LIC building in Sopore damaged in fire incident
Sopore: A three storey LIC building was damaged in a fire incident at down town area of Sopore town in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday evening, reports said. According to reports fire broke out from the third floor of the building and spread rapidly to other rooms besides engulfing other floors. The fire spread […]
Tribal education projects in Rajouri reviewed
RAJOURI: Secretary, Tribal Affairs Department, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary Tuesday reviewed various tribal education projects and new initiatives in District Rajouri in coordination with District Administration and sectoral departments. He also interacted with students in hostels to obtain firsthand assessment of facilities and obtain their feedback for new infrastructure. Deputy Commissioner, Rajouri, Vikas Kundal discussed […]
Poppy cultivation destroyed in Sopore areas
Sopore: In a continuous effort to eradicate drug menace, a special drive against illegal poppy cultivation has been carried out in various areas of Sopore, by a joint team of Police, Executive Magistrate, Excise department and Revenue officials as many plots of illegal poppy cultivation with raw opium poppy were destroyed, police said Tuesday. The […]
Transport Commissioner visits proposed site for training, testing centre
DODA: Transport Commissioner, Bhupinder Kumar, Tuesday visited proposed site for Integrated Institute of Driving cum Training, Research, Inspection and Certification centre in Doda. Taking cognizance of recent years’ data reflecting increase in road accidents in the district, the J&K government has sanctioned a state of the art facilities for commuters and applicants to learn about […]
30-year-old man’s body fished out after five days
Uri: The body of a 30-year-old man was fished out after five days from NHPC Dam at Salambad Uri on Tuesday. Official sources said that a person identified as Nisar Ahmad Telli son of Jabar telli of Dacha Salamabad, Boniyar had jumped from Chandanwari Uri bridge into river Jehlum on May 12. After five days […]
Uri: Woman Jumps into Jhelum after fire engulfs her house
Uri: A woman jumped into river Jhelum after fire engulfed her house in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Official sources said that a massive fire broke out in a 3-storey house and cowshed at Ijhara Pehlipora Boniyar, adjacent to lower Jhelum. They said the woman, Tanzeema Beguma, daughter-in-law of house owner, jumped in […]
Rahul Bhat’s killing: Kashmiri Pandits continue to stage protests
Srinagar: Protests by Kashmiri Pandits over the killing of Rahul Bhat by terrorists inside his office last week continued in Ganderbal and Anatnag districts on Monday, officials said. Scores of Kashmiri Pandits assembled at Tulmulla in Ganderbal district to protest against the killing of their community member, the officials said. The protesters held photographs of […]
JK has lowest fertility rate in country: Health study
Fertility rate on decline since 2015
Srinagar: The National Family Health Survey for 2019-21 has revealed that J&K has lowest fertility in the country and there has been a decline of 0.6 percent fertility rate in J&K since 2015-16 when the last survey was conducted. As per the details of NHFS-5 the fertility rate among uneducated and women belonging to scheduled […]
Student enrolment in Valley’s Govt-run schools records increase: Officials
Srinagar: The student enrolment in government-run-schools in Kashmir has increased by more than 19 percent in the ongoing academic year, reveal official figures. According to the official figures there has been an increase in student enrolment of 19.02 percent in government schools across Kashmir region. The figures reveal that a total of new 1143 dropouts […]
Rains lash Kashmir valley, strong winds reported in several parts
Srinagar: Light rains lashed Kashmir Valley even as night temperature recorded a rise at most places in J&K except Gulmarg and Kokernag on Monday. A meteorological department official here said Srinagar had 0.6mm of rain last night till 0830 hours and recorded a low of 15.4°C against 13.6°C on the previous night. The temperature, he […]
