Abid Hussain

Meet Nadeem Hussain, a Budgam boy who designed a scoreboard out of door hinges

Meet Nadeem Hussain, a Budgam boy who designed a scoreboard out of door hinges

Budgam, July 22:Nadeem Hussain Mir, 21, of district Budgam has designed a cricket scoreboard out of door hinges which has become a major attraction for the players and spectators at Budgam’s lone stadium in Paller village. The manually operated scoreboard has been erected on the fencing of the playground. Nadeem, a resident of Budgam’s Chana […]

 Abid Hussain

Land-owners stage protest, demand compensation at par with other states

Land-owners stage protest, demand compensation at par with other states

Budgam semi-ring road

Budgam, July 21: Demanding fair compensation for their land that is being acquired by government for the semi-ring road, the owners staged a protest outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Saturday. Amidst massive sloganeering against the government, dozens of farmers from across several areas of Budgam district assembled under the banner of ‘Semi-ring Road […]

 Abid Hussain

Women in Budgam protest drinking water shortage

Women in Budgam protest drinking water shortage

Budgam: Raising slogans against district administration for failing to provide drinking water, dozens of women in Udroo village of Budgam held a strong protests outside Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Saturday. Protesters said that they are without drinking water from the past 30 days, while as the administration and Public Health Engineering Department (PHE) have […]

 Abid Hussain

Sumo stand Beerwah snatches transport facility from 10 villages, people suffer

Sumo stand Beerwah snatches transport facility from 10 villages, people suffer

Hokhlatri (Beerwah), July 19: Around ten villages in district Budgam have been deprived of transport facility by Beerwah sumo stand. The villagers of Hokhlatri, Churamujra, Dansura, Danas, Lasipora, Parthan and Ramhuma told ‘Kashmir Images’ that sumo stand owners have snatched transport facility from them after they resisted 50 per cent “unjustified” fair hike. As per […]

 Abid Hussain

Tailor accuses cops of attempted murder

Tailor accuses cops of attempted murder

Police refutes charge

Khag, Jul 17: Tension prevailed in Khag Tehsil of Budgam district on Monday night after policemen in civvies caught hold of a tailor, Reyaz Ahmad Beigh, and allegedly “tried to silt his throat”. Reyaz (26), son of Sanaullah Beigh, told ‘Kashmir Images’ that he was returning home from his shop at around 8:15 pm and […]

 Abid Hussain

Students turn traffic volunteers in Budgam

Students turn traffic volunteers in Budgam

Budgam, July 17: Blowing whistles while clearing traffic from the roads, the students of government Girls Higher Secondary School (GHSS) Budgam managed traffic movement for a few hours on the narrow roads here in the township on Tuesday. The “Traffic Regulation and Management Drive” was organized by GHSS wherein they urged upon the people to […]

 Abid Hussain

Budgam lady duped of 80 thousand rupees, police yet to identify fraudster

Budgam lady duped of 80 thousand rupees, police yet to identify fraudster

Budgam, July 15: An unknown fraudster recently duped a Budgam lady of at least eighty thousand rupees after tricking her in swapping the ATM card in the garb of help. Syeda Nighat Rizvi, a resident of Shariefabad Budgam told ‘Kashmir Images’ that as she went to ATM booth of J&K bank located at JVC Srinagar […]

 Abid Hussain

At Budgam hospital, 5 X-Ray technician posts lying vacant; no post sanctioned for ECG: RTI reveals

At Budgam hospital, 5 X-Ray technician posts lying vacant; no post sanctioned for ECG: RTI reveals

Budgam, July 15: In absence of required staff, patients at Aga Syed Yousuf Memorial district hospital are bearing the brunt of official apathy as the vital posts in the hospital are lying vacant. An RTI application filled by this reporter revealed that among seven sanctioned X-Ray technician posts, five lie vacant including the posts of […]

 Abid Hussain

People suffer as Raiyar PHC lacks staff

People suffer as Raiyar PHC lacks staff

Patients forced to make a choice between a dentist and an AYUSH doctor for all health complaints

Raiyar (Budgam), July 12: While one may wonder what a dentist might make out of gastrointestinal ailments and how would an AYUSH doctor prescribe allopathic medicines, the people here in this godforsaken area of central Kashmir’s Riyar area of district Budgam have no other choice as the PHC has just a dentist and an AYUSH […]

 Abid Hussain

Rampant illicit activities ruin charm of Doodhpathri, authorities nowhere

Rampant illicit activities ruin charm of Doodhpathri, authorities nowhere

Doodhpathri: In absence of surveillance by concerned authorities, Budgam’s most visited tourist spot- Doodhpathri (Valley of milk) has been turned into a centre for illegal activities. People have to face many issues while picnicking here, as anti-social elements are enjoying free hand who often times indulge in harassment, gambling and scuffle. A group of people […]

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