Srinagar to host first ever Khelo India Water Sports Festival next month
New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI) Srinagar will host the inaugural Khelo India Water Sports Festival at its iconic Dal Lake where more than 400 athletes from all over the country will compete in disciplines like kayaking and canoeing, water skiing and rowing from August 21 to 23. Sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced this in an […]
Shivraj Chouhan, Omar Abdullah review Agri, Rural Development progress in JK
SRINAGAR, JULY 3: 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 today co-chaired a high-level review meeting at the Civil Secretariat, Srinagar. The meeting was also attended by […]
CM flags off fleet of water tankers to strengthen drinking water supply in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, JULY 3: Chief Minister, along-with Minister for Jal Shakti Javed Ahmed Rana today flagged off a fleet of 10 water tankers from the Civil Secretariat, Srinagar. This special initiative has been undertaken to ensure adequate water supply especially during Muharram. The initiative aims to augment water supply services across Kashmir valley, particularly in water-stressed […]
Five lakh homeless people in J&K to get permanent shelter: Union Minister
Srinagar, July 3: Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said the central government has identified around five lakh people in Jammu and Kashmir who do not have permanent homes and efforts are being made to provide them housing under a government scheme. Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, the minister said the Prime […]
SIA conducts searches in Bijbehara in migrant labourer’s killing case
Srinagar, July 3: The State Investigation Agency (SIA) Kashmir carried out search operations at the premises of two suspects in the Bijbehara area of Anantnag in a case linked to the killing of a migrant labourer in April last year. According to a statement issued here the searches were carried out as part of an […]
Second batch of pilgrims leave for Amarnath yatra from Jammu
JAMMU, Jul 3 (PTI): Amid tight security, the second batch of more than 5,200 pilgrims left the base camp here on Thursday for the Amarnath cave shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The 38-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high shrine commenced on Thursday via the twin tracks — the traditional 48-km-long Nunwan-Pahalgam route in Anantnag […]
Kashmir Zone Police sets up grievance cell for families of terror victims
Srinagar, July 3: Kashmir Zone Police has established a Zonal-level Grievance Cell at Police Control Room (PCR), Kashmir. The cell aims to address the grievances of terrorism-affected families in the Valley by providing structured institutional support. Police said that operating from Monday to Saturday, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, the cell offers the families of […]
Search operation underway in Kishtwar
Jammu, Jul 3 (PTI) A search operation was underway on Thursday to track down two to three terrorists hiding in a forested area of Kishtwar district, officials said. The cordon and search operation follows an encounter that broke out between terrorists and security forces in the heavily forested Kanzal Mandu area of the Kuchal-Chatroo belt […]
CM Omar urges Vaishnaw to increase Vande Bharat train frequency, number of coaches
Srinagar, Jul 3 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has asked Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to increase the frequency of Vande Bharat trains to the Valley. He also sought an increase in the number of coaches in the Vande Bharat trains. In a letter to Vaishnaw last week, Abdullah said the recent launch […]
PM Modi conferred Ghana’s national honour
Accra, Jul 3 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with ‘The Officer of the Order of the Star of Ghana’, the country’s national honour, for his “distinguished statesmanship and influential global leadership”. Modi received the award on Wednesday from the Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama. “Honoured to be conferred with ‘The Officer of the […]
