Let B2V 3rd make some difference
Third phase of the Back to Village (B2V) programme is beginning from October 02. According to the administration the programme is aimed at directing development efforts in rural areas through community participation and to create among the villagers a serious desire for decent standard of living. Two rounds of the programme have been concluded in […]
Pandurang K Pole calls for massive anti- forest land encroachment drive
Chairs weekly Covid-19 review meeting
SRINAGAR : Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir Pandurang K Pole today called for massive drive against the illegal encroachment of forest land. The Div Com said this while chairing a meeting of Deputy Commissioners and Revenue officers. Expressing dismay over the illegal encroachment of Forest land, the Div Com stressed on massive anti encroachment drive against the […]
SC directs refund of airline tickets for flights cancelled due to lockdown
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday directed refund of air tickets, domestic and international, for travel during the COVID-19 lockdown period from March 25 to May 24 within three weeks from the date of the cancellation of flights. Accepting the Centre’s proposal, the top court directed that if the tickets have been booked through an […]
Hathras rape case – Police has shamed all
By: Fahid Fayaz Darangay The incident that forced me to write on this sensitive social issue was the recent Hathras rape case where a 19 year old Dalit girl was brutally gang raped and her family was not given the right to perform her last rites after she succumbed to injuries in a Delhi hospital. […]
Suicide bomber kills 9 at checkpoint in south Afghanistan
Kabul: An Afghan official says at least nine people including four civilians were killed when a suicide car bomber attacked a military checkpoint in southern Afghanistan. Omer Zwak, a spokesman for the provincial governor in Helmand, said Thursday a small child and three security personnel were wounded in the late Wednesday night attack in Nahri […]
ACB books former President, Ex-Chairman JKB among 5 persons for tender fraud in housekeeping
Srinagar: Anti Corruption Bureau has registered a case against former executive president and ex-chairman J&K Bank among others for awarding tenders of housekeeping to a Mumbai based Company M/s SILA Solutions Pvt. Ltd by not following the proper tendering norms, causing Rs. 6,29,56,575 loss to the Bank. In a statement issued to GNS, the ACB […]
KEG expresses shock over sudden demise of Javid Ahmad
Srinagar: Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) expressed shock over the sudden demise of a young reporter Javid Ahmad who was associated with daily ‘Rising Kashmir’. The incident is not only tragic and shocking for the family of the young journalist but the entire media fraternity in Kashmir is pained at his sudden demise. KEG expresses solidarity […]
Rising Kashmir correspondent dies of cardiac arrest
Srinagar: A senior correspondent of Srinagar based English daily newspaper Rising Kashmir died of heart attack on Thursday afternoon in Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. According to the reports, Javid Ahmad, a senior correspondent working with the Rising Kashmir Newspaper died in Pattan while travelling to Srinagar. He said that Javid was rushed […]
2 soldiers killed, 4 others injured in Pak firing along LoC in Kupwara: Army
Srinagar: Two soldiers were killed and four others were injured in firing by Pakistani army along the Line of Control in Naugam sector of Kupwara in north Kashmir, Indian army said on Thursday. “Pakistan initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation along LoC in Naugam Sector, Kupwara today morning by firing mortars and other weapons. Two soldiers […]
