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Rs 60 lakh missing in scrutiny so far from 30 accounts Srinagar: A clerical employee at the Magam post office in Budgam district pocketed money deposited by account holders, and with that money played lucky draws and bets on the internet, where he has reportedly lost much of the money. So far, only about 24 percent of the 30,000 accounts at

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CPJ calls for lifting ban on social media in Indian Occupied Kashmir

Most of the leading dailies in Kashmir printed their front pages in blank on Sunday as a mark of protest against the unexplained denial of advertisements to two newspapers by the Jammu and Kashmir government. The Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) had claimed last month that the state government had stopped giving advertisements to two major local dailies -- Greater Kashmir and Kashmir Reader.

India shocked as Sri Lanka cancels international partnership for ECT project Giving in to the mounting pressure of local workers Unions, the Sri Lankan government cancels the 2019 agreement including India and Japan in a major port project. Sabrangindia03 Feb 2021 Image Courtesy:newsbox9.com Pulling out of the 2019 agreement with India and Japan, the Sri Lankan government said on February 1, 2021 that the East Container Terminal (ECT) at the Colombo port will be completely ...

English By Bilal Hussain Share on Facebook Print this page SRINAGAR - News outlets in the Indian-controlled region of Kashmir are under rising financial pressure, as authorities bar more than 30 media houses from state advertising.     The region’s Department of Information and Public Relations this month removed 10 newspapers in Kashmir and 24 publications in the Jammu region from a list of outlets approved for state ad revenue — known...

  Bandipora: An 18-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a road accident in S.K Payeen  area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Tuesday . A police official told Kashmir Reader that the motorcyclist was hit by a speedy bus bearing registration number JK13-1815 near Churtung Mod area of S.K Payeen Bandipora, leaving him critically injured. He was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival. A police official identified the deceased as Liyakat Ahmad M...

Demands establishment of Shia Board, lift ban stone quarrying in Kashmir PAMPORE: Bharatiya Janata Party National Youth Vice President and DDC member from Srinagar Constituency Er Aijaz Hussain on Monday called on Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir UT, Manoj Sinha and briefed him about various issues. Talking to Kashmir Reader from Jammu, Aijaz told that he discussed various issues concerning public, development, and governance with LG of Jammu and Kashmir UT at Raj Bhavan Jammu. He told ...

Shopian: The health department in Shopian has found itself in an embarrassing situation after misspelling simple words on banners related to a dry run for Covid-19 vaccination. The flex banners put up by the staff announcing the event misspelt “vaccination” as “vacinaion” and “district” as “dictrict”. After the mistake was brought to the notice of health authorities, the word “district” was corrected on one of the banners but the other misspelt word was left as it is. The dr...

SRINAGAR: There is new drama at Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) just one-and-a-half month after Mayor Junaid Mattu was elected. Now the Congress party has filed a defection petition against its 10 councillors for voting in favour of Mattu despite the party whip, which was issued in favour of Sheikh Imran, former Deputy Mayor. The petition was filed by Basharat-bin-Qadir, the Congress’s whip issuer, before the Chief Election Commissioner on December 22, seeking disqualification of its cou...