Administration represents aspirations of all citizens and every section of society: LG
‘LG’s Mulaqaat’: Sinha says time-bound service delivery, prompt and effective redressal of grievances form core of development initiatives
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha interacted with citizens who had filed complaints on JKIGRAMS, during “LG’s Mulaqaat”- Live Public Grievance Hearing programme, at the Civil Secretariat today and took appraisal of the action taken on the grievances received from the citizens, an official press release informed. It said interacting with the people, concerned Deputy Commissioners […]
Baramulla Municipal Prez Touseef Raina losses no-confidence motion
Baramulla: President Municipal Council Baramulla Touseef Raina on Monday was ousted after losing a floor test following a no-confidence motion moved against him. New dates for polls will be decided by the district magistrate. An official told the news agency KNO that Raina, President MC Baramulla lost the floor test by a margin of one […]
NIA conducts searches in Kulgam, Bandipora, Shopian and Pulwama districts
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted a series of raids across four districts in Kashmir on Monday as part of its probe into an alleged conspiracy involving “newly-floated offshoots of proscribed Pakistan-backed terror outfits” to destabilise Jammu and Kashmir. “Twelve locations in the four districts of Kulgam, Bandipora, Shopian and Pulwama were raided as […]
Rains lash parts of J&K, force closure of Jmu-Sgr nat’l highway
Srinagar/Banihal: Most parts of Jammu and Kashmir received heavy rains on Monday, bringing respite from sweltering heat but also triggering landslides at multiple locations that blocked the key Jammu-Srinagar national highway and some other roads, officials said. Authorities closed all schools upto class 10 in Ramban due to a threat of flash-floods owing to heavy […]
Driver sentenced to one-year imprisonment for causing death of young man
Tangmarg: The Judicial Magistrate 1st class here on Monday awarded one-year imprisonment to the driver of a tipper truck for causing death of a young man by negligence in 2012. The Judicial Magistrate 1st Class Tangmarg, Towfeel Ahmad Mir, convicted the driver, Riyaz Ahmad Dar, son of Abdul Khaliq Dar of Shrai Tangmarg, for offences […]
Traders await buyers in Srinagar livestock market ahead of Eid al-Azha
Srinagar: Ashiq Mohammad, a trader from Rajasthan, comes here every year with sacrificial animals ahead of Eid al-Azha and heads back home after selling his livestock within days. This year, however, what should have been the busiest time of the year for him has turned into a waiting game with high prices keeping buyers away. […]
India summons senior Pak diplomat over attacks on Sikh community members in Pakistan
New Delhi: India has summoned a senior diplomat of the Pakistan High Commission and lodged a strong protest over recent incidents of attacks on Sikh community members in the neighbouring country, sources said on Monday. Four such incidents have taken place between April and June and India has taken serious note of these attacks, they […]
Egypt’s highest honour ‘Order of the Nile’ conferred on PM
Cairo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Sunday conferred with the ‘Order of the Nile’, Egypt’s highest honour, by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi here. Instituted in 1915, the ‘Order of the Nile’ is conferred upon heads of states, crown princes, and vice presidents who offer Egypt or humanity invaluable services. This is the 13th highest […]
LG interacts with prominent members of PRIs, civil society, business and spiritual leaders
Discusses preparations and arrangements for Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra; urges prominent citizens for active participation in 62-day long festivity; discusses arrangements for Eid-ul-Adha Festival and Prakash Parv of Guru Hargobind Singh Ji
SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today interacted with the prominent members of PRIs, Civil Society organizations, Trade, Business and Spiritual Leaders and discussed the preparations and arrangements for Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra. The Lt Governor urged the prominent citizens for active participation of all sections of society in the 62-day long festivity, starting from 1st […]
Kathua rape-murder case: Arguments on framing of charges against main accused on June 26
Pathankot/New Delhi: A sessions court in Pathankot will on Monday hear arguments on framing of charges against Shubam Sangra, prime accused in the 2018 rape and murder case of a minor nomad girl in Kathua of Jammu and Kashmir. The trial was transferred from Kathua in the Jammu region to Pathankot in Punjab following the […]
