Minor boy injured as ‘abandoned’ grenade goes off in Kupwara
A ten-year-old boy was wounded after an ‘abandoned grenade’ went off in Parraypora Kalaroos area in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday afternoon, official sources said. They said that the boy namely Zubair Ahmad son of Ghulam Mohammed Khan was fiddling with the abandoned grenade lying in the vicinity of his house. The device exploded, […]
KASHMIR CRAFT
Handicrafts and handlooms of Kashmir have been famous from the ancient past but the people associated with this trade have suffered a lot in the past few decades. The government of Jammu and Kashmir in the recent past has been bringing a special focus on the life and survival of artisans and other people associated […]
J&K gets its first real-time air-monitoring station at Srinagar
Chairman J&K PCC inaugurates highly sophisticated equipment at Rajbagh SRINAGAR, JULY 14: J&K got its first real-time air-quality monitoring station with inauguration of first ever Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station (CAAQMS) at JKPCC headquarters Rajbagh, Srinagar by Chairman J&K Pollution Control Committee, Suresh Chugh, here today. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Member Secretary, […]
DC Srinagar reviews implementation of BBBP scheme
SRINAGAR, JULY 14: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, today chaired a meeting of concerned officers to review the implementation of Beti Bachao Beti Padao (BBBP) scheme in the district. Sub Judge, District Legal Services Authority, Srinagar, Justice Noor Mohammad Mir; Chief Planning Officer Srinagar; ACD, Srinagar, Child Development Project Officer (CDPO), Chief […]
DC Shopian reviews Eid-ul Adha arrangements
Stresses for Adherence of SOPs in letter and spirit SHOPIAN, JULY 14: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shopian, Sachin Kumar Vaishya today convened a meeting of District Officers at Mini Secretariat Arhama, here to review the arrangements for ensuing Eid-ul-Adha festivity. During the meeting, threadbare discussion was held regarding arrangements to be put in place by […]
Director Agri Kmr reviews Physical/ Financial achievements of Shopian, Kulgam under CAPEX, CSSs
SRINAGAR, JULY 14: To discuss the performance, development and set future targets and objectives under CAPEX and CSSs, the Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today convened high level meetings of district Kulgam and Shopian. The meeting held threadbare discussion on progress under Soil Health Card scheme, KCC/ PM-KISSAN/ PM-KMY, registration of new FPOs vis-à-vis submission of […]
BSF says they shot at a drone on the border at Jammu
By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar The Border security Forces has told media in Jammu that during the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday they spotted a drone at the international border of Arnia and started firing towards it forcing it to retreat. This is one of the many incidents which have happened in the Jammu […]
Two Lashkar OGWs arrested from Budgam: Police
Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested two overground workers of Lashker-e-Toiba in Budgam district of central Kashmir. In a statement, police said that that it along with 53 RR during joint naka checking at Railway bridge Mohanpora arrested two persons associated with Lashker-e-Toiba and recovered “incriminating materials” and live ammunition from their possession. They […]
Army vehicle crushes woman to death in Bandipora
A Woman was crushed to death by an army vehicle on Bandipora-Srinagar road at Nadihal area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday, officials said. Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News observer (KNO), that the woman was killed after she was hit by an army vehicle while crossing the road in Nadihal today afternoon. They […]
Pak LeT Commander Among Three Militants killed in Pulwama; IGP Kashmir
Three militants including lashker-e-Toiba commander have been killed in an overnight encounter with security forces in South kashmir’s Pulwama tow, police said on Wednesday. Inspector General of Kashmir police, Vijay Kumar told Kashmir news service (KNS), that three militants including a Pakistani commander Aijaz @ Abu Huraira killed along with 2 local militants of lashker-e-Toiba […]