Centre sanctions Rs 152.30 crore PMGSY package for upgradation of roads in J-K
Jammu, Feb 17 (PTI) The Centre has sanctioned a Rs 152.30-crore package for upgrading 12 roads having a total length of 134 km and a bridge project in Jammu and Kashmir, an official spokesperson said on Saturday. The package under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was approved by the Union Ministry of Rural Development. […]
KPDCL snapping connections of non-paying consumers
SRINAGAR, FEB 17: Managing Director, Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL), Mussarat Islam, Saturday chaired a meeting with all Sub Divisional Officers of KPDCL to review the feeder-wise AT&C (Aggregate Technical and Commercial) losses in Kashmir Division. The meeting was attended by Chief Engineer, Distribution, Kashmir, Er. Sandeep Seth, SEs of all O&M Circles and […]
Ahead of PM Modi’s visit to J-K, security forces conduct search for possible cross-border tunnels
Samba/Jammu, Feb 17 (PTI) The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Jammu and Kashmir Police conducted a joint search on Saturday for any possible cross-border tunnel along the International Border in Samba district, amid heightened security in the Union territory ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit next week, officials said. In the past decades, […]
Sachin visits bat-manufacturing unit in Kashmir, pleased with quality of willow
Srinagar, Feb 17 (PTI) A cricket bat manufacturer in the Sangam area here was in for a pleasant surprise when Sachin Tendulkar and his family visited his manufacturing unit on Saturday. Tendulkar, accompanied by wife Anjali and daughter Sara, stopped by at a unit in Charsoo on the Srinagar-Jammu highway and interacted with the workers […]
Azad hints at not contesting Lok Sabha polls, says will campaign for DPAP leaders
Jammu, Feb 17 (PTI) Senior political leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday indicated that he would not be contesting in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as he would be campaigning for the candidates of his newly formed Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) candidates. Azad, who has refrained from contesting Lok Sabha elections after his defeat […]
MeT issues ‘yellow warning’ amid wet spell forecast in J&K
Srinagar, Feb 17: As Jammu and Kashmir braces up for an extended wet spell beginning this evening, night temperature on Saturday witnessed a jump with only Gulmarg recording below freezing level. Also, the weatherman issued a yellow warning for isolated heavy rain and snow over higher reaches and disruption of traffic on higher passes from […]
Banihal-Sangaldan section of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link to open on February 20
New Delhi, Feb 17 (PTI) The Indian Railways will start train services on the Banihal-Khari-Sumber-Sangaldan section, a 48.1-kilometre-long significant segment of the country’s most ambitious Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link project, on February 20. “We will get a step closure to realise our dream to connect Srinagar with Kanyakumari,” a source in the railways told PTI. “The […]
BJP’s two-day national council meeting begins today
New Delhi, Feb 17 (PTI) A two-day meeting of nearly 11,500 BJP delegates drawn from across the country begins here on Saturday, as the party’s top brass led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets set to outline its campaign themes for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. From its elected panchayat heads to district presidents and […]
Security heightened in Kashmir ahead of PM Modi’s Jammu visit
Srinagar, Feb 16: Security has been heightened ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu next week. A police officer said that the security arrangements across Jammu and Kashmir have been tightened to ensure there is no untoward incident ahead of February 20 when the Prime Minister arrives. “Besides upgradation of vigil on the […]
Div Com reviews preparation of departments in view of expected change in weather
SRINAGAR, FEB 16: In view of the change in weather & forecast of heavy snowfall in the Valley in coming days, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Vijay Kumar Bidhuri today convened a meeting of Deputy Commissioners & Head of Civil Departments wherein he directed all the departments to keep men, material and machinery ready to tackle any […]