At least 9 children dead, 16 hurt in Philippines truck crash
Manila, Jul 19 (AP) Philippine police say at least 9 mostly grade school students died and 16 others were injured when the truck they were riding on lost control on a downhill road, flipped on its side and pinned some of the victims. Police investigator Nelson Saquibal says several of the injured, including the driver, were […]
Two non local bikers killed in a collision with a truck in Ganderbal
Ganderbal: Two non-local bikers were killed in a road accident in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Friday morning after they collided with a truck. The mishap occurred in Rayil Gund area of the district. The deceased have been identified as Gurlal Singh (29) son of Kewal Singh and Bharat Bhushan (28) son of Ashok […]
Advisor Kumar inaugurates office of State Spatial Data Infrastructure
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Governor, K Vijay Kumar, today inaugurated newly constructed office complex of J&K State Spatial Data Infrastructure (SSDI) in Bemina here. He also launched the beta version of the Geo-portal ‘ssdi.jk.gov.in’. The State Spatial Data Infrastructure (J&K State Geo-portal) has been established to create infrastructure for availability of and access to organized […]
Amplify efforts to raise issues distressing people: Omar to party functionaries
Srinagar: Party vice president Mr. Omar Abdullah today presided over a Provincial committee meet of Kashmir province at party headquarters Nawa-e-Subha, Srinagar. In the hours-long meet, party vice president applauded the party functionaries for conducting segment wise conventions across the province. The party vice president said the need of the hour was to step […]
NSS KU & IOCL organises One Day First Aid Training program
Srinagar, July 18: National Service Scheme (NSS) University of Kashmir (KU) in collaboration with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) organised One day First Aid training program for the Officers of IOCL and NSS volunteers at Gandhi Bhawan auditorium, University of Kashmir. The workshop was conducted under the guidance and presence of the CEO of Life Line […]
Saurabh Baghat visits Directorate of Employment, reviews implementation of schemes
SRINAGAR, JULY 18: Commissioner Secretary Labour and Employment, Saurabh Baghat today visited Directorate of Employment and held a detailed meeting with the concerned officers to review the implementation of PM-SYM scheme, Self Help Group for Engineers, registration of unemployed Post-Graduates and Model Career Centres etc. Commissioner Secretary while reviewing the status of PM-SYM directed […]
Over 10,500 rape and attempt to rape complaints received by NCW in last 5 yrs: WCD
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) More than 10,500 complaints of rape and attempt to rape, mostly from the northern states, were received by the National Commission for Women in the last five years, the WCD Ministry said Thursday. Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Bihar received the maximum number of complaints, Women and Child Development (WCD) […]
Power shutdown in Sopore areas in coming days
SRINAGAR: Office of the Power controller Kashmir today informed that there will be a shutdown of 33KV lines of STD Sopore in order to carry out branch cutting of trees and other maintenance works. According to the details, the 33KV Amargarh Watergam Line will be shut down on 22 July and Amargarh SIDCO line on […]
Div Com clears pending acquisition cases of Sgr-Bla four lane project
SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan today cleared all pending cases of land acquisition for the Srinagar-Baramulla four-lane project. The officers apprised the Div Com regarding the status of draft awards, final awards besides the status of disbursement of compensation among other beneficiaries. During the meeting, a threadbare discussion was held between officers […]
JKSRTC to start night service from Sgr to Jammu
SRINAGAR: For the comfort of commuters, Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation (JKSRTC) has decided to start night service from Jammu to Srinagar and vice-versa after 15th August 2019. The decision was taken during a meeting chaired by Principal Secretary Transport Department Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon. MD JKSRTC, RTO Kashmir, SSP Srinagar, SSP Traffic […]
