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Stray dogs on prowl in Srinagar

November 29, 2021 Editor

Amid rise in the stray dog population and canine bite cases in the summer capital, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) is only able to carry out sterilisation of just 10 to 15 dogs per day. The 10 to 15 dogs sterilisation per day is as per official figures which residents in Srinagar believe can be much lower otherwise. Locals said SMC’s ambitious dog sterilisation program is yet to take off while the increasing population of dogs is posing threat to human beings. To gear up the sterilisation and have satisfactory results,…

J&K hosts 12.58% poor population: NITI Aayog

November 26, 2021 Editor

The first-ever Multidimensional Poor Index (MPI) report of India has revealed that 12.58 percent population in Jammu and Kashmir is poor. As per the report prepared by the government of India’s think-tank body – NITI Aayog, 12.58 percent population in the erstwhile state of J&K which included the newly created UT of Ladakh is poor. The multidimensional poor index has taken into consideration various factors which include the percentage of population deprived of nutrition, maternal health, and school education. The report states that 25.9 percent of the population is deprived…

Cantonment Board serves property tax notices to residents residing within its jurisdiction: Allege locals

November 25, 2021 Editor

The resident living within the jurisdiction of Badami Bagh Cantonment Board has been served fresh property tax bills from the board, asking them to pay tax, while some of them have received property attachment notices, asking them to clear the tax amount or face attachment proceedings, locals alleged here. The residents alleged that some days ago, the Board had also published a notice, asking residents falling within the domain of Board, to clear tax payments by depositing them to Board account or through online mode. “It is for the information…

With soaring vegetable prices platter are getting expensive with every passing day

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 Editor

Consumers suffer as ‘clueless’ FCSCA fails to regulate prices The prices of vegetables and fruits are at an all-time high in Kashmir owing to the non-regulation of the prices by the Department of Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCSCA). The sluggishness on the part of the competent authorities to regulate the rates of eatables and essentials is giving a tough time to the consumers. The market prices of eatables have witnessed exorbitant hikes in absence of any enforcement by the FCSCA in markets to regulate the rates of essential…

Press Colony being evacuated of Press

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 Editor

On Thursday evening a truck was outside the office of the largest circulating English daily of Kashmir, Greater Kashmir. Several laborers were loading chairs, tables, computers, printers, and other office equipment into the vehicle. The estate department made Greater Kashmir vacate the building allotted to the paper in the 1990s. Last year the government had asked former BCC correspondent Yousuf Jameel to vacate his office from the press colony. On October 19, 2020, the Jammu and Kashmir estates department sealed the Srinagar office of the Kashmir Times. The newspaper, one…

GoI to probe civilian killings in Hyderpora encounter, residents say ‘Eyewash’

November 19, 2021 Editor

Governor orders inquiry into Monday’s gunfight, a day after families of slain civilians is detained for demanding their bodies. Following widespread outrage over the killing of four people, including at least two civilians, in a gun battle in Indian-administered Kashmir, the disputed region’s New Delhi-backed administration has ordered an inquiry into the incident. The move announced on Thursday came a day after the families of the two civilians and activists protested in the main city of Srinagar, demanding their bodies be returned to them for their burial according to Islamic…

Kashmiri Pandit body terms Hyderpora Gunfight a ‘Clear cut case of Homicide’

November 18, 2021 Editor

An organisation of migrant Kashmiri Pandits on Wednesday termed the Hyderpora gunfight in Srinagar district “homicide” and demanded a probe into the incident, reported the IANS. According to Satish Mahaldar, chairman of Reconciliation, Return and Rehabilitation of migrant Kashmiri Pandits: “The Hyderpora incident seems to be a clear cut case of homicide.” “Murder is the unjustified killing of one human by another with malice aforethought. The families of two of the four killed in the Monday gunfight have categorically disputed the police version,” he claimed. “Terrorism”, he stated, “clearly has…

Wicker-Willow craft dying a silent death

November 16, 2021November 16, 2021 Editor

Wickerwork, a well-known art in Kashmir, is slowly fading away, as many artisans associated with this industry are switching to other forms of livelihood. Wicker, a plant species also known as Shallows, is found in a Shalbug village of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Shalabug was given a Model Village title back in 2002, where 6000 people depend on willow work for their livelihood. The village produces a lot of raw material from locally cultivated willow rushes and reeds. Villages like Harran, Shalla Bug, Tehlipora, Kachan, Gundi Rehman are the main…

Govt terminates three erring officials from JKRTC

November 14, 2021 Editor

Jammu Kashmir Road Transport Corporation (JKRTC) Authorities have terminated the services of three officers/officials involved in ‘misappropriation of Corporation revenue and dereliction of legitimate duties.’ Jammu Kashmir Road Transport Corporation (JKRTC) Authorities have terminated the services of three officers/officials involved in ‘misappropriation of Corporation revenue and dereliction of legitimate duties.’ As per the JKRTC, the terminated employees are ‘Abdul Majid Dar Conductor No. 2490 involved in carrying 43 passengers without tickets out of 55 passengers boarded in the JKRTC Bus on Srinagar-Anantnag route on 16.10.2021; Sham-us-din, Conductor No. 2691 committed…

Security pickets removed by UPA, coming up again across Kashmir Valley

November 12, 2021 Editor

Jammu & Kashmir administration has ordered the re-construction of security pickets across Kashmir valley, especially in Srinagar city, where targeted civilian killings have increased since October. The order came on a day when two terrorists were killed in the valley in two separate encounters. One unidentified terrorist was killed in the first encounter between holed-up terrorists and security forces on Thursday morning at the Chawalgam area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Reports said a joint team of police and Army personnel launched a cordon-and-search operation in Chawalgam. As the team…