Lt Governor calls for making commercial floriculture more remunerative and employment generative
Directs for submission of a comprehensive proposal for promotion of commercial floriculture within one month Instructs Officers to take up the matter of establishment of Hitech Poly Carbonated Green Houses with ICAR Lays special emphasis on training & exposure visits to progressive States/UTs to keep the officers abreast with latest intervention & technologies in commercial […]
‘Either give us rights or deport us: Pakistan ladies to Govt
Pakistani wives of former Kashmiri militants, who returned to the Valley through Nepal under a government rehabilitation scheme, staged a protest, here on Tuesday, urging government to either deport them or give citizenship to them. They alleged non-fulfilment of promises and said first they were allowed to enter into Valley along with their Kashmiri husbands […]
Lt Governor visits Hazratbal Shrine, takes stock of the facilities in place for devotees
Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today paid a visit to the Hazratbal Shrine, the historic holy shrine located on the banks of the Dal Lake and took stock of the facilities being put in place for the facilitation of the devotees coming to the shrine. The Lt Governor paid obeisance at the magnificent shrine and prayed […]
Charu Sinha appointed IG CRPF in Srinagar, first female IPS officer to take charge
For the first time, a female IPS officer has been appointed as Inspector General (IG) of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Srinagar sector. Charu Sinha, IPS officer of the 1996-batch of Telangana cadre, will now be heading the Srinagar sector for CRPF as the Inspector General. This is not the first time when she has […]
Two persons held in nocturnal raid for alleged involvement in Baramulla grenade attack
Two persons allegedly involved in grenade throwing attack in Baramulla have been arrested by police during a nocturnal raid, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS), quoting unidentified sources on Tuesday. At least seven civilians were injured in the grenade blast in North Kashmir district on Monday. The sourced told the agency that […]
5 AK-47 rifles, 6 pistols along with large ammunition recovered along LoC in north Kashmir: Army
Srinagar: Army on Tuesday said five Ak-47 rifles six pistols 23 grenades, two of the Under Barrel Grenade Launcher, were recovered along the Line of Control in Rampur sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. A Srinagar based defence ministry spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia said that on 30 August, movement of suspicious persons was detected along […]
COVID-19: Barring Bandipora, Kashmir valley declared ‘Red Zone’
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday declared all districts in Kashmir except Bandipora as ‘Red Zones’ in view of the spike in the COVID-19 cases. An order issued by Chief Secretary J&K, B V R Subrahmanyam, who is also the Chairman of the State Executive Committee of the Department of Disaster Management, Relief, […]
50-year-old woman jumps into Jhelum in old city, dies on way to hospital
Srinagar: A 50-year-old woman attempted suicide by jumping into river Jehlum at Khankahe-e-Moula area of Srinagar this morning. She, however, was fished out at Nawakadal but died on way to hospital, officials sources said. They said that the woman, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, jumped into river Jehlum at Khankah-e-Moula Srinagar in the […]
ACB raids residences of 4 SMC officers for allowing construction of ‘illegal’ shops in Srinagar
Srinagar: Anti-Corruption Bureau carried out raids at the residences o four SMC officers and recovered “incriminating documents” in connection with the construction of illegal construction of shopping Plaza at Kursoo Rajbagh here. As per a statement issued in this regard, a Joint Surprise Check (JSC) was conducted by ACB Police Station Srinagar, to look into […]
SERIOUS BUSINESS
New LG has proved that providing financial relief to the business community in Kashmir valley is a serious business for him and not some time pass as being perceived in the past. Recently he not only constituted a committee but asked his administration to submit the report within the timeline to be forwarded to the […]