Director Agriculture reviews flagship programs
SRINAGAR: Director Agriculture Kashmir, Muhammad Iqbal Chowdhary Saturday convened a meeting here to review implementation of flagship programmes under agriculture sector. The Director on the occasion reviewed submission of DPRs on Micro Food Processing Enterprise Scheme (FME), Self Help Groups, progress on Farm Produce Organizations (FPOs), status of DBT in respect of CSS/Capex, Machinery distributed […]
JKDIPR employees condole demise
SRINAGAR: The employees of Jammu and Kashmir Department of Information and Public Relations (JKDIPR) have expressed grief and sorrow over the demise of the sister of Mohammad Iqbal Hajam, an official of the department. In this connection, a condolence meeting was held under the Chairmanship of the Joint Director Information, Kashmir, at Joint Director Information […]
HDFC Bank Q3 net profit increases by 14.3%
Srinagar: HDFC Bank on Saturday reported a net profit of Rs 8,758 crore against Rs 7,416.48 crore reported in the same period last year. The private lender’s net interest income grew 15.1% year-on-year to Rs 16,317.6 crore for the quarter under review. HDFC Bank’s gross non-performing assets ratio for the quarter stood at 0.8 per […]
Five militant associates held in Tral
Srinagar: Five alleged militant associates were arrested for pasting threat posters in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, police said on Saturday. Threat posters of a militant outfit were found pasted in Seer and Batagund villages of Tral area of the south Kashmir district, a police spokesman said. Accordingly, a case was registered and a police […]
Police officer dies of cardio-pulmonary arrest
Srinagar: A police officer died of cardio-pulmonary arrest here in Kashmir capital Srinagar. Police sources said that an Assistant Sub-Inspector, posted at Shergari Police Station was shifted to SMHS Hospital after he complained of chest pain. The police officer died in the hospital while the cause of his death is attributed to cardio-pulmonary arrest. The […]
Involve community for fire safety: DG Fire Services
Far flung villages to be equipped with Fire Extinguishers: Div Com
SRINAGAR: A webinar on Fire Safety Measures in Winter was jointly organised by National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Institution of Engineers (India) J&K State Centre, Srinagar in collaboration with J&K Fire and Emergency Services, SDRF, Divisional Administration Kashmir and State Emergency Operation Centre. The webinar was inaugurated by Dr. B. Srinivas, Director General, Fire […]
Two sustain injuries as load carrier rolls into Jhelum
Bandipora: Two persons were injured after a load carrier they were travelling in plunged into a river Jhelum near Hajin in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Saturday. Reports said that a Bandipora -bound Tata mobile bearing registration number (JK15A 5193) met with an accident after the driver purportedly lost control over the vehicle near Prang […]
42kgs of Charas recovered from house in Anantnag
Srinagar: Police on Saturday said that 42Kgs of Charas were recovered from a residential house at Bonpora, Tukhan in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. “On specific information, a Police Party headed by SDPO Bijbehara along with Executive Magistrate Bijbehara raided a residential house of Bilal Ahmed Dar at Bonpora, Tulkhan. During searches, officers were able to […]
Covid-19: Scientists develop rapid blood test to identify high risk patients
Washington: Scientists have developed a rapid blood test that can predict within a day of hospitalisation which patients with COVID-19 are at the highest risk of severe complications or death, an advance that may help identify those who may best benefit from specific investigational treatments. The test, described in the journal JCI Insight, measures levels […]
WhatsApp delays new privacy policy by three months
Houston: WhatsApp announced delaying by three months the implementation of a new privacy policy that has faced massive backlash with tens of millions of its users moving from the platform to rivals like Signal and Telegram. The policy change was originally scheduled to come into effect on February 8, the Facebook-owned company said. It has […]
