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Saturday, April 27, 2024
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Briefing

News nuggets about the interesting happenings in Jammu and Kashmir and the people who are in the focus of around those developments

Newsmakers

PLANNED: The government is taking up a Rs 1.55 crore ropeway project in Kishtwar district to connect the remote but highly productive areas of...

Bridging Without ROADS

Bani belt of Jammu is in crisis these days. Owing to massive rains, nearly 3000 meters of vital 65-kms Basholi-Bani road was washed away...

Newsmakers

INAUGRATED: Part of its Civic Action Programme, the police threw open its Youth Club in Nowhata, the heart of Srinagar’s old city. Insisting that...

The Healthy INFORMERS

Strife has led to the rise of a huge breed of whistle-blowers in Kashmir. Barring the anti-corruption whistle-blowers almost every other informer is making...

Newsmakers

REGISTERED: Police have booked London based broadcaster Nayeema Ahmad Mehjoor for spreading disaffection by posting an update on Facebook- “Why did police kill this...

Paris CONNECTION

A Writ petition filed in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court by a leading business house against a middle rung government officer has blown...

Newsmakers

RECOVERED: After 10 days the corpse of Biscoe student Shakir Bhat was fished out by a bus driver and his conductor near Hassan yaar...

Sent Back HOME

The government stopped writer and civil liberty activist Gautum Navlakha from entering Srinagar last week. He was served an order issued by the Deputy...

The ANNIVERSARIES

Moderate Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was not allowed to lay a foundation stone for a martyrs’ memorial and lead a rally to commemorate...

Newsmakers

INITIATED: Gujarat State Petronet Ltd (GSPL) led consortium is laying 3900 kms, three cross country inter-state natural gas pipelines. The three lines - The...

Legal victory

In the legal battle with the state government, Farooq Ahmad, the terminated ex-IGP came out victorious, after his retirement order was quashed.He had been...

Newsmakers

RELEASED: Teacher and columnist Syeda Afshana’s book ‘Freeze Frame: Glimpses from Kashmir’ – an anthology of essays - was released by VC KU Prof...

Madam panch

When Asha was declared the elected president of Wusan Panchayat in tangmarg area of north Kashmir, she had no idea she will make it...

Newsmakers

RECTIFIED: The third unit of the Baglihar Hydroelectric Project re-started generating electricity after the repairs were made by a Germany-based company. The unit was...

Newsmakers

MANAGED: The government has cleared the the transfer of Bahu Games Reserve area to the Army at Sunjwan for shifting its utilities from its...