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KUPWARA, APRIL 13:To review the progress made in order to curb drug abuse in Kupwara district, a meeting of District Level Committee of Narco Coordination (NCORD) was held today under the Chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kupwara, Dr.Doifode Sagar Dattatray at meeting hall of DC Office Complex, here.         At the outset, the DC reviewed various issues related to menace of drug addiction, its control and rehabilitation and areas of concern, it’s hot spots besides, measures undertaken to break the chain of drug peddling in the district to save youth from the ill effects of the drugs abuse. The Deputy Commisioner directed the…

DC emphasises on speeding up process, extensive SVEEP awareness programes,KUPWARA, MARCH 12 : Deputy Commissioner (DC),Kupwara, Dr. Doifode Sagar Dattatray who is District Election Officer (DEO)today convened a meeting of EROs and AEROs of Kupwara district to review Special Summary Revision(SSR) of Electoral Rolls-2023 at Mini- meeting hall of DC office complex Kupwara.The Deputy Commisioner took a detailed review of the progress achieved under updation of votes in all assembly segments of Kupwara district.Deputy Commisioner directed concerned EROs and AEROs to register all eligible electorates in all Assembly segments of the Kupwara District so that no eligible voter is left…

Hon’ble Justice Ms Sindhu Sharma, Judge High court of J and K and Ladakh and Administrative Judge for district Kupwara today visited Court Complex Kupwara. The Hon’ble Justice was accompanied by Joint Registrar Judicial, Incharge Protocol, Abdul Bari and other Secretaries and Staff Members. On her arrival, Justice Sindhu Sharma was warmly welcomed by Incharge District Judge Mr. Khem Raj Sharma, Deputy Commissioner Kupwara, Dr. Doifode Sagar Dattatray, SSP Kupwara, Yougal Manhas, Secretary DLSA, Muzamil Wani, Sub Judge Kupwara, Rajeev Kumar, Munsiff, Mir Altaf, President Bar Association Shafiq Ahmad Shah and other officers of Bar and administration. Justice Sindhu Sharma…

Police has arrested Mohammad Iqbal Khatana, father of a minor girl for murder of his daughter on 29th of March 2023. The sequence of events that lead to the murder of the minor girl are as under: At around 1615 hrs, Mohammad Iqbal Khatana (hereinafter referred to as Iqbal, for short) reached home from daily work (Driver of Passenger-Vehicle (Sumo) bearing registration number JK09-4308. Between 1615 hrs & 1800 hrs, he finished doing household work, splitting fire-wood etc. At around 1830 hrs, he got into a heated argument with his wife (Nageena Begum), with whom his relationship has been strained…

Farming community hail the efforts of DC Kupwara KUPWARA, MARCH 31: Landlocked Karnah Sub division of Kupwara district is presenting a scintillating look these days due to its blossoming fields as rabi crops are in the final stage of ripening and will be harvested soon.Farmers of Karnah valley, where most of area falls in Sub-tropical agricultural Zone, are reaping good dividends as they have turned to double cropping.Farmers are leaving no stone unturned to take the benefits of conducive and favourable temperature and timely interventions of Agriculture schemes.Farmers in consultation with agriculture experts have switched to double cropping to take…

Kulgam: The Muslims on Friday helped perform last rites of a Hindu who was on leave to attend first death anniversary of his brother killed by militants last year in Kakran area of south Kashmir's Kulgam district. Reports reaching the news agency—said that Balbir Singh (55), son of Surinder Singh, who was working in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) died last evening by cardiac arrest at his home in Karkan area of Kulgam. He was posted at Amritsar but was on leave to attend death Anniversary of his brother who was killed by militants last year. Balbir's family is the…

PMAY (G) fulfilling the dream of pucca houses for poor, vulnerable families in Kupwara district,3029 houses under PMAY(G) at final stage of completionKUPWARA, MARCH 28:The Pradhan Mantri Awas yojana -Gramin is successfully fulfilling the long awaited dream of several poor and vulnerable families having their own pucca house.In frontier Kupwara district , scores of poor and vulnerable ST families used to live in kutcha houses, one-roomed temporary shacks or dark and muddy houses before implementation of PMAY(G).With the coming of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, dreams of such families have been fulfilled.In Kupwara district during financial year 2022-23 under (Non-SECC)…

Tral woman gets entry in Indian Book of Records for creating smallest Shikara in Mandala Art Pulwama, Mar 27: A talented woman from South Kashmir has created the world's smallest Shikara in Mandala Art, getting entry in Indian Book of Records. Mahira Shah (24), a resident of Pinglish Tral who has got married in Sallar Pahalgam has made pieces of different things that are uniquely associated with Kashmir so as to promote Kashmir. Mahira told news agency--news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that she is a self-taught mandala artist as she was interested in the art since her childhood and started…

A non-local girl died by suicide just after 20 days of her marriage at a rented accommodation in Sopore areo of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said here in Sunday. An official told the news agency— that the girl from Bangladesh was married to a Kupwara man around 20 days ago and last evening she hanged herself to death. She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared her dead on arrival, he said. He said she was living with her husband at a rented accommodation in Badam Bagh area of Sopore. Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the…