CS calls for focus on agriculture extension, quality inputs to increase productivity
Takes holistic review of the schemes under implementation in Agri Deptt
JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo Thursday had a detailed review of the schemes under implementation here to revamp all the sectors of Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries in the UT. Besides the Principal Secretary, APD the meeting was attended by Mission Director, Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP); Secretary in Agriculture; HoDs of allied departments […]
Cold condition intensify in Kashmir
Sgr records coldest night of the season at minus 2.6 degree Celsius
Srinagar: Srinagar experienced the coldest night of the season so far as the cold conditions intensified in Kashmir and the minimum temperature across the valley settled below the freezing point, officials said on Thursday. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 2.6 degrees Celsius, down from minus 2 degrees […]
122 YouTube-based news channels blocked since Dec 2021: Minister
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday said that since December 2021 it has issued directions to block 122 YouTube news channels for carrying content related to the “sovereignty and integrity” of the country. Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, said the channels carried content that was violative […]
22 receiving sub-stations with 11 KV outgoing feeders to have ‘no curtailment’
Srinagar: Kashmir Power Distribution Company Limited (KPDCL) Thursday said that there will be no curtailment for at least 22 receiving substations with 11 KV outgoing feeders. According to an order issued here Chief Engineer Distribution for KPDCL in a communique said, “To incentivise the consumers with Smart Metering and feeders with low Aggregate Technical and […]
324 posts of high court judges vacant: Govt
New Delhi: There are more than 320 vacancies in various high courts where 790 judges are working as against the sanctioned strength of 1,114, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. In a written reply to a question, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal also said that according to the existing Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), the […]
Police Inspector injured during terror attack, succumbs
New Delhi: Police Inspector Masroor Ahmad Wani, who was critically injured when he was shot at by a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist while playing cricket in Srinagar in October, died at AIIMS here Thursday leaving behind his wife who is expecting her first child. Officials said despite best efforts of the medical team, Wani succumbed to injuries […]
My child was orphaned before being born, says devastated wife
Srinagar: “My child became an orphan even before being born,” said the inconsolable wife of Inspector Masroor Ahmed Wani, who died in Delhi on Thursday 39 days after he suffered critical wounds in a terrorist attack while he was playing cricket in Srinagar. Expecting her first child, she was overwhelmed with grief after getting the […]
Five killed in Ganderbal as cab falls from mountain highway
Srinagar: A cab taking a group of persons from Srinagar to Kargil fell from a mountain highway in the Ganderbal district on Thursday, killing five persons, officials said. The accident took place in the Sonamarg area where the passenger cab skidded off the mountainous Zojila Pass road on the Srinagar-Leh highway due to slippery road […]
In a first, Kral check Shopian gets electricity
Shopian : The residents of New Basti Kral Check in Keller hamlet of south Kashmir’s Shopian district are feeling elated as the area got access to electricity for the time ever. Officials said that Kral check is located in a far off forest area of Keller and has a population of around 200 souls. “The […]
2015 attack on BSF convoy: NIA attaches properties of 2 LeT operatives
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency on Thursday attached the properties of two key Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives for their involvement in the 2015 terror attack on a BSF convoy in Udhampur district. Two BSF personnel were killed and 13 others injured in the attack, which took place on August 5, 2015 on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway […]
