Observer News Service - May 31, 2017
SrinagarChief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday asked the Jammu & Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation (JKTDC) to evolve new modules of tourist business for the optimal utilization of its assets. Chairing the Board of Directors meeting of the Corporation here today, the Chief Minister asked the JKTDC management to devise strategies for full utilization of its assets […]
Observer News Service - May 31, 2017
SrinagarMinister of State for Forest, Environment, Animal & Sheep Husbandry, Cooperative and Fisheries, Mir Zahoor Ahmad, Tuesday underscored the need for making all existing Cooperative Business units and Milk plants profitable and commercially viable. He also called for revival of poultry through cooperatives in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Chairing a meeting with the […]
Observer News Service - May 31, 2017
SrinagarAccording to the Director Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA), the department has put in place elaborate market checking measures to keep a check on profiteering, black marketing and hoarding during the holy month of Ramazan. For carrying out the drive effectively the district Srinagar has been divided into four zones wherein each zone is […]
Observer News Service - May 31, 2017
SrinagarIn compliance with the High Court orders, all commercial vehicles having attained 25 years of age as on December 31, 2016 are deemed to be condemned. As such to Regional Transport Officer Kashmir has asked commercial vehicle owners to deposit papers of their vehicles. Accordingly, commercial vehicles having registration numbers under the series JKA, JKB, JKC, JKD, KMT, JKT and […]
Observer News Service - May 31, 2017
SrinagarTwo Maternity Hospitals of 200 bed capacity each would be made functional in the two capital cities of Srinagar and Jammu within a year or so even as work is apace on the three Medical colleges of Anantnag, Baramulla and Rajouri which is expected to be completed in two years. This was disclosed in a high […]
Observer News Service - May 31, 2017
New DelhiA 30-year-old J&K cadre IAS officer, who was to join duty in Srinagar today (Wednesday) drowned while rescuing a lady colleague here on Tuesday. We were informed about a man drowning in the swimming pool of the (Foreign Service Institute in Ber Sarai) institute. He was rushed to Fortis Hospital where he was declared […]
Observer News Service - May 31, 2017
SrinagarAdministration has declared that class work in all the educational institutions in Srinagar, Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama, Shopian, Ganderbal, Budgam, Kupwara shall remain suspended on May 31 (Wednesday) as a precautionary measure. In Budgam, class work in all Higher Secondary Schools and Colleges shall remain suspended, however the staff shall remain present in the institutions, whereas […]
Observer News Service - May 31, 2017
SrinagarSyed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik in a joint statement condemned the imposition of curfew & restrictions in Srinagar, Tral and other parts of Kashmir on May 30 to foil Tral Chalo. Castigating state administration for putting curbs on political activists, imposition of curfew and arresting Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Mohammad Yasin […]
Observer News Service - May 30, 2017
[[{“type”:”media”,”fid”:”17772″,”view_mode”:”wysiwyg”,”instance_fields”:”override”}]] SrinagarEvery time her seven-year-old son returns from school, Rayeesa Akhtar, a young Kashmiri mother who lives in uptown Srinagars Bemina area, thanks God and prays for schools to remain open through the summer. Hundreds of thousands of parents across Kashmir share her worrieschildren including Akhtars son stayed home on 130 days last year, when […]
Observer News Service - May 30, 2017
SrinagarThese are pictures of loss of childhood and innocence. They speak about a violent world outside shuttered homes. They reveal the terrors of the present and the fears for the future. The colours are vivid. Red dominates, in blood and fire. Black is an ascendant colour, clouding the skies and scorching the earth. It’s not […]