Police files charge-sheet against a woman in Handwara
Handwara: Jammu and Kashmir police has filed a charge-sheet against a woman who was earlier held along with threatening posters of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant outfit at main town Handwara during a naka checking. An official said that a woman was held last year along with threatening posters of banned militant outfit based in Pakistan. In […]
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 […]
Epass facility extended for entire Jammu district
Jammu: The facility of e-pass, which was introduced in Jammu district for people residing in red and containment zones, has now been extended to the entire district. Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, Sushma Chouhan said since the launch of this service on April 13, more than 5,100 requests were received from people for e-pass out of which […]
NC leader Yasin Shah dies
Srinagar: National Conference leader and former MLA Mohammad Yasin Shah died here on Thursday. He was 71. “The @JKNC_ family lost a kind & soft spoken leader today. Yaseen Shah Sahib, Ex MLA Sonwar, passed away this morning. His loss will be deeply felt by all of us. My condolences go out to his family […]
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 […]
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.
Learning in times of pandemic
KU's EMRC introduces Digital Learning Corner (DLC) for students
Srinagar: To provide novel learning opportunities for students in the time of pandemic, EMRC (Educational Multimedia Research Centre), University of Kashmir (KU) has come up with an interactive multimedia ‘Digital Learning Corner (DLC)’. The DLC contains courses and course material, developed by renowned subject experts from various disciplines, students can avail in the comfort, convenience, […]
Second batch of 225 Iran returnees reaches Ladakh
The group was undergoing quarantine in Rajasthan
Leh: The second batch of 225 pilgrims who had returned from Iran reached here on Wednesday in a special Indian Air Force plane after undergoing quarantine in Rajasthan, officials said. The returnees, 208 hailing from Kargil and 17 from Leh, were airlifted from Jodhpur to Leh and were subjected to screening by a medical team […]
