KV Network

Div Com, IGP, DC, SSP Sgr, join Muharram procession at Lal Chowk; Serve water to mourners

Div Com, IGP, DC, SSP Sgr, join Muharram procession at Lal Chowk; Serve water to mourners

Srinagar, Jul 4: With a symbolic gesture of unity and service, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Vijay Kumar Bidhuri, Inspector General of Police ((IGP) Kashmir, V K Birdhi, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Dr. Akshay Labroo, and SSP Srinagar Dr Sundeep Chakarvourti on Friday joined the traditional 8th Muharram procession at Lal Chowk Srinagar, where they served water to […]

 KV Network

Amarnath Yatra: 6,400 pilgrims leave Jammu base camp for Kashmir

Amarnath Yatra: 6,400 pilgrims leave Jammu base camp for Kashmir

Jammu, Jul 4 (PTI) The third batch of over 6,400 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu in two separate convoys on Friday to join the annual Amarnath pilgrimage in the Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. About 14,000 pilgrims have prayed at the 3,880 metre-high cave shrine since Thursday when the 38-day annual yatra […]

 KV Network

Admin allows 8th Muharram procession for 3rd consecutive year

Admin allows 8th Muharram procession for 3rd consecutive year

Srinagar, Jul 4: For the third consecutive year, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday allowed the 8th Muharram procession along its traditional route—from Guru Bazar to Dalgate, in which thousands of mourners participated amid heightened security and volunteer support. The pre-dawn procession began at 5:00 AM from Guru Bazar and passed through Budshah Kadal […]

 Press Trust of India

Centre to set up Clean Plant facility in Kashmir

Centre to set up Clean Plant facility in Kashmir

Move aimed to provide disease-resistant plants to horticulturists Srinagar: The central government will establish a Clean Plant Centre for Rs 150 crore under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture scheme to provide disease-resistant plants to the horticulturists in Kashmir, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said here on Thursday. Addressing a press conference here, […]

 Press Trust of India

Amarnath Yatra begins as pilgrims set out for cave shrine

Srinagar: The first batch of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims set off Thursday from the Baltal and Nunwan base camps towards the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The yatra started early in the morning from the traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route and the 14-km Baltal route. Pilgrims left from the Nunwan base camp […]

 Press Trust of India

Over 12,000 pilgrims have darshan of naturally formed ice ‘Shivling’

Srinagar: Over 12,000 pilgrims had darshan of the naturally formed ice ‘Shivling’ in the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas on the first day of the pilgrimage on Thursday, officials said. “A total of 12,348 pilgrims paid obeisance at the 3,880-metre high cave shrine on the first day of the pilgrimage,” they […]

 Press Trust of India

Monsoon Session: Reduce disruptions in House, LS Speaker Birla to Parliamentarians

Gurugram: Ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday urged all political parties to reduce disruptions in House proceedings and asserted it is time to change past practices. Addressing the national level conference of Urban Local Bodies here, Birla said that people would teach a lesson to political parties […]

 Press Trust of India

JK will emerge as key growth engine in India’s journey: Jitendra Singh

New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said Jammu and Kashmir will emerge as a key growth engine in India’s journey. Highlighting Jammu and Kashmir’s continued importance in national priorities, he said the recent milestone projects like the Chenab bridge, the Lithium discovery and the purple revolution of lavender farming is empowering youth entrepreneurs […]

 KV News

JK to witness relief from heatwave

MeT predicts ‘heavy rainfall’ on July 6   Srinagar: With no let up in the heatwave conditions, Jammu and Kashmir is all set to witness a major relief with the weatherman predicting heavy rainfall on July 6. The local Meteorological department (MeT) said that Srinagar, the summer capital of the region recorded the maximum temperature […]

 KV News

Shivraj Chouhan, CM Omar review Agri, Rural Development progress in JK

Centre, JK Govt join hands to accelerate growth in farm, rural sectors   SRINAGAR: In a significant move to strengthen Jammu & Kashmir’s agriculture and rural development landscape, Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday co-chaired a high-level review meeting […]