Power shutdown in Jmu areas
JAMMU: Chief Engineer (Distribution) JPDCL, Jammu has informed that the power supply to Sainik Colony and adjoining areas shall remain affected on July 26 from 7 am to 10 am. Meanwhile, Superintending Engineer (Distribution), JPDCL O&M Circle, Kathua has informed that the power supply from Channi to Rajbagh shall remain affected on July 25, 26 […]
Pak following Punjab model in JK to lure younger generation towards drugs: DGP
Srinagar, July 24: Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Monday said that the neighbouring country is following the Punjab model to lure J&K’s younger generation towards drugs as militancy is on its deathbed. “When terrorism ended in Punjab, youth and people were lured towards drugs. While terrorism vanished in Punjab, drugs remained there to […]
Lt Governor Chairs High Level Meeting to review Muharram arrangements with eminent representatives of Shia
SRINAGAR, JULY 24: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired a high level meeting today to review arrangements for Muharram. The meeting at Civil Secretariat was attended by heads of religious organisations, eminent members of Shia Community; Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary; Dr Mandeep Kumar Bhandari, Principal Secretary to Lt Governor; Sh M.K Sinha, ADGP Hqrs; […]
Two dead as truck falls into ditch in Jammu
Jammu, Jul 24 (PTI) Two persons, including a Madhya Pradesh resident, were killed after a truck crashed into the safety barriers before landing into a ditch at a road construction site along the Jammu-Pathankot national highway here, police said. The accident took place near Kaluchak on the outskirts of Jammu city around 6.30 am when […]
Climate change may be changing colour of Earth’s oceans: Study
New Delhi, Jul 24 (PTI) Climate change has likely changed the colour of the Earth’s oceans significantly over the past two decades, according to a study. The research, published recently in the journal Nature, detected changes in ocean colour over the past 20 years that cannot be explained by natural, year-to-year variability alone. These colour […]
COVID-19: India records 47 fresh cases
New Delhi, Jul 24 (PTI) India has recorded 47 fresh COVID-19 cases while the number of active cases of the infection in the country stands at 1,464, the health ministry said on Monday. The death toll due to the disease stands at 5,31,915, according to the ministry’s data updated at 8 am. The tally of […]
Govt ratifies 8.15 pc interest rate on Employees Provident Fund for 2022-23
New Delhi, Jul 24 (PTI) The government has ratified the rate of interest at 8.15 per cent rate on deposits under the Employees Provident Fund scheme for the financial year 2022-23. Retirement fund body EPFO on March 28, 2023, had marginally raised the interest rate on employees’ provident fund (EPF) deposits to 8.15 per cent […]
22nd batch of over 3,800 Amarnath pilgrims leave Jammu for cave shrine
Jammu, Jul 24 (PTI) Amid tight security, the 22nd batch of 3,898 pilgrims left the base camp for the Amarnath Yatra here on Monday for the twin base camps of the cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. More than 3.25 lakh pilgrims have so far paid obeisance at the cave shrine located […]
Yamuna swells further, Old Railway Bridge shut for train traffic
New Delhi, Jul 24 (PTI) The Yamuna in Delhi flowed more than a metre above the danger mark of 205.33 metres on Monday morning, with authorities suspending the movement of trains on the Old Railway Bridge (ORB). The water level of the river at the ORB has been hovering around the danger mark, after reaching […]
Kashmir University announces summer vacations from July 28
Srinagar, Jul 24: The University of Kashmir Monday announced summer vacations from July 28. The summer vacations will end on August 6, 2023. “It is for the information of all concerned that the teaching departments of the University and its satellite campuses shall observe summer vacations w.e.f 28th July, 2023 to 6th August, 2023”, reads […]
