Govt forms cabinet secretary-led panel to monitor Mission Karmayogi
New Delhi, Feb 20 (PTI) Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba will head a top panel comprising a senior official from the Prime Minister’s Office, seven secretaries, among others, to monitor the implementation of the government’s ambitious Mission Karmayogi programme for training of government employees. Envisioned as one of the largest capacity-building initiatives in government organisations anywhere […]
Banihal youth dies in Kulgam mishap
Kulgam, Feb 20: A youth was killed after a vehicle he was travelling in met with an accident at Shamsipora railway crossing along Jammu-Srinagar national highway in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, an official said. An official said that a person identified as Aqib Mehmood Sheikh son of Ghulam Mohammad, a resident of Bankoot Banihal who […]
‘Chillai-Khurd’ ends as JK braces for light rain, snow
Srinagar, Feb 20: As ‘Chillai-Khurd’ makes its exit this season, mercury saw a slight drop amid overnight cloud cover in Kashmir valley but no place recorded below sub-zero temperature for the second day in a row on Monday. There is forecast for light rain and snowfall today. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar […]
Army assists in relief, rescue operations in avalanche-hit Sonamarg
Srinagar, Feb 20 (PTI) The Army on Monday assisted the civil administration in carrying out rescue and relief operations in Sonamarg area of Jammu and Kashmir after an avalanche left nine houses damaged, officials said. The avalanche hit Rezan village in Sonamarg area of Ganderbal district on Sunday night. Besides damaging the houses, 14 domestic […]
India records 120 fresh COVID-19 cases, one fatality
New Delhi, Feb 20 (PTI) India saw a single-day rise of 120 fresh COVID-19 cases, while the active cases have increased to 1,916, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll stands at 5,30,761 with one death reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. The country’s infection […]
President Murmu on two-day visit of Arunachal Pradesh from Monday
New Delhi, Feb 19 (PTI) President Droupadi Murmu will visit Arunachal Pradesh from February 20 to 21, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement on Sunday. The president will grace the 37th statehood day celebrations of Arunachal Pradesh and attend a civic reception to be hosted in her honour by the state government at Itanagar […]
LG assures adequate funds for revival of cooperative banks in JK
Jammu, Feb 19 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday assured all the assistance to farmers and adequate funds for the revival of cooperative banks in the Union Territory. Addressing a seminar on Financing the Future of Agriculture’ here, Sinha exhorted the banking sector to play a lead role in realising the […]
Many houses, cowshed damaged in landslide at Rezan, Sonamarg
Ganderbal, Feb 19: Several houses and a cowshed were damaged after a massive landslide took place at Rezan area of Sonamarg in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. An official said that a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall caused significant damage to the houses and a cowshed as well. The exact number of residents affected by the […]
Amid forecast for wet spell, mercury rises considerably in JK
Srinagar, Feb 19: Amid forecast for scattered to widespread light to moderate rain and snow, mercury settled above sub-zero level across Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said. A meteorological department official said that while Srinagar recorded a low of 6.7°C against the previous night’s 2.9°C . Today’s minimum temperature, he said, was above normal […]
B D Mishra takes oath as second Lt Governor of Ladakh
Leh, Feb 19 (PTI) Brigadier (Retd) B D Mishra on Sunday was sworn-in as the second Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, replacing former IAS officer Radha Krishna Mathur who held the gubernatorial post for over 27 months after the region officially became a Union Territory in 2019. The President of India appointed the 83-year-old Mishra as […]