One-way traffic restored on Sgr-Jmu highway
Srinagar, Jan 22: The vehicular movement along Srinagar-Jammu highway has been restored on Sunday afternoon, officials said. Officials said that the traffic movement was disrupted at 01:30 PM today and has been restored at 2:30 PM. They said the highway was closed for the vehicular movement due to damage to the road near Dawal bridge, […]
NIA team visits Narwal twin-blast site in Jammu
Jammu, Jan 22 (PTI) A special team of the National Investigation Agency on Sunday inspected the scene of the twin blasts here, officials said. Back-to-back blasts in Narwal on the outskirts of Jammu City had left nine people injured on Saturday. Police suspect that improvised explosive devices were used to carry out the twin explosions […]
Avalanche hits Bandipora, no casualties
Srinagar, Jan 22 (PTI) An avalanche hit a village in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said. However, there were no reports of any loss of life, they said. The avalanche hit Hussangam village in the northern district’s Tulail sector in the afternoon, the officials said. Local residents have been advised to […]
CJI Chandrachud’s pitch for making SC judgments available in regional languages laudatory: PM
New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud’s emphasis on making Supreme Court judgments available in regional languages. “At a recent function, the Hon’ble CJI Justice DY Chandrachud spoke of the need to work towards making SC judgments available in regional languages. He also […]
White meadows calling: Tourists make beeline for snow-capped Gulmarg after snowfall
Gulmarg (J-K), Jan 22 (PTI) A white carpet of otherwise green meadows greets tourists in Jammu and Kashmir’s “mini Switzerland”. The recent spells of snowfall in the Union Territory have brought the resort — at an altitude of 8,000 feet, 50 km north of the summer capital Srinagar — to life with the place brimming […]
Kashmir has almost totally mainstreamed: former RAW chief AS Dulat
Jaipur, Jan 22 (PTI) Kashmir has “almost totally mainstreamed”, with Pakistan out of Kashmiri minds and separatism and the Hurriyat “all finished”, former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief A S Dulat said on Sunday. He maintained that there was no need to scrap Article 370 of the Indian Constitution that gave special status to […]
J&K launches Rs 879 cr Food Processing Project to maximize farmer income, minimize post-harvest losses
JAMMU, JAN 22: The Jammu and Kashmir government has launched an ambitious project targetted to revolutionize the food-processing sector and transform the lives of farmers in the UT. The “UT Level Food Processing Programme for Development of Clusters for Specific Products of J&K” is a Rs 879.75 crore initiative that aims to maximize farmer income […]
Snow, rain intensity likely to increase, says MeT
Srinagar, Jan 22: Weatherman on Sunday forecast snow and rain in Jammu and Kashmir during three days even as mercury increased at most places barring Pahalgam. A meteorological department official here said that while light to moderate snow and rain was expected during next 24 hours, moderate snow (rain in Jammu) and moderate to heavy […]
Active Covid cases in country climb to 1,960
New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) India recorded 140 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases increased to 1,960, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,81,921). The death toll stands at 5,30,733, with one fatality reported by Meghalaya and two by Gujarat in the last […]
Lt Governor chairs Jammu University Council meeting
JAMMU, JAN 21: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired the 87th meeting of the University Council of the University of Jammu at Raj Bhavan today. During the meeting, deliberations were held on various agenda items to bring a paradigm shift in overall functioning of the university. Prof. Umesh Rai, Vice Chancellor, University of Jammu presented the […]