Lt Guv inaugurates workshop on sheep, goat husbandry
SRINAGAR, SEP 17: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today inaugurated a workshop on ‘New Horizons in Sheep & Goat Husbandry among Tribal Community: Challenges & Opportunities’ here at SKICC. Addressing the demands and issues of the tribal community, the Lt Governor announced that the UT Government will build 1000 sheds for livestock of the tribal community. […]
Pedestrian killed in Kulgam road accident
Kulgam, Sep 17: A 50-year-old pedestrian was killed after he was hit by an unknown vehicle in Qaimoh area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday. An official said that a vehicle hit one pedestrian identified as Ajaz Ahmad Malla (50) of Turak Tachloo on Srinagar-Jammu national highway near his native village. He said that […]
HPR portal registration mandatory for doctors, nurses in J&K: H&ME dept
Srinagar, Sep 17: The Department of Health and Medical Education on Saturday said that registration on Hospital Professional Registry (HPR) portal of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is mandatory for doctors and nurses working in government as well as private sector. H&ME department in a Tweet informed that HRP registration is mandatory for all doctors and […]
MeT predicts light rain during 24 hours, dry weather thereafter
Srinagar, Sep 17: The weatherman on Saturday forecast scattered light to moderate rain and thunders over Jammu and Kashmir in next 24 hours and mainly dry weather thereafter for subsequent two days. A meteorological department official here said that several parts of Jammu and Kashmir received very light rain fall. Regarding the minimum temperature, he […]
Elderly man drowns in Dal Lake
Srinagar, Sep 17: An elderly man drowned to death in the Dal Lake in Srinagar district on Saturday, officials said here. An official said that the man identified as Ali Mohammad Dar of Abi-Nowpora locality of Khanyar drowned in the lake this morning. He said that soon after a rescue operation was launched by the […]
India records 5,700 new COVID-19 cases
New Delhi, Sep 17 (PTI) India logged a single day rise of 5,747 infections, taking the tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,45,28,524, while the active cases increased to 46,848, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll climbed to 5,28,302 with 29 fatalities, which include 13 deaths reconciled by Kerala, […]
SCO plans single list of terrorist, separatist and extremist groups banned on territories of member states
Samarkand, Sep 17 (PTI) The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) plans to prepare a single list of terrorist, separatist and extremist groups whose activities are banned on the territories of the member states, with an aim to counter the threat posed by them to the region. In a joint declaration issued at the end of the […]
A world leader, creator of self-reliant New India: Shah greets Modi on b’day
New Delhi, Sep 17 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday calling him the creator of a safe, strong and self-reliant “New India” and a symbol of service and dedication. Modi, India’s 15th prime minister, was born on September 17, 1950 in Gujarat’s Vadnagar. In a […]
ACB arrests patwari for demanding bribe in Kupwara
Srinagar, Sep 17: The Anti-Corruption Bureau trapped and arrested a patwari in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district for demanding and accepting bribe from a complainant for providing of revenue extracts. In a statement, issued here the ACB said that it received a complaint, wherein the complainant alleged that Abdul Aziz Dar, Patwari of Halqa Mufalpora in […]
China blocks proposal by US and India to blacklist Pak-based 26/11 LeT handler Sajid Mir by UN
United Nations, Sep 17 (PTI) China has blocked a proposal by the US and India at the United Nations to blacklist top Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant Sajid Mir, one of India’s most wanted terrorists and the main handler of the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks, in the third such move by Beijing within four months. It […]