JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir administration is making arrangements to create 20,000-capacity lodgements in the Jammu division for the upcoming annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, a senior official has said. Jammu Divisional Commissioner Raghav Langer said the 2020 and 2021 Yatras to the shrine situated at an […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry and sunny in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh on Saturday as the MeT department forecast dry weather interspersed with periods of sunshine and clouds during the next 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain dry with periods of sunshine and clouds during the next 24 hours in Jammu & Kashmir […]
NEW DELHI — Implementation of QR-code based Geographical Indication (GI) tag for Kashmiri hand-knotted carpets will discourage their counterfeit production and enable buyers to identify authenticity of carpets produced in the union territory, an official said on Friday. The QR-code based mechanism has recently been introduced for the purpose of testing and certification of hand-knotted […]
SRINAGAR — The government on Friday said that the employees of School Education Department (SED) of Kashmir division, who have been provided government accommodation by estates or other departments have to pay rent of that accommodation to the estates department. In an official communiqué issued by the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK), “It is […]
SRINAGAR — National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed supplementary charge sheet against two ISIS militants, who hail from Srinagar in a case with regard ‘conspiracy to radicalize and recruit impressionable Muslim youth in India to wage violent jihad against the India’. A spokesman in a statement said that NIA filed supplementary charge sheet against […]
SRINAGAR — Two youths in Srinagar were detained with toy guns by police on Friday evening, sources said. They told GNS that two youths namely Javid Ahmed Guru son of Ghulam Mohuidun Guru, resident of Parimpora and Owais Ahmad Bhat son of Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, resident of Shalteng carrying toy guns were detained by a […]
PULWAMA — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Chewakalan village in Pulwama district of South Kashmir on Friday evening. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) in Chewakalan village following the inputs about presence of militants in the area. […]
KULGAM — A Sarpanch affiliated with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was shot dead by unidentified gunmen at Audura area of Kulgam on Friday. Official sources said that a Sarpanch identified as Shabir Ahmad Mir, son of Abdullah Mir was fired upon by unidentified gunmen at Audua area. He was immediately taken to DH hospital here […]
SRINAGAR — The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today inaugurated the Jan Aushadhi Kendra under Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya JanAushadi Pariyojana (PMBJP) within the premises of Regional Red Cross Society Kashmir at Kothibagh, here. Nodal Officer, PMBJP J&K, Rifat Nazir , Deputy Drug Controller, Irfana Ahmad, Secretary, Regional Red Cross Society Kashmir, and […]
SRINAGAR — National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar’s Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship Development (IIED) Centre Friday presented its four innovations presentations to the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). The four research projects were already are funded under the Design Expertise scheme of the Ministry of MSMEs. They were led by faculty members […]