JAMMU — An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra on Thursday morning. As per the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake occurred at the depth of five kilometres and about 84 km East of Katra at around 3:03 am. “Earthquake of Magnitude:3.5, Occurred on 17-02-2022, 03:02:45 IST, Lat: 33.08 & Long: […]
NEW DELHI — GAIL India Ltd plans to lay a pipeline to Srinagar to take the environmentally friendly natural gas to the Kashmir Valley as it doubles down on efforts to expand infrastructure to helm the government vision of a gas-based economy, its chairman and managing director Manoj Jain said. GAIL will by May 2023 […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader, Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura on Wednesday joined back as party’s General Secretary and said that all the issues, which led to the resentment have been sorted. Hanjura said that the resignation tendered by him from the party posts, was not accepted by the president, Mehbooba Mufti. However, he […]
LAHORE — Ben Cutting of Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators’ Sohail Tanvir have both been fined 15 per cent of their match fees for breaching a Level 1 offence of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Code of Conduct in separate incidents during their side’s match on Tuesday. According to a statement, both the players were […]
SRINAGAR — A famous Kashmiri trout stream continues to drain into a sinkhole since the last several days due to which several kilometres of the stream have dried leaving aquatic species dead. Brengi stream is one of the most famous trout angling streams. Earlier this week a huge sinkhole developed in the stream draining all […]
SRINAGAR — The Board of School Education (BOSE) on Wednesday declared annual regular results of 10th standard with an overall pass percentage of 78.43 percent. The girl students yet again have outshined boys in the exams. According to BOSE, the total pass percentage includes 78.14 percent in boys and 78.74 percent among girl students. BOSE […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference has accused the Delimitation Commission of scripting a story of disempowerment and disenfranchisement of Kashmir and farflung unattended areas of Jammu. Objecting to its proposals, the party has said the Commission has “arbitrarily devised some unknown criteria while apportioning and identifying increased seven seats.” “It has selectively applied the criteria so […]
SRINAGAR — Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today interacted with representatives of Federation Chamber of Industries Kashmir (FCIK), who called on him here today at Civil Secretariat. During a marathon interaction, a range of vital issues pertaining to the industrial sector were discussed in detail. Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce (I&C), Ranjan Prakash Thakur; […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Government launched a groundbreaking initiative of Mission Youth with the objective to act as a conduit for aspirations and concerns of youth of J&K. The mission is intended to provide a platform for unparalleled transformation of the youth into ambassadors of hope, peace and socio-economic growth through systematic interventions across […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday reported 230 new covid-19 cases, the lowest single-day count in six weeks, even as there was no death due to the pathogen for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, officials said. They said 126 of the cases were from Jammu Division and 104 from Kashmir Valley, taking the […]