13-year-old boy drowns in Ganderbal
Srinagar: A 13-year-old boy drowned while taking bath in a nallah at central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday. Reports said that the boy identified as Zahid Ahmad Bhat (13) son of Mohammad Yousuf Bhat, a resident of Chanduna village got trapped inside the nallah (Irrigation Canal) at Sheikpora while he was taking a bath. According […]
Two dead, one injured in road mishap at Ramban
Ramban: Two persons died and another was injured after a vehicle met with an accident in Maroog area of Ramban district on Wednesday night. An official said that a Tata Mobile vehicle bearing registration number (JK02W-4765) skidded off the road and rolled down into a 300 ft gorge on Maroog Srinagar-Jammu National Highway. The deceased […]
JK’s best performing panchayats get national award
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir UT has bagged three national awards under separate categories for outstanding contribution by its Panchayati Raj Institutions towards socio-economic development of Gram Panchayats, adopting child-friendly practices and preparing Gram Panchayat Development Plan at the panchayat level. The awards were given under three different categories viz. Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha […]
Govt for special focus on dev oriented schemes for farming community
JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Animal and Sheep Husbandry, Navin Kumar Choudhary, Thursday exhorted the officers to lay special focus on the formulation of development oriented schemes for farming community under CAPEX budget. Principal Secretary issued these directions while chairing a meeting held here regarding the finalization of plan under CAPEX budget for the year 2020-21 of […]
COVID-19: FCS&CA takes measures to provide relief to public
JAMMU: During the lockdown restrictions imposed due to outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Department of FCS&CA, Jammu has undertaken various measures to provide relief to the public. Department of FCS&CA, Jammu Division is distributing two months advance ration to the people. It has distributed about 87.84 % of advance ration for the month of April […]
IRCS distributes food items
JAMMU: In an effort to help the community and those who are affected by Covid-19 pandemic, Secretary Indian Red Cross Society Vinod Malhotra, Jammu Region along with his team today distributed ration and other food items to 95 poor and needy families of Rajiv Basti, Narwal and Raghunath Pura.
Coronavirus pandemic: 27 fresh cases reported in Kashmir
Shopian, Bandipora emerging as hotspots
Srinagar: There was a spike in COVID-19 cases in Kashmir on Wednesday as 27 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The second-highest one-day jump in the number of cases has pushed the positive cases across Jammu and Kashmir past 400 while as 11 more patients have been discharged from the Srinagar hospitals. “27 new […]
