Shabir Khan A 42-year-old woman on Wednesday lost her life in a road mishap in north Kashmir’s Sopore town. Reports reaching Kashmir Despatch said an elderly woman identified as Maisara Begum wife of Abdul Rahim Kumar of Botingoo Sopore was critically injured in a road accident that took place at Model Town area of Sopore. However, she was immediately taken to sub-district hospital Sopore where doctors declared her brought dead reports added. Meanwhile, police soon after this road mishap arrested the driver and also seized the vehicle.

Sheikh Nadeem / Waris Shah On Wednesday afternoon, a residential house caught fire and was fully damaged in an accident at Rampora village of Anantnag district. Reports suggest that a massive fire broke out in a residential house belonging to Mohammad Amin Khan, son of Saidullah Khan of Rampora, Mattan. Soon after, the Fire and Emergency Department employees assisted by police and locals launched a rescue operation. However, the efforts proved futile as the enraging flames razed down the residential house to rubble. Confirming the incident, a police official said that the cause of fire was not immediately known.

The J&K and Ladakh High Court has asked government not to demand 9% token tax from the owners of the outside registered vehicles in Jammu and Kashmir. Hearing a contempt petition, a division bench of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey and Justice Sanjay Dhar also granted three weeks more time to Commissioner/Secretary to Transport Department, Transport Commissioner and RTO Kashmir for filing response to the plea filed against the circular issued on June 10 this year, falling which the officers have been asked to appear in person before it on next date of hearing on December 2. Counsel for the petitioner submitted that the authorities concerned are demanding 9% token tax from the owners of the vehicles who have applied for assignment of new registration mark in the J&K even though th...

A 50-year-old beacon labourer died on spot after he was run over by a speedy passenger bus in Bramri in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday morning, reports and officials said. A Beacon Incharge told GNS that a group of labourers was erecting a signal board along highway in Bramri, adding, during the course of time an overspeeding passenger bus fatally hit a labourer resulting in his on spot death. Another labourer also received minor injuries in the incident, the Beacon Incharge said. Meanwhile confirming the incident a police official identified the deceased as Ghulam Mohuiddin Shiekh, 50, son of Abdul Khaliq Shiekh, a resident of Kralpora. A case under relevant sections has been registered in this regard and further investigations are underway, the official added. ...

Suhail Dar In order to give wide publicity and to sensitize people about the newly launched land record information system,(LRIS) “Aapki Zameen Aapki Nigrani” Tehsil administration Pahalgam today organised a day-long awareness programme for PRI members and people here at Pahalgam Club Convention Centre During this awareness programme through live demonstration, people were sensitized that how Public users can search and view copies of Scanned data online on CIS Portal- http://landrecords.jk.gov.in/ which includes Jamabandis, Girdawaris, Masavis, Mutations etc. Speaking on the occasion the Tehsildar Pahalgam Dr. Mohammad Hussain JKAS, said that the initiative has put the revenue records in public domain and will facilitate easy online access to the Land Records and can register...

Irshad Hussain Raising attention towards the mushrooming growth of local regional political parties in Kashmir valley, the additional spokesperson of National Conference (NC), Ifra Jan, in a video said that it was an attempt of the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) to weaken the valley's oldest party National Conference (NC). Ifra Jan released the video and lashed out at BJP's ill intentions in Kashmir and said that she wanted to rasie 3 questions for the people of Jammu Kashmir. She questions the source of funding for the regional parties that are formed in Kashmir, almost every other day."Where do these local parties get money from?" she asks, adding "Why in Kashmir alone and why not in Jammu region?" "We don't have any property dispute with the Bhartiya Janta Party, but right now h...

The Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad today visited Hajj House Bemina to take stock of the facilities available for the Pilgrims going to perform upcoming Hajj-2022. Additional Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Syed Hanief Balkhi, Tehsildar, Shalteng, Younis Ahmad, Executive Engineers of R&B, PDD and PHE, besides Office Bearers of Hajj House Bemina and other concerned accompanied the DC during the visit. On the occasion, the Deputy Commissioner visited various blocks of the Hajj House and asked the concerned Engineers to take necessary measures to ensure that dysfunctional DG set is made operational. He also directed the concerned to repair the water supply pipes to plug the leakages, besides ensure proper functioning of all the washrooms in the Hajj facility. He ...