Anti-encroachment drive continues to target the ‘powerful’!
Srinagar: Authorities in Kashmir went into overdrive on Tuesday to retrieve the encroached government land from influential persons, as they demolished outer walls of the properties belonging to a former minister, the family of a senior police officer and a businessman besides others. The Revenue department retrieved about 40 kanals of land allegedly occupied by […]
Frequent suspension of, delay in flights at Srinagar Airport irks passengers
Director AAI says operations are affected because of bad weather
Srinagar, Jan 25: Frequent suspension of or delay in flight operations due to the inclement weather at Sheikh-ul-Alam International Airport has become a source of constant heart-ache for the locals as well as tourists here. Irked by frequent suspension of air traffic at Srinagar airport due snowfall or poor visibility during winters, passengers alleged that […]
CCI urge LG to ‘exempt from eviction’ people having constructed hotels, lodges on state land
Srinagar: Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Monday urged the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha to ‘exempt from eviction’ those people who have constructed hotels and lodges on small patches of the state land. The biz body said those hoteliers who have encroached upon huge tracts of government land anywhere in the UT be evicted so […]
No security problem for Bharat Jodo Yatra: LG
Lays foundation stone of transit accommodation for PM Package employees at Zewan
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday said all necessary security arrangements have been made for the Jammu and Kashmir leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. The march entered Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday and will culminate with a rally in Srinagar on January 30. “There will be no […]
Without touching common masses, action will be taken against influential land grabbers: LG
Pays obeisance at Mata Zeashta Devi Temple Srinagar
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today paid obeisance at the holy Zeashta Devi temple at Zeathyar Srinagar and prayed for peace, progress and prosperity in Jammu Kashmir and wellbeing of all the citizens, an official press release informed. It said during his visit, the LG also took appraisal of the demands for the augmentation of […]
Wildlife dept sets up healthcare, research facility for wild animals at Dachigam national park
Srinagar: In a first-of-its-kind initiative in Kashmir, Department of Wildlife has established a healthcare-cum-research facility for wild animals at Dachigam National Park in outskirts of Srinagar. Officials told ‘Kashmir Images’ that the department has set up a facility for critically injured or sick wild animals within Dachigam park. They said the purpose of establishing such […]
Snags in biometric authentication hit public distribution of rations; people aghast
Srinagar: Ration cardholders in several parts of the city Tuesday complained that they have not been able to procure their monthly quota of food-grains from ration depots due to the snags in authentication of their biometric markers. Ration distribution at several depots in the city and towns was affected due to such snags. Ghulam Nabi, […]
Protests held in parts of Srinagar against reduced ration allocation
Srinagar: Braving cold weather conditions, people in several areas of the city Monday hit the streets against the decrease in monthly ration quota even for the priority sector consumers (those falling under BPL category). Demanding adequate ration supply, people in Mehjoornagar, Padshahi Bagh, Sonwar, and Nawpora areas took to the roads and staged a protest […]
Job fair held in Srinagar
Srinagar: To facilitate educated youth of the valley with employment opportunities, a mega job fair was inaugurated at Indoor Stadium, Pologround here on Thursday. Hundreds of youth from the length and breadth of the Valley thronged the venue to get enrolled in the first-ever job fair in which 25 prominent local and national companies participated. […]
Awami Awaz Party activists march to Raj Bhawan against Rajouri killings
Srinagar: Activists of a political party on Tuesday took out a protest rally from the United Nations (UN) office at Sonwar to Lieutenant Governor’s office at Raj Bhavan here against the killing of six civilians including two children in Dhangri area of Rajouri district. Holding placards which read “Stop shedding innocent blood, bring perpetrators to […]
