Diwali or festival of lights was observed with austerity in Kashmir Thursday in the wake of devastating floods that left behind a huge trail of […]
Month: October 2014
PM Modi tweets: ‘Will spend Diwali in Kashmir’
Omar hails plan; PDP welcomes decision; Hurriyat (G) calls for shutdown In a special gesture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kashmir on Diwali and […]
Customer gets fake currency note from ATM
A delegation of bank customers Tuesday alleged that fake currency is being circulated by several ATMs here. Atiqa Dar, a customer accompanied by several other […]
Central team seeks reassessment of flood losses
Verification teams to check variations The Union Home Ministry team, which carried out survey of losses suffered by the State due to floods, has found […]
Floods ruin Kashmir’s poultry sector, stakeholders suffer Rs 500 cr loss
The floods in Kashmir have cost its poultry sector an estimated Rs 500 crore. Of the 6,000 poultry farms in Kashmir, estimates suggest that around […]
Flood-hit essentials confiscated
Acting upon specific inputs that flood-hit food commodities are being offered for sale to consumers, the sleuths of Drug and Food Control Organization carried out […]
Protect homeless people from winter vagaries: High Court to Govt
Seeks report on measures to prevent sale of contaminated drugs, food items Jammu and Kashmir High Court Tuesday directed the state government to take measures […]
Govt recalls RBA doctors for home postings
The government has recalled over 30 doctors appointed under reserved category RBA to their home town for serving people in respective far-flung areas of the […]
What the floods did to Kashmir’s grand heritage
Kashmir has still not fully recovered from the terrible floods that engulfed the region last month, but it is only just becoming clear how the […]
Insurance companies take claimants for ride despite court orders
Defying the High Court orders, Insurance companies continue to dodge customers in settling their claims for the damages caused in the floods that struck Kashmir […]