DC Srinagar calls for collective, individual efforts to preserve water bodies
Visits Nallah Amir Khan, calls for immediate remedial steps for its restoration
SRINAGAR, MARCH 29: In response to appeals from the locals, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Wednesday visited the Nallah Amir Khan water channel here and took stock of its condition. The DC expressed strong concern at the declined state of the stream called on the LAWDA to take immediate remedial steps for […]
Mehraj, Aasif help Pink City beat Safapora Blues
Wular Premier League
Sopore March 29: In the ongoing Wular Premier League played at Sheikh-ulAlam Sports Ground Tarzoo Sopore, Pink City Cricket Club defeated Safapora Blues in the first match played on Thursday. Safapora Blues batted first after winning the toss and were bundled out for 116 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Sajad 23 runs was the […]
Div Com Jammu felicitates winner of Red Cross Raffle Draw
JAMMU, MARCH 29: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Hemant Kumar Sharma, who is also the Chairman of Indian Red Cross Society, Jammu Region today handed over a new Alto car to Ronak, D/o Sanjay Ganjoo, student of Shiksha Niketan Higher Secondary School being the 1st prize winner of Red Cross Raffle Draw Ticket which held on 18th […]
Sericulture Deptt launches Mulberry plantation drive at Pulwama
PULWAMA, MARCH 29: The sericulture Department Pulwama today carried out a plantation drive on Circle Road Pulwama. Speaking on the occasion, the District Development Commissioner, Ghulam Mohammad Dar said that planting mulberry trees on both sides of the Circle Road will render scenic view to the district. Highlighting the importance of plantation, DDC said that […]
SPO shot dead, wife injured by unknown gunmen in Bijbehara
Srinagar, March 29 : A special police officer (SPO) of Jammu and Kashmir police was killed while as his wife sustained injuries by unknown gunmen in Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday evening. An official said that gunmen fired at SPO Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh at his residence in Katsoo village. “Sheikh who […]
Abul Kalam Azad, the lodestar
Abul Kalam Azad’s commitment to religion, the nation, lights the path for Muslims, secular Hindus
By: Syeda Hameed I, who live in a “Muslim ghetto”, have sat up all night with five pieces of writing before me. They are from the “Minority Space” of The Indian Express, which was initiated by Harsh Mander’s article, (‘Sonia Sadly’, IE, March 17). All the writers are my friends and colleagues. Ramchandra Guha is […]
Gunfight breaks out in Sunderbani, Rajouri
Rajouri, March 28: A gunfight between militants and the joint team of government forces started at Sunderbani, hours after, a sentry of paramilitary CRPF camp repulsed an attack on battalion headquarters in the border district of Rajouri in Jammu division. Official sources told GNS that a sentry observed some suspicious movement following which he fired […]
3 killed, 4 injured in two road accidents
Jammu, Mar 27: Three people were killed and four injured in two separate accidents in Doda and Rajouri districts today, police said. A vehicle skidded off the road and rolled down a gorge in the Phagsoo area of Doda today killing two people, including a woman, and injuring four others, they said. The injured were […]
Hindu outfits glorify a man accused of killing Muslim man in Rajasthan
Srinagar, Mar 27: Some rightwing Hindu outfits took out a tableau to honour a man accused of killing a Muslim man in Rajasthan. The photos of the rally have gone viral on social media. The rally, according to ‘The Indian Express’, was taken out in Jodhpur to honor Shambhu Lal Regar who hacked a Muslim […]
12 encroachments removed along new National Highway in Bijbehara
ANANTNAG, MARCH 27: A team led by Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Anantnag, Syed Shabir Ahmad today launched a demolition drive along the new National Highway at Bijbehara. During the demolition drive, 12 illegal structures constructed in violation of existing norms and procedures were demolished. The ACR was accompanied by SDM Bijbehara, Tehsildar Bijbehara, Revenue officials and […]
