Property Tax a progressive reform, lowest in the country, will improve infrastructure, services: DC Jammu

Property Tax a progressive reform, lowest in the country, will improve infrastructure, services: DC Jammu

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Deputy Commissioner Jammu chaired a meeting with all stakeholders including the Presidents, Vice Presidents & Executive Officers of all seven Municipal Committees and their market associations to create awareness and answer queries regarding implementation of Property Tax in JK UT. Among others, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner General besides other concerned officials were present in…

Archery tournament concludes at Barchey Colony, Kargil Town
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Archery tournament concludes at Barchey Colony, Kargil Town

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A local archery tournament organized by Sports & Education Association Barchey concluded today at Barchey Colony, Kargil. Joint Director, Information, Ladakh, Imteeaz Kacho was the chief guest on the occasion while Advocate Asgar Ali Yarkain was the guest of honour. BDC Sodh Zakir Hussain, Sarpanchs, Panchs, Archery Players and locals also attended the event. The…

SDM Zanskar distributes relief among drought-affected families at Pishu village
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SDM Zanskar distributes relief among drought-affected families at Pishu village

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Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Zanskar, Sonam Dorjay on Thursday visited Pishu village and distributed relief among the drought-affected areas. The SDM started the relief distribution to drought-affected areas. On the first day, he visited Pishu village of Sham area and verified the name and account numbers of 37 beneficiaries. SDM assured that an amount of…

ADC conducts market checking at Kargil
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ADC conducts market checking at Kargil

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In order to put checks on expired food items and overpricing, a team of officials headed by Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Kargil, Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Wani today conducted a massive market checking at different places and fined the defaulters. The team included Tehsildar Kargil, Chief Inspector and TSO Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) Kargil,…

Fire breaks out in Sopore forests, efforts on to douse flames
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Fire breaks out in Sopore forests, efforts on to douse flames

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A massive fire broke out in the forest area of Rampura, Rajpora in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday while as the teams have been deputed to douse off the flames. An official told that a fire broke out in Wastung compartment of Rampura Rajpora, upper belt of Sopore. He said that…

Civilian shot at, injured in Bijbehar
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Civilian shot at, injured in Bijbehar

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A civilian was shot at and injured by unknown gunmen in Hassanpora area of Bijbehara hamlet in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said on Friday. An official told that militants fired upon a civilian in Hassanpora in which he received injuries following which he was shifted to Dub District Hospital (SDH) Bijbehara for treatment. The…

MI-17 Heli service starts in Zanskar, 30 passengers airlifted
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MI-17 Heli service starts in Zanskar, 30 passengers airlifted

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To lift the stranded passengers of Zanskar from Leh and vice versa, the Army Helicopter MI-17 service started today and lifted 11 stranded passengers to Zanskar from Leh and 19 passengers from Zanskar in two sorties. The 30 stranded passengers included patients, students and the elderly. On the arrival at their destinations, the passengers expressed…

Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik appeared via video-conferencing

Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik appeared via video-conferencing

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Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik appeared via video-conferencing before a special court here on Friday and an eyewitness identified him in the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, the daughter of then Union home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. The eyewitness corroborated that he had gone to Sopore in Baramulla district of north Kashmir…

Today, there was a case of Yasin Malik with the special judge of TADA court with regard to Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping case.

Today, there was a case of Yasin Malik with the special judge of TADA court with regard to Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping case.

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We had summoned two eyewitnesses — number 7 and number 13. The eyewitness number 13 was present in the court and the eyewitness number 7 could not attend due to health reasons,” senior public prosecutor S K Bhat told reporters. The statement of the eyewitness (13) was recorded and Malik was present during the examination…