Author: OWAIS FAROOQI

“On drugs, we have taken very aggressive action since the start. We have made seizures and registered FIRs, and we are now working on forward and backward linkages in our investigations,” the officer added

Locals said they had expected lasting relief after the long-awaited blacktopping of the road, which serves as a vital link for several villages

Sources said the previous BDO was transferred recently, but no permanent replacement has been posted since

Locals said the District Hospital Ganderbal is already overcrowded, forcing many parents to seek treatment from private paediatricians—an expense unaffordable for economically weaker families

Residents said the Power Department continues to run live lines through obsolete poles that have lost load-bearing strength and are now leaning dangerously over pedestrian routes.

Ishfaq Ahmad, a resident of S.K. Payeen, said waste is being thrown in the open without fear of action. “There is little monitoring and no consistent awareness campaign on its environmental impact,” he said

Patients visiting the dental OPD said they are repeatedly asked to return after several days, but the situation remains unchanged

‘It is out of control,’ say officials as blaze spreads across inaccessible, fenced zone