Power shutdown
JAMMU, JULY 08: According to Superintending Engineer, O&M Circle, Jammu JPDCL that to carry out work of pole erection and conductor stringing by M/s L&T, the power supply to Bari Brahmana and its adjoining areas will remain affected on July 09 and 12 from 7 am to 11 am. Meanwhile, Superintending Engineer, (Distribution) JPDCL, O&M […]
Advisor Baseer Khan directs speedy completion of CCS, PMDP schemes
Reviews power sector Reforms, implementation of CSS in Kashmir SRINAGAR, JULY 8: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan today directed speedy implementation of various Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) and Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP) in Kashmir division meant for augmentation of power infrastructure including increasing transmission capacity and reducing Transmission and Distribution Losses. The […]
CUK’s Law deptt holds webinar
School of Legal Studies, Central University of Kashmir (CUK), in collaboration with National Law University, Delhi organised a one-day national webinar “COVID-19 and Justice Delivery System in India: Issues and Challenges”. Welcoming the participants, CUK Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mehraj Uddin Mir stressed upon the role of lawyers and presiding officers in providing justice to the masses […]
Basant Rath suspended for ‘gross misconduct and misbehaviour’
Jammu and Kashmir IPS officer Basant Rath has been suspended for alleged instances of ‘gross misconduct and misbehaviour’ a Home Ministry order said on Wednesday. Mr. Rath had recently written a letter in which he expressed apprehension about his safety due to “certain activities” of the Jammu and Kashmir Police chief. The letter had gone viral […]
Gangster Vikas Dubey’s Close Aide Killed, Another Arrested In Encounter
In a big success for the Uttar Pradesh Police, which is on a hunt to nab gangster Vikas Dubey, his close aide was shot dead in an encounter on Wednesday in Himachal Prdesh’s Hamirpur. The Special Task Force of the UP Police traced Amar Dubey in Himachal Pradesh and closed in on him. According to […]
Googly will be my main weapon in England series, says Yasir
LAHORE: Leg-spinner Yasir Shah on Tuesday said googly will be his main weapon in the upcoming Test series against England which commences with the first Test at Old Trafford, Manchester on Aug 5. Talking to reporters from Worcester on a video-link, Yasir, 35, said that he was working hard and in the guidance of spin […]
Ganderbal admin imposes ban on swimming, bathing in Nallah Sindh, its tributaries in wake of growing drowning incidents
Chairman District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has imposed a complete ban on swimming/bathing in Nallah Sindh and its tributaries in wake of frequent loss of precious lives in drowning incidents. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), an order issued by District Magistrate Ganderbal who is also Chaiman DDMA, reads “In view of frequent loss of […]
SMC Issues Election Notification For Post Of Mayor, Says Poll Will Take Place On July 14
Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Wednesday issued an election notification for the post of Mayor and said the poll will take place on July 14, 2020 from 11:00 hours onwards. In this regard a notification issued by Secretary SMC reads, “In terms of Section 36 of the J&K Municipal Corporation Act, 2000 read with Rule […]
COVID-19: 65-year-old Baramulla man dies, J-K toll 146
Srinagar: Hours after a 65-year-old man from Baramulla district died at a hospital here, his sample for covid-19 returned positive on Wednesday, taking the fatality count due to the virus to 146 in Jammu and Kashmir A resident of Nadihal area of the north Kashmir district, the sexagenarian was admitted to Shri Maharaja Hari Singh […]
60-year-old woman killed, another injured in cross LoC firing in J-K’s Poonch
A 60-year-old woman was killed and another injured as Pakistan rained mortars on Indian posts and forward villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. Poonch district police chief SSP Ramesh Kumar Angral said, “there was ceasefire violation by Pakistan and at […]