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 […]
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 […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday said that he has requested Surveyor General of India to conduct a Digital Contour Mapping (DCM) of Amarnath Cave Shrine and its adjoining areas so that steps are taken to prevent human losses due to natural calamities. “I have requested the Surveyor General of India […]
QAZIGUND — At least 25 Amarnath pilgrims were injured when a bus carrying pilgrims for the Amarnath Yatra crashed into a dumper-tipper at Badragund area of Qazigund in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district along the Srinagar-Jammu highway on Thursday, officials said. An official told that a bus bearing registration number (JKP2Y-0869) en route to Amarnath cave […]