SRINAGAR — Nearly half a dozen residential houses and two sheds were damaged while two ladies also suffered injuries due to heavy snowfall in Kashmir that started last evening. Reports said that several families had a narrow escape today; the residential houses collapsed due to heavy snowfall today. Two ladies from South Kashmir’s Pulwama district […]
SRINAGAR — Even after passage of seven decades, Kashmir’s power infrastructure continues to remain far behind compared to other parts of the country as seen on Wednesday. The night-long spell of heavy snowfall did not only result in power breakdown in entire Valley but took the lid-off of Power department’s tall claims of improving power […]
SRINAGAR — Joint forces have claimed to have arrested two Lashkar militant associates in South Kashmir’s Shopian district. PRO Defence Srinagar in a statement said “On the intervening night of 22-23 February 2022, based on specific intelligence of presence of war like stores in Villages Awaneera and Shed Chak of Shupiyan District, Army & JKP […]
JAMMU — The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, today approved the Policy for Promotion of Foreign Investment in the industrial sector in Jammu and Kashmir- 2022. Farooq Khan and Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisors to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&K, and […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking cancellation of offline board examinations for classes 10 and 12 to be conducted by the CBSE and several other boards this year, saying such petitions give “false hope” and create “confusion” among students who are going to appear in these exams. The apex […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 100 fresh Covid-19 cases even as there was one death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. They said 70 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 30 from Kashmir Division, taking the overall tally to 452647. Giving district wise […]
SRINAGAR — As former Chief Minister and National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah questioned the “sudden” hike in fare rates for cancelled flights and likened it as “day light robbery”, Airport Authority of India (AAI) said options for refund and rescheduling at “no extra cost” has been offered by the airlines. “The options for refund […]
SRINAGAR — In wake of heavy snowfall in Kashmir, Horticulture department on Wednesday issued advisory for orchardists and asked them to remove excess water from their orchards and remove snow from tree branches gently. In a statement, director horticulture, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat stressed upon orchardists to clean water channels, drains and to ensure complete drainage […]
SRINAGAR — In view of heavy snowfall, Commissioner SMC Athar Amir Khan on Wednesday visited various administrative wards in Srinagar City to review snow clearance drives since wee hours. In a statement, a spokesperson said that he visited Hazratbal, HMT, lawaypora, Khanyar, Batamaloo, Karan Nagar, SMHS hospital, CD Hospital, Barzulla, Lal Chowk, Rambagh, Jawahar Nagar, […]
SRINAGAR — Shiv Sena MP from Maharashtra, Priyanka Chaturvedi has written to the Union Home Minister Amit Shah to raise the demand of regularization and enhancement of salary of CIC operators working in Rural Development Department Jammu and Kashmir. In her letter, Sena MP has urged Amit Shah to take an empathetic view of their […]