Soldier found dead near forward post in Poonch
Jammu: An Army man was found dead under suspicious circumstances along the LoC in Poonch district on Monday, officials said. The body was found near a forward post along the LoC, they said.
Community Capacity Building initiative : CoviD-19 Containment
District Adm organises Conferences with religious institutions DC urges Socio-Religious organisations for playing active role in educating masses about prevention and precautions
SRINAGAR: District Administration, Srinagar, continuing the initiative of Community Capacity Building in COVID prevention organised a series of conferences at Shalteng, Bemina, Panthachowk and Eidgah Tehsils. Hundreds of clerics and heads of religious institutions including Mosques, Madarsa, Gurudwaras, Temples, Church and religious educational institutions attended the conferences wherein detailed deliberations were held about community capacity […]
New recruitment rules: NPP leader stages protest, terms move as ‘cruel joke’
Jammu: National Panthers Party chief Harsh Dev Singh on Saturday torched a government’s effigy to protest against the new recruitment rules here, terming a recent notification on the issue a cruel joke with educated unemployed youth of Jammu and Kashmir. Various political parties, including National Conference and Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party, too have opposed […]
19 domestic flights arrive in JK with 2097 passengers
JAMMU: On Day 13 of resumption of domestic operations in Jammu and Kashmir, 19 domestic flights with 2,097 passengers on board arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports on Saturday, officials said. A total of 516 passengers aboard 7 regular commercial flights arrived at the Jammu Airport while 12 domestic flights with about 1581 passengers on […]
Rains damage bridge in Udhampur
Udhampur/Jammu: An overnight downpour damaged a key bridge in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday, as authorities announced its closure till the completion of necessary repair work. A major portion of the Birwan bridge on old Jammu-Srinagar national highway near Udhampur got washed away by the heavy rains, the officials said. […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,12,513 stranded JK residents
77,235 via Lakhanpur, 35,278 through special trains
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,12,513 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, the administrations […]
COVID-19 prevention: Admin holds interactive sessions with religious, civil society heads
SRINAGAR: The Srinagar district administration reached out to and held interactive sessions with religious heads and heads of places of worship in various Tehsils across the district. Hundreds of clerics and heads of religious institutions participated. The aim of the interactive sessions to urge these heads to be messengers and sensitize the masses about the […]
Poppy crops destroyed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR: The Excise Department, Kashmir has destroyed illicit poppy crop spread over a total of 178 kanals 19 malras of land in various districts of Kashmir division. Deputy Excise Commissioner, Kashmir said that the Excise enforcement teams headed by Excise & Taxation Officer South Kashmir, Excise & Taxation officer North Kashmir and Excise and Taxation […]
Power shutdown announced
SRINAGAR: The Power Controller, Kashmir (PDD) Bemina, Srinagar Saturday issued shutdown notification of 33kv lines of Shopian Batpora and Shopian Pinjura in order to carry out re-conductoring works under DDUGJY and PMDP. In this regard the power supply to the areas fed from receiving stations of Batapora, Gagran, Pinjura and Chowdrigund shall remain affected on […]
First-ever online music concert by Kashmiri artists today
Srinagar: The famed Kashmiri music artists are coming together for the first-ever virtual concert in the Valley to connect people from across the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic and keep the art and culture alive. Named ‘Qarar’ (Solace), the three-hour (6-9 pm) concert on Sunday by Kashmiri vocalists and instrumentalists on Facebook will try to […]