Srinagar: The authorities in Srinagar district have banned the storage, sale, possession, use and transport of drones and similar kind of unmanned aerial vehicles in the territorial jurisdiction of the district. In an order, a copy of which lies with the news agency district magistrate Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz has said that to secure the aerial […]
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Kashmir’s Man-Eaters
In absence of a comprehensive policy framework to arrest the rapid shrinking of the buffer zones between humans and wild animals, Kashmir will continue to suffer the beasts that snuffed out the life of four-year-old Adda in Budgam district.
Teenage girl commits suicide in Habba Kadal
Srinagar: A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself to death in Srinagar on Saturday afternoon. Official sources told News agency that a 20-year-old girl allegedly ended her life by hanging herself at her residence in Karfali Mohalla area of Habba Kadal in Srinagar. They said that she was shifted to SMHS hospital where […]
Vaccination will help prevent possible 3rd Covid wave: DC Sgr
Asks people to follow SOPs Srinagar: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Muhammad Aijaz Asad on Saturday said that the vaccination will help in preventing possible 3rd Covid wave here. Talking to media persons, as per the news agency KNO, Asad said that as the experts are predicting the 3rd Covid wave, there is a need to […]
Eight injured after Tempo turns turtle in Kangan
Ganderbal: At least eight labourers were injured after a Tempo, they were travelling in, turned turned turtle at Margund area of Kangan kin Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. An official told a Tempo was travelling from Sonamerg to Srinagar when it turned turtle at Margund, leaving eight passengers […]
National Doctors’ Day 2021: Date, history and significance
Every year, July 1 is observed as National Doctors’ Day in the memory of Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy, who had his birth and death anniversary on the same day. The day, commemorated by Indian Medical Association (IMA), is dedicated to all the doctors and healthcare workers who have been serving people by risking their lives. […]
Early elections imperative to remove Governance deficit in J&K: Altaf Bukhari
SRINAGAR: Apni Party President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Thursday expressed serious concern over the governance deficit that has hugely impacted public delivery institutions in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a day-long provincial level at Party headquarters in Srinagar, Bukhari said as per a statement issued to news agency the void between the people and the […]
Can’t link Statehood with elections: Sajad Lone
‘J&K leaders made their people proud in all party meeting’ Srinagar: Peoples Conference (PC) Chairman, Sajad Gani Lone on Thursday said all the leaders who participated in the recently held All Party Meeting in New Delhi on June 24, made the people of JK feel proud. Addressing a news conference, Lone, who was accompanied by […]
J&K cancels residential accommodation of ”Darbar Move” employees
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday cancelled residential accommodations of ”darbar move” employees in Jammu and Srinagar, days after Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha announced an end to the age-old practice. The officials have been asked to vacate their quarters in the twin capital cities within three weeks. The L-G had on June 20 […]
4 feared dead as vehicle plunges into gorge in Ramban
Jammu: At least four persons are feared dead while four others received critical injuries when a load carrier carrying labourers met with an accident near Khooni Nallah in Ramsu area of Ramban district on Wednesday morning. Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Srinagar bound TATA Mobile, carrying labourers of Chhattisgarh rolled down […]