DDC Anantnag reviews pace/ progress of ongoing work projects by various departments
Directs implementing agencies to complete developmental works before winter ANANTNAG, OCTOBER 22: The District Development Commissioner (DDC) Anantnag, Dr Piyush Singla today chaired a review meeting of all major departments, here to review the pace/ progress of various ongoing projects by various departments. The DDC directed all the departments to expedite execution of pending works […]
CS inaugurates Mining Department’s Web Portal
24X7 e-portal to allow transparent and time-bound processing of various government services SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 21: The Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today inaugurated the e-services web portal of Geology and Mining Department to provide single touch point between the applicant and the Department and strength accountability and responsiveness. The e- services portal will ensure […]
Collective punishment being given to the youth of Kashmir ahead of Amit Shah’s visit says Mehbooba
By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said that by snatching the bikes of hundreds of youth in Kashmir, the government is giving collective punishment to the youth as they move on the bikes for their livelihood. She said that such an attitude of the police shows that this government has […]
IGP rules out militant angle into death of non-local in Anantnag
Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Friday ruled out any militant related angle in the death of mentally unsound non-local in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. In a statement to GNS, the police said that today at around 12:20 hrs, an unidentified dead body was found under the jurisdiction of police station Anantnag. The […]
Woman Among 3 Killed In Anantnag, Doda Accidents
Anantnag/Jammu:: Three persons including a woman were killed in two separate road accidents in Anantnag and Doda district, reports and officials said on Friday. Reports said that one Haseena Banoo Wife (52) of Mohammad Yousuf Gareeb, a resident of FM Gali KP Road Anantnag, was hit and injured by the “speeding” truck (JK04A-6858) at KP […]
Body of unsound non-local found in Anantnag
Srinagar: Body of unsound person, apparently a non-local, was found at Shamshan Gath Bilal Colony area of Janglatmandi on Friday. While police have taken the body into custody, death due to the bullet(s) was unlikely given the nature of the wound, officials said. “Although there is some wound in the head, it is […]
Centre raises DA by 3%, 4.7mn govt employees set to benefit
The central government on Thursday decided to raise the dearness allowance (DA) to employees and the dearness relief (DR) to pensioners by 3% to 31% from July to cushion them from the rise in cost of living. The decision by the Union cabinet will cost the exchequer ₹9,488.7 crore a year, Union minister Anurag Singh Thakur […]
Pacers need variety to ace weary pitches, says Aussie pacer Cummins
DUBAI: Fast bowlers will need a varied skill-set to conquer the ‘tired’ pitches in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Australia’s Pat Cummins said ahead of their Twenty20 World Cup opener against South Africa on Saturday. The pacers would be a worried lot heading into the World Cup looking for ways to master the dry and […]
Erdogan threatens to expel 10 Western ambassadors
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday threatened to expel the US, German and eight other Western ambassadors after they issued a rare joint statement in support of a jailed civil society leader. Parisian-born philanthropist and activist Osman Kavala, 64, has been in jail without a conviction since 2017, becoming a symbol of what […]
Eight Dead In Car Accident In Haryana’s Jhajjar
Eight people were killed while one was injured in an accident in Haryana’s Jhajjar district on Friday, police said. According to the police, the accident occurred along KMP Expressway at Badii area in the district, after a car was hit by another vehicle from behind, following which it rammed into a truck, leaving eight people […]