Local inhabitants in Audoora village in Handwara have expressed their surprise and dismay after 23 works’ which according to them were sanctioned in Gram Sabha but did not feature in the approved list. A local delegation told GNS that the works were sanctioned in presence of VLW and Sarpanch concerned during a Gram Sabha held on 21 March this year. However, they said, none of the works feature in the final approval list. “It is quite surprising that works which were not even discussed on the eve have featured in the list,” they said, adding, “All we can find are the works being approved in favor of some blue-eyed persons, who enjoy a political patronage of some local politicians.” When GNS took the matter with BDO Mawar Qalamabad, Nayeem Ahmad said that a committee has been constitut...

Dozens of people, including women and children came out from homes and were protesting against shortage of water. According to reports, people of Asham area in north Kashmir's Bandipora district came out on the Sumbal-Sopore road halting traffic for several hours. Eye witnesses said that the residents of Asham village of Bandipora on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration and kept Sumbal Sopore road blocked for hours over water shortage against callous approach of PHE Department Bandipora. The villagers said authorities pay no heed to their grievances and have to fetch water from other sources like wells and rivers to fill water for their daily household chores. They said the shortage of water has caused great inconvenience to them. “Our kids complain of different ailments and we ...

A 35-year-old man sustained severe burn injuries after he tried self-immolation bid by pouring kerosene oil on himself inside his house in Darvishpora village of Tangmarg in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the man set himself ablaze by pouring kerosene oil on self, and released a video before attempting the suicide bid.buy amitriptyline online https://alvitacare.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/classes/new/amitriptyline.html no prescription The official said that he was immediately rushed to sub-district hospital Tangmarg, where from he was referred to SKIMS Soura for advanced treatment. He said that a case has been registered and further investigation was ongoing on in this regard—(KNO)

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Jammu Municipal Corporation( JMC) has decided to rename the Jammu city’s busy Janipur-Amphalla road after Syama Prasad Mukherjee, the founder of Bharatiya Jan Sangh to pay tributes to him on his birth anniversary.. As per an invitation, a copy of which lies with the news agency, JMC Mayor Chander Mohan Gupta along with Surinder Sharma corporator of Ward Number 38 Janipur will rename the Janipur – Amphalla road after Syama Prasad Mukherjee. The invitation reads that the function will be held at 12 noon opposite Janipur police station today, Pertinently, this is not first time that BJP led JMC has renamed city’s main landmarks or roads. Earlier, JMC renamed historic City Chowk, the commercial hub in old Jammu, as 'Bharat Mata Chowk', Circular Road Ch...

Before the arrival of the Delimitation Commission in Jammu Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has written a detailed letter to Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, the Head of the Commission. The letter has been penned down by General Secretary Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura on behalf of the party. The letter reads: “On 5th of August 2019, the constitutional and democratic values of our country were trampled upon with the people of Jammu Kashmir being robbed of their legitimate constitutional & democratic rights by means of abrogation of Article 370 and 35 (A) of the Indian constitution, illegally and unconstitutionally. The day also saw the people of Jammu Kashmir being humiliated and demeaned by downgrading & bifurcation of an almost 200-year-old state, an act, with no precedence ...