Div Com conducts late night tour of Srinagar city to inspects progress of work on different SSCL Projects
Srinagar, Aug 03: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Vijay Kumar Bidhuri conducted a late night City tour on Friday to visit various Srinagar Smart City Limited project sites to inspect the progress of ongoing developmental, upgradation & beautification works. He was accompanied by CEO, SSCL, Dr Owais Ahmad; Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat; Chief […]
MeT predicts rains in Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar, Aug 3: The Meteorological Centre Srinagar has forecast brief spells of rain and thundershowers at a few places during the day from August 3rd to 5th, with light to moderate rain expected at many locations towards the night and early morning. From August 3rd to 5th, the region is expected to see brief spells […]
India a food surplus country; working to provide solutions for global food security: PM Modi
NEW DELHI, Aug 3 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India has become a food surplus country and is working to provide solutions for global food and nutritional security. Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), which is being organised in India after 65 years, the Prime […]
12 injured after building on hill slope collapses in Kargil
KARGIL/JAMMU, Aug 3 (PTI): At least 12 people were injured after a three-storey building on a hill’s slope collapsed due to a cave-in when a earthmover was working near it in Ladakh’s Kargil district early Saturday, police officials said. Of those hurt, five, including the earthmover’s driver, were rescued from under the debris of the […]
JK Govt sacks six employees over narco-terror links
Srinagar, Aug 03: Jammu and Kashmir government has terminated six employees from their services over narco-terror links, officials said on Saturday. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that five policemen and a teacher were terminated for their involvement in terror financing through drug sale. He said that the administration led by LG Governor […]
Police recovers dead body in south Kashmir’ Qazigund
Srinagar, Aug 03: A male body was found on Saturday morning at Lower Munda area of Qazigund in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, an official said. An official said that a body, aged about 25-30 was found lying near old toll post in Lower Munda along the national highway route. He said police rushed to the […]
Fresh batch of over 990 pilgrims leaves Jammu for Amarnath Yatra
Jammu, Aug 3 (PTI) Another batch of over 990 pilgrims, including 152 women, left a base camp here for the two main base camps in Kashmir early Saturday to embark on the annual Amarnath Yatra, officials said. This was the smallest batch of devotees leaving Jammu’s Bhagwati Nagar base camp since the commencement of the […]
Centre spent Rs 36,397 crore on procurement of COVID vaccines: Govt
NEW DELHI, Aug 2 (PTI): The government of India has incurred an expenditure of Rs 36,397.65 crore till date towards the procurement of Covid vaccines for free supply to states and Union Territories under the National Covid Vaccination Programme, Minister of State for Health Prataprao Jadhav told the Lok Sabha on Friday. As on July […]
36th Amarnath Yatra batch with over 1,200 pilgrims leaves from Jammu camp
Jammu, Aug 2 (PTI) A fresh batch of over 1,200 pilgrims on Friday early morning left from the Jammu base camp for the Amarnath cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas amid tight security, officials said. This year’s yatra has already crossed the 4.5 lakh-mark of last year, with over 4.75 lakh pilgrims so far […]
Didn’t cancel NEET-UG 24 exam as there was no systemic breach: SC
New Delhi, Aug 2 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday said it did not cancel the controversy-ridden NEET-UG 2024 examination amid concerns of paper leak because there was no systemic breach of its sanctity. In its detailed reasons for the order which was pronounced on July 23, a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and […]
