Police arrests three drug peddlers, contraband substances recovered
Srinagar: Police arrested three drug peddlers in Baramulla and Shopian and recovered contraband substances from their possession, a police spokesman said Tuesday. He said that in Baramulla, a police party during naka checking at Chanpora Crossing near the Forest Range Office in Tangmarg intercepted a vehicle (Tata Sumo) bearing registration number JK09-7104 with 02 persons […]
Police seizes two vehicles for illegal extraction of minor minerals
Srinagar: Police seized two vehicles (01 Tipper & 01 Tractor) carrying illegally extracted construction minor minerals in Kangan and Nagbal in Ganderbal district, a police spokesman said Tuesday. He said that the vehicles were intercepted by police teams during routine patrolling and checking. Upon inspection, the vehicles were found transporting mining material without valid authorization, […]
MLAs call on CM Abdullah, raise constituency issues
Jammu: Several legislators on Monday called on Chief Minister Omar Abdullah here and discussed development works and public welfare in their respective constituencies, an official spokesman said. The legislators who met Abdullah include BJP’s Surjeet Singh Slathia (Samba), Daleep Singh Parihar (Bhaderwah), National Conference’s SajadShaheen (Banihal), Arjun Singh Raju (Ramban), Khursheed Ahmed (Gulabgarh), and Abdul […]
Schools reopen in Kashmir after winter break
Srinagar: Educational institutions in Kashmir opened on Monday after remaining closed for a week due to protests over the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a US-Israel air strike. “Schools and other higher educational institutions resume functioning today,” said an official. Donned in school uniforms, students of varying age groups made their […]
Digital Census-2027: CS, Census Commissioner sensitise J&K officers on preparations
Over 30,000 enumerators, supervisors to cover 6,462 villages, 78 towns in two-phases JAMMU: Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, in presence of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, on Monday chaired a high-level sensitisation session to review and strengthen preparations for the upcoming Census, 2027 which will be conducted digitally for […]
When Tulips Bloom, Their Hands Speak
From winter’s silence to spring’s colours, gardeners quietly craft Kashmir’s grand tulip spectacle Tulip garden likely to open after March 20 Our Special Correspondent Srinagar: As Kashmir slowly emerges from the grip of winter, the first signs of spring are quietly taking shape on the terraced slopes of the Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden in […]
Air India’s Boeing 787-8 plane crash
Probe report will be out ‘very soon’, says Civil Aviation Minister New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu on Monday informed the Rajya Sabha that the AAIB probe into the fatal crash of the Air India aircraft in June last year is progressing at a very good pace, and the investigation report will […]
Seasonal changes can impact vegetation, topography
Seasonal changes can significantly impact vegetation and topography of any region. The seasonal changes result in snowmelt which leads to swell in rivers and can also cause landslides as heavy rains can alter terrain and lead to topographical changes as well. In Jammu and Kashmir the weather pattern changes are being felt since many years […]