Farooq Abdullah chairs Airport Advisory Committee in Srinagar
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president and MP Farooq Abdullah on Thursday chaired the Airport Advisory Committee here and discussed measures to improve passenger facilities and rationalisation of airfare. Among other officials from the Airports Authority of India (AAI), Airport Director and other stakeholders also attended the meeting, an NC spokesman said. During the meeting, improving […]
HC asks authorities to utilize land for Ring Road
Says project work shall not be stalled
Srinagar: The J&K High Court Thursday ordered the authorities to utilize the land of the affected farmers who had stayed the Ring Road project seeking a fair compensation according to central government laws. “The respondents shall proceed in the construction of ring road by utilizing the land, which will be subject to the decision rendered […]
Revenue official arrested for bribery
Srinagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Thursday said that its sleuths trapped and arrested a Patwari and Chowkidar in Nishat for bribery. ACB in a press release said that Asif Farooq Wani, Patwari, Halqa Brein Nishat, Srinagar and Chowkidar Nazir Ahmad Dar were arrested for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 10000 for issuance of ‘Fardi […]
Aircraft-shaped balloon with ‘PIA’ mark seized in Samba
Jammu: A balloon in the shape of an aircraft with ‘PIA’ mark was found in Samba district, officials said on Thursday. On sighting the ‘PIA’ (Pakistan International Airlines)-marked balloon in Sarna, a border village, the locals informed the police, who rushed to the spot and confiscated it, the officials said. Such balloons have been found […]
Jubilant BJP workers celebrate party’s success in Assembly polls
Jammu: Dancing to the beats of dolaks, jubilant BJP workers celebrated the party’s impressive show in four of the five states where elections were held recently. The party’s chief for Jammu and Kashmir Ravinder Raina said it will cross the 50-plus mark in the Assembly elections in the union territory and will register a “landslide […]
One killed, 14 injured in IED blast in Udhampur town
Jammu: One person was killed and 14 were injured when a low-intensity IED exploded in a vegetable market outside a court complex in Udhampur district of Jammu region on Wednesday, officials said. “Scores of people were busy shopping when all of a sudden a big bang was heard. People ran helter-skelter while several were seen […]
LG, political parties condemn blast
Srinagar: Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha and various political parties on Wednesday condemned an IED blast in Udhampur district of Jammu region in which one person was killed and 15 others were injured. While condemning the attack, Lt Governor said that the security forces will ‘hunt down those responsible.’ “My deepest condolences are with family of […]
Sarpanch shot dead by militants in Khanmoh
The killing condemned widely
Srinagar: A Sarpanch was shot dead by militants in Khanmoh area on the outskirts of Srinagar on Wednesday, police said. The Resistance Front (TRF), “a shadow outfit of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba”, has claimed responsibility for the attack that killed Sameer Ahmed Bhat, an independent Sarpanch. Bhat had been provided with security and lodged at a […]
CS calls for streamlining traffic management across J&K
Jammu: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta Wednesday called for streamlining the traffic management across Jammu and Kashmir so as to bring down the incidents of road accidents and traffic violations. Chairing a meeting to review traffic scenario in Jammu and Kashmir, Dr. Mehta expressed serious concern over the alarming figures of fatal road […]
Pretty flyover pillars won’t solve traffic mess: Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: Expressing his disappointment over traffic management in Srinagar, National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah said painting pretty flyover pillars will not solve the mess on roads. No new infrastructure was being created to solve “one of the biggest” problems in the city, he pointed out. “One of the biggest problems in Srinagar city these days […]
