SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said the UT administration has set a target of two lakh cases of entrepreneurs which will be provided subsidies under self employment schemes. The LG made the announcement during a meeting with the Secretaries of government departments and bank officials. The LG said that […]
SRINAGAR — Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) Monday trapped and arrested Village Level Worker, Block Soibugh, Budgam for accepting bribe in lieu of signing the authority of works under MGNREGA, an official communiqué said. Spokesperson in a statement said that ACB received a complaint that Reyaz Ahmad Mir, Village Level Worker (VLW), Block Soibugh, Budgam is […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar Municipal Corporation Deputy Mayor has raised questions on the SMC Commissioner for the rampant illegal constructions which are going on in the city. Deputy Mayor Parvez Qadri told that if police has framed the list of illegal constructions in the city, it should take action and register FIR against all those citizens […]
SHEIKH NADEEM ANANTNAG — The rooftop of a residential house was on Monday gutted in a fire incident at Pahloo area of Shangus in Anantnag district in South Kashmir. Reports said, the fire broke out in residential house of Nisar Ahmad Mir, son of Late Dilawar Mir, a resident of Pahloo and damaged rooftop and […]
SRINAGAR — Body of an elderly mentally challenged woman was found in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday evening. A police official told that the body was spotted by some passersby in Rajpora, following which a team visited the site and took the body into its possession. Identifying the deceased as Azi Begum, 65, wife […]
SHEIKH NADEEM ANANTNAG — Army’s 19 Rashtriya Rifles conducted a 45 days cutting and tailoring course for the poor students which concluded today at Larnoo, a remote village of Anantnag district. The trainees who participated in the 45 days course were provided free sewing machines and certificates after completion of course. On the occasion, CO […]
JAMMU — The government of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday posted Atul Kumar Goel, who was DIG Jammu-Kathua-Samba ranges, as DIG Criminal Investigation Department against an available vacancy. As per an order, Atul Kumar Goel, DIG, Jammu-Kathua-Samba (JKS) Range is transferred and posted as DIG, CID, against an available vacancy, while Vivek Gupta, DIG Rajouri-Poonch […]
JAMMU — Former Chief Minister and President Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ms Mehbooba Mufti on Monday lambasted the callous attitude of the administration towards farmers who have suffered massive losses caused due to recent adverse weather conditions. “I am told that the government has assured peanuts to the farmers of RS Pura, […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Monday claimed to have busted a fake SIM card racket by arresting three accused in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. The police in a statement said that police Baramulla busted a fake SIM card racket who were issuing fake SIM card after managing forged documents for issuance of SIM card. The statement […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir Valley continued to reel under cold conditions with minimum temperature remaining below sub-zero level in most places on Monday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that mercury settled at 0.0°C against previous night’s minus 0.9°C which was the coldest this season. The today’s minimum temperature is below minus 1.2°C than the […]