Rohit Kansal reviews functioning of power sector in Ganderbal, Bandipora districts
Inspects Upper Sind Hydro Power project Kangan, Alesteng Grid station
GANDERBAL: Principal Secretary, Power Development and Information Departments, Rohit Kansal, Saturday chaired a high level meeting to review the functioning of Power Development Department (PDD) in Ganderbal and Bandipora districts at Mini Secretariat Ganderbal. The meeting was attended by MD KPDCL (Kashmir), Ajaz Ahamd, Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal, Deputy Commissioner Bandipora, Dr. Owais Ahmad, […]
Sgr-Leh highway closed after fresh snowfall
GANDERBAL: The all important Srinagar-Leh highway was closed for traffic after fresh snowfall in Dras, MinaMarg, Sonamarg and Zojila, officials said Saturday. They said that as a precautionary measure, the 434 km Srinagar-Leh highway was closed for traffic on Saturday after fresh snowfall in Dras, MinaMarg , Sonamarg and Zojila. Sources said that Project Vijayak […]
DDC Srinagar urges people to take part in ongoing Economic Census
SRINAGAR: Chairman District Level Coordination Committee (Deputy Commissioner) Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary has urged upon all residents and traders of Srinagar district to take part in the ongoing 7th Economic Census (ES) being held as part of the nationwide exercise to collect data on non‐farm economic activities carried out in the country. Dr Shahid […]
Agriculture Department observes World Soil Day
SRINAGAR: To mark the World Soil Day, a workshop/seminar was organized here at Lalmandi on Saturday. On the occasion a webinar was organised jointly by Institution of Engineers (India) J&K State Centre, Srinagar and Directorate of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Kashmir. Main aim of celebrating World Soil Day is to focus attention on the importance […]
Unidentified youth snatches bag from teacher in Sopore
Sopore: An unidentified youth forcibly snatched a bag from a teacher in north Kashmir’s Sopore on Saturday evening. The bag contained some cash and important documents, police sources said. Reports said that, a female teacher from Welkin school Sopore in her complaint has claimed that, an unidentified youth forcibly snatched her bag near Cooperative Complex […]
Teenager commits suicide
GANDERBAL: An 18 year old boy committed suicide by hanging himself in Wangat area of Kangan last evening, a police official said. He said that an 18 year old boy (name with held) resident of Wangat Kangan of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district hanged himself to death at his home. “It was not immediately known why […]
501 fresh covid-19 cases reported in JK
Srinagar, Dec 5: Thirty-one travelers were among 501 fresh novel coronavirus cases reported during the last 24 hours, taking the number of persons infected with the virus to 112757, officials said Saturday. Among the cases, 267 were from Jammu Division and 234 from Kashmir Division even as 469 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and were […]
CRPF trooper shoots self, suffers critical injury
Srinagar, Dec 05: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper on Saturday evening shot himself at his camp in Wazirbagh area of Srinagar district. Official sources said that a CRPF man identified as Constable Yogesh Kumar (33) shot himself and got critically injured. “He fired himself with his service rifle at the camp in Wazir […]
Fire breaks out in Tehsil office in Bandipora
Bandipora, Dec 05: Fire broke out in Tehsil office in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Saturday evening. An official said that fire broke out in one of the rooms of teshil office Bandipora and later engulfed the entire building. He said that the fire tenders have been rushed to the spot to douse the flames. […]
Highway is the new home for farmers
New Delhi, Dec 5 (PTI) Tents pitched on tractors, people busy chopping vegetables to get food ready, solar panels to charge mobile phones, medical camps and even hookahs — once a thoroughfare teeming with traffic, Delhi’s Tikri border resembles a ‘pind’ (village) now. Living in this village are farmers who have come largely from neighbouring […]
