Fruit-laden trucks faced difficulties on NH-44 due to bumper crop this year: Div Com

Says more than 80 thousands fruit-laden trucks have passed vie NH till Oct 12
Kupwara: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang Kundbarao Pole on Friday said that fruit-laden trucks faced difficulties on the Jammu Srinagar National Highway as the Valley witnessed a bumper apple crop, which crossed 21 lakh metric tonnes this year. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function in Langate, Pole said the apple crop usually […]
Hanjibal residents in Pulwama rue lack of basic facilities
Pulwama: The residents of Hanjibal village in Kakapora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday complained about lack of basic facilities in their villages. The residents said the condition of the road connecting the village to different areas was in a dilapidated condition, leaving them in a state of despair. “Besides road connectivity there […]
Expert vouches for replacement of Fossil Fuel with Renewable Energy
SKUAST-J’s Int’l Conference
JAMMU: The Replacement of Fossil Fuel with Renewable Energy not only needs perpetual investment but also change in the investment decisions said Prof. John H Perkins Member of the Faculty Emeritus, Washington USA. He was speaking at the Prof. David Pimentel Memorial Lecture during the IES International Conference 2022 on Sustainable Agricultural Innovations for Resilient […]
Police files FIR in ‘stone pelting’ on Forest staff in Mendhar
Poonch: Police have registered a case into “stone pelting” incident against forest employees while they were performing official duty in the Mendhar area of Poonch. SHO Mendhar Niaz Ahmed confirmed that the case under IPC sections of 353 (deterring a public servant from performing official duties) and 336 (act so rashly or negligently as to […]
Ratle HEP: ADC Kishtwar holds coordination meeting, inspects work progress
KISHTWAR: The Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Kishtwar Kishori Lal Sharma, who is the Collector and Nodal Officer for HEP Rattle, on Thursday chaired a coordination meeting of the stakeholders. The meeting was convened to ensure proper coordination of all stakeholders and to review the progress of different Works under execution on Ratle Hydro-Electric Power project. […]
GCOE- Jammu holds National Webinar on Teaching Apps
JAMMU: The Department of English and Department of ICT of Government College Of Education (GCOE) Jammu on Friday organised an online National Webinar on Integrating ICT in Education: Teaching Apps for New Age Teachers. In the inaugural session Principal Prof Aekta Gupta apprised the audience about the objective of the webinar. She said that B.ED […]
JKSC conferred with Gold in SKOCH Indian Governance Award 2022

JAMMU: The SKOCH State Award of Best Governance for the year 2022 was announced on Friday in which essential departments from various States and UTs were present from all across the country. Sameer Kochar, Chairman SKOCH Group honoured Secretary J&K Sports Council Nuzhat Gul for bagging Gold category awards in the field of Sports and […]
Banihal Youth Festival-2022 concludes
RAMBAN: The Rashtriya Rifles of Indian Army in collaboration with Department of Tourism Jammu organised a grand cultural function on concluding ceremony of the 4th edition of the Banihal Youth Festival 2022. The festival was held in Lamber ground Banihal of Ramban district. Major General Ajay Kumar GOC CIF (D) was the Chief Guest on […]
Director JKEDI reviews functioning of CWE Entrepreneurship

PULWAMA: The Director Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI), Ajaz Ahmad Bhat on Friday took a review of Centre for Women Entrepreneurship and District Nodal Office, Srinagar. The Director urged all the officers and faculty members to strengthen their efforts to reach out to the educated youth of the UT of Jammu and Kashmir. […]
PDD Daily wager dies of electrocution in Rajouri
Rajouri: A Power Development Department (PDD) daily wager died of electrocution in Khurbani village of Rajouri district this afternoon, officials said. They said that one Harjit Singh son of Jaghat Ram, resident of Khurbani received a high voltage jolt while repairing an electric wire in his native village. The individual, they said, was evacuated to […]