the DSEK […]
PULWAMA — Despite elapsing ten years, a vital bridge on Romshi rivulet in Rohmoo village of Pulwama district is awaiting completion, thereby leaving the locals to lurch at large. Locals from Rohmoo area told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the Romshi Bridge got washed out during 2014 floods and since then, the people […]
SRINAGAR — The authorities have ordered a safety audit of all coaching centres operating in Srinagar, days after three civil services aspirants died due to flooding of an institute building basement in central Delhi following heavy rain, officials said on Wednesday. All private coaching institutes have been directed to cooperate with the inspection teams and […]
SRINAGAR — The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday said it seized documents and digital devices after it searched multiple premises in Jammu and Kashmir as part of an alleged bank funds fraud case against a former branch manager of Jammu and Kashmir Grameen Bank and some other persons. The raids against the former banker — Istiyaq […]
SOPORE — An Imam from Pattan lost his life in a bike road accident in the Nowpora Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. According to police, the deceased has been identified as (Molvi) Manzoor Ahmad Lone, 34, son of Ghulam Nabi Lone, a resident of Goshbugh Pattan, Baramulla. He had gone to Nowpora village […]
PULWAMA — Authorities in Pulwama have collected samples from a high-density apple orchard allegedly damaged by the application of a pesticide to determine the actual cause behind the incident. The orchard, located at Chandgam village in Litter area of Pulwama, suffered significant damage on July 11, after Gulzar Ahmad Bhat, a local farmer, observed severe […]
SOPORE — A tragic explosion in Sopore town in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district has resulted in the death of four people while they were unloading scrap from a truck from Ladakh. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the incident occurred at the residence of Abdul Rashid Bhat in Sher Colony, Sopore. […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In view of the persistent heat wave prevailing in the Kashmir valley, the Government has decided to suspended the class work for students up to the Primary level in Kashmir division for two days. According to a communique, the classwork for students up to the Primary level in both Government and Recognized […]