SMC holds special financial assistance camps for street vendors
Srinagar: Srinagar Municipal Corporation on Saturday organised special financial assistance camps in various wards of the city in order to facilitate the street vendors under PM- Street vendors AtmaNirbhar Nidhi Scheme. The camps in the first phase were organised in 16 wards including 2 of Lal Chowk,4 Rainawari, 5 Barbarshah, 7 Khanyar, 9 Madeen Sahib, […]
After Thrashing Chicken-Seller Troopers Killed His Chickens In Srinagar
Srinagar, Oct 17: Instead of taking action against some stone-pelters, Para-military troopers thrashed a chicken seller, crushed his chickens to death and broke his cell phone in Saidakadal-Rainawari stretch of Srinagar city. The Chicken Seller accused CRPF men of thrashing him without any reason. “Some youth pelted stones on them (CRPF) and in return they […]
J&K To Have Elected District Development Councils
Srinagar, Oct 17 : In a major move, the Government of India has amended Jammu & Kashmir’s Panchayati Raj law -1989 for establishment of district development councils for which every district will be divided into 14 territorial constituencies to elect members of the body. According to “the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation […]
Principal GMC Tests Positive For Covid-19
Srinagar, Oct 17: Principal Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar, on Saturday tested positive for CoronaVirus. According to news agency KDC, Dr. Samia Rashid Principal GMC Srinagar, who was on the forefront of the fight against Covid-19, turned out positive for pathogen on Saturday. Pertinently, Dr. Samia Rashid is known to have disregarded her age and […]
UK ready to walk away from EU without major change
LONDON: Britain said on Friday there was no point in holding any more Brexit talks without a dramatic softening of the EU’s position, bringing a potentially nasty divorce at the end of the year a step closer. Prime Minister Boris Johnson responded after a European Union summit on Thursday proposed a fresh round of talks […]
13 mlitants killed, two caught alive this month: IGP Kashmir
13 militants, four of them foreigners including top commander Saiffullah, were killed this month in Kashmir Valley, officials said. Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar said that two militants were caught alive in two separate operations in last little over fortnight so far. “13 (militants) were killed including 4 foreign nationals and two (militants) […]
Punjab, Haryana, Himachal in fray for drug park
All northern states, except J&K, will compete with each other besides southern and western states for a bulk drug park to reduce the country’s dependence on China. The last date to apply for the same was October 15. We have appealed to the government to do away with minimum investment cap on availing production-linked incentive […]
Rampaging Mumbai Indians up against Gayle-inspired KXIP
They have been in rampaging form with five straight wins but Mumbai Indians can ill afford to be complacent against a Chris Gayle-inspired Kings XI Punjab side in their IPL game here on Sunday. A win for Mumbai Indians will virtually seal them a spot in the play-offs while a loss for KXIP could send […]
LeT associate held in south Kashmir’s Pampore, booked under UAPA: Police
PAMPORE: A militant associate of the Lashkar e Toiba outfit has been arrested in Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said on Saturday. Police said that the arrested militants associate identified as Haris Sharif Rather a resident of Zaffran Colony Pampore was involved in providing shelter, logistics “and other support” to the LeT […]
India’s COVID-19 infection tally crosses 74 lakh with 62,212 new cases
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload went past 74 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 65 lakh pushing the recovery rate to 87.78 per cent, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday. The coronavirus death toll climbed to 1,12,998 with the virus claiming 837 lives in […]