JAMMU — Former Chief Minister of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state Ghulam Nabi Azad has been elected the chairman of his newly formed Democratic Azad Party (DAP), a party leader said on Saturday. A resolution to this effect was passed at a founder members session, which was held both in Jammu and Srinagar, the […]
SRINAGAR — The Directorate of School Education, Kashmir (DSEK) on Saturday ordered change of school timing in Kashmir division. According to an order, the schools shall observe timings as 9:00 AM to 3:00 P.M within Municipal limits of Srinagar city and 10:00 A.M to 4:00 P.M in areas falling outside Municipal limits of Srinagar w.e.f […]
LAHORE — Phil Salt smashed an unbeaten 88, at a strike rate of 214.63, as England cruised to an eight-wicket victory with 33 balls to spare in the sixth game of the seven-match T20I series against Pakistan here on Friday. The win helped the team, led by stand-in skipper Moeen Ali, level the series 3-3 […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) department on Saturday forecast mainly dry weather with chances of light rain at isolated phases in Jammu and Kashmir during next 24 hours. “Mainly dry weather with chances of light rain at isolated places is likely in J&K during next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Meanwhile, […]
UNITED NATIONS — Russia on Friday vetoed a Western bid at the UN Security Council to condemn its annexations of Ukrainian territory but found no support, with China and India abstaining. Russia’s veto was a certainty but Western powers hoped to show Moscow’s isolation in its war and will now take the condemnation effort to […]
LAHORE — Pakistan skipper Babar Azam on Friday equalled Virat Kohli’s record of the fastest man to reach 3,000 runs in cricket’s shortest format during his team’s sixth T20I of the seven-match series against England, here. The 27-year-old became the fifth men’s player and eighth overall to achieve the milestone in the format. He also […]
JAMMU — Union minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said efforts are afoot to set up a Tata memorial cancer institute in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir. This was conveyed by the minister while chairing a district development coordination and monitoring committee (DISHA) meeting in Kathua to review progress on various centrally-sponsored schemes (CSS) being […]
BUDGAM — The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has restrained a private company from engaging in any mining activity in Shali Ganga river in Budgam. According to an order, the NGT has restrained NKC Projects Pvt Ltd from engaging in any mining operations in the mentioned river. The Tribunal directed J&KPCB and District Magistrate Budgam to […]
BANDIPORA — With Asia largest fresh lake Wular Lake shrinking in size due to encroachment, fisherwomen in Bandipora are finding it hard to earn livelihood. As per news agencyKashmir News Observer, fishing and other rural communities that have been relying on the lake for their livelihood are now struggling to earn a living from it […]
SRINAGAR — With the increase in the incidents of man-animal conflict in Kashmir, the Wild Life Protection Department, J&K along with Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) is set to launch research project to assess the reasons behind the growing human-animal conflict in Jammu Kashmir. Officials told the news agency Kashmir News Observer […]