RAINS INUNDATE VALLEY

Fresh Snowfall In Upper Reaches, Highway Closed

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, Mar 19: Heavy rains with intermittent snowfall lashed Kashmir on Saturday, following which authorities issued an avalanche warning in the upper reaches. Incessant rainfall led to the closure of Srinagar-Jammu highway and delayed flights.While the upper reaches of the valley including More

Two women washed away

Jammu, Mar 19: Flash floods washed away two women in Jammu’s Ramban and Poonch districts on Saturday, sources said.Rukhsana Begum wife of Muhammad Saleem Kumar of Gool Ramban was washed away while crossing a stream this evening, officials said. “Efforts are on to retrieve her body.”Meanwhile More

NHPC plays power-pillager

Rules Not Followed In Allotment Of Projects: Minister

MUDDASIR ALI

  Srinagar, Mar 19: Days after the state government revealed that no Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed with National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) for the three projects run by it in Jammu and Kashmir, it has now come to light that no “proper procedure” was followed More

Embezzling Energy?

Srinagar, Mar 19: Out of its 14 power stations, NHPC unilaterally owns four major projects in Jammu and Kashmir – the highest number of power stations owned by the Corporation in any one state. These include Salal with 690 MWs generation capacity, Uri-I with 480 MWs capacity, Dulhasti with 390 MWs More

Don’t sit on RTI applications: CIC tells bureaucrats

SIC To Impose Penalties On Indolent Officials

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Mar 19: Armed with the provisions of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the first Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of Jammu and Kashmir, GR Sufi Saturday cautioned the state bureaucracy that they must get ready to implement the legislation in letter and spirit or face action. He asserted More

Militant, cop killed in Shopian gunfight

Srinagar, Mar 19: A militant and a policeman were killed in a gunfight in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday, police said.“Joint party of policemen and soldiers cordoned off Doondupora-Keller this morning and launched searches. Militants present there opened on the search party, which was More

Geelani seeks freedom

‘UN-Supervised Plebiscite Amicable Solution’

INDIA TODAY CONCLAVE

GK NEWS NETWORK Srinagar, Mar 19: Reiterating that Kashmir issue is a result of broken promises, Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Saturday said the right to self-determination supervised by the United Nations and end to ‘India’s forcible occupation More

Is it Sheikh-ul-Alam (RA) International Airport?

3 Yrs On; Govt, New Delhi Yet To Come Clean On Issue

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Mar 19: The Jammu and Kashmir government might be hesitant in ensuring that the Srinagar “International” Airport is renamed as the Sheikh-ul-Alam (RA) International Airport, as had been proposed years back, but in official parlance of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the aerodrome is already More

New office timing from April 1

Srinagar, Mar 19: With the onset of summer, the government Saturday ordered new office timing in Kashmir valley.According to Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, working hours in all government offices/institutions in Kashmir valley except in case of educational institutions located within the municipal More

Azad reviews SKIMS functioning

Srinagar, Mar 19: Union Health Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Saturday reviewed the infrastructural development and functioning of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura, Srinagar.Director SKIMS, Dr Abdul Hamid Zargar, apprised him of the state government’s efforts to upgrade physical More