Sihpora village of Langate reels under darkness
SRINAGAR: Sihpora village of Langate in Kupwara district is reeling under darkness from last 150 days due to no electricity.
The residents said that besides businesses,...
Dr Drabu launches ‘Easy Collect’ online payment portal at Toll Plaza Lakhanpur
SRINAGAR: In order to encourage cashless and hassle-free payments, Minister for Finance, Labour & Employment Dr Haseeb Drabu on Wednesday launched “Easy Collect”, a multi...
Early closure of petrol pumps creates inconvenience to commuters
SRINAGAR: The Srinagar city has no petrol pumps that can provide day and night services. Almost all the petrol pumps that used to provide day...
Speedy vehicle crushes teenager to death in Handwara
HANDWARA: A ten-year-old Boy was crushed to death this afternoon at Gundkahroo Handwara in Kupwara district, reports said.
According to reports the vehicle under registration...
‘Tainted’ SMC officers arrested for allowing illegal constructions
SRINAGAR: Vigilance Organization Kashmir Wednesday said that the verification conducted by it revealed that the officials of Ward No. 28 (Batamaloo) Srinagar Municipal Corporation...
Believe It! Star Hospital charges Rs 1500 for donating blood
Srinagar: Next time you wish to donate blood for a patient in a private hospital, be sure you carry some cash in your pocket, otherwise...
Kunan anniversary: Police denies permission to KCCS event
Aakash Hassan
KL News Network
Srinagar
The event scheduled for commemoration on the 26th anniversary of the Kunan ‘mass rape’ by Coalition of Civil Society has been...
Governance hit because of PDP’s musical-chairs over portfolios: NC
National Conference on Wednesday said basic governance had taken a hit in the State because of what it termed as a game of “musical...
Cut short ‘huge expenses’ of ministers, bureaucrats: Er Rasheed to Govt
Incumbent MLA Langate, Er Rasheed has termed the issuing of guest control order a welcome move and said that the move should have been...
Rafiq Shah returns to a home changed by 12 years
By Bilal Bahadur
Srinagar
More than 12 years after he was declared innocent, Mohammad Rafiq Shah returned home last night. Held in Delhi serial blasts case,...
Kashmir reports first Selfie death, courtesy train
Srinagar
A boy died after he was hit by train near Nowgam railway station when he was talking a Selfie on railway track, here in...
‘World leadership should pressurise India to stop using pellet guns’
Srinagar
Expressing deep grief over the “martyrdom” of Waseem Mushtaq who succumbed to pellet injuries, the incarcerated chairman of Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) Shabir Ahmad...
Jam-Sgr highway opens after two-day closure
Srinagar
The Jammu-Srinagar highway was on Wednesday reopened for one-way traffic after two days.
According to a traffic department official, vehicles will be allowed to move...
Amnesty accuses India of using excessive force on demonstrators in Kashmir
Srinagar
Amnesty International on Wednesday criticised the Indian government for using excessive and arbitrary force on demonstrators last year post the July 8 killing of...
Police version of Kulgam man’s death
Srinagar
District police administration has clarified that on 20th Feb 2017, Waseem Ahmed Thoker son of Mushtaq Ahmed a resident of Souch was found unconscious...
