13 structures washed away, 20 damaged in flashfloods in Doda
Bhaderwah/Jammu: Thirteen structures, including a school building, were washed away and at least 20 others got partially damaged in flash floods triggered due to cloudburst in Doda district on Wednesday, officials said. Top districts officials, including Deputy Commissioner Vikas Sharma, Senior Superintendent of Police Abdul Qayoom and Thathri Sub-Divisional Magistrate Ather Amin Zargar reached the […]
Old shell explodes at construction site in Pulwama
Two labourers injured
Srinagar: Two non-local labourers were on Wednesday injured when an old shell exploded at a construction site in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, officials said. During construction work of a boundary wall on the bank of a stream in Tahab area of the south Kashmir district, the shell exploded, the officials said. The officials identified […]
Train crushes elderly man to death in Pulwama
Pulwama: An elderly man was crushed to death after being hit by a train near Panzgam-Bijbehara section in south Kashmir on Wednesday. An official said that Mohammad Afzal of Banduna village of Pulwama was hit by a moving train near his native village, resulting in his on-spot death. He said that the body was later […]
Over 43,00 pilgrims leave for Amarnath cave from Jammu
Jammu: The 30th batch of 4,355 Amarnath pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu for the twin base camps of of Pahalgam and Baltal in Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. The pilgrims left in a convoy of 166 vehicles amid heavy CRPF cover, they said. Officials said 1,846 pilgrims heading for Baltal were […]
18 injured in separate road accidents in JK
Jammu: As many as 18 people were injured in two separate road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi and Rajouri districts on Wednesday, police said. In Reasi, 14 people, including four children, were injured after a minibus collided head-on with a truck on the Katra-Reasi road, they said. The injured have been hospitalised, they said. […]
Former Legislator calls on Lt Guv
SRINAGAR: Surinder Choudhary, Former Legislator called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan here on Wednesday, an official spokesman said. The former legislator apprised the Lt Governor about a number of issues pertaining to public welfare, especially concerning the Youth of J&K. He put forth the demand of conducting recruitment drives in armed forces, […]
Conducting Assembly polls in JK is EC’s prerogative: Centre
New Delhi: Conducting Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir is the prerogative of the Election Commission (EC) and the poll body has initiated the process to revise the electoral rolls there, the Centre informed Parliament on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said this in a written reply to a question in […]
Nearly 30,000 recruited in public sector in JK since 2019: Govt
New Delhi: Nearly 30,000 people have been recruited in the public sector by the Jammu and Kashmir administration since 2019, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also said employment for 5.2 lakh people is estimated to have been created through self-employment schemes from August 2019 up to […]
All Party Meet- Very serious crisis in Sri Lanka, naturally worry about spillover: FM Jaishankar
New Delhi: Sri Lanka is facing “a very serious crisis” that makes India naturally worried, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told an all-party meeting here on Tuesday and dismissed suggestions about such a situation arising in India. Jaishankar, who made the initial remarks, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi were among the senior members of […]
Agriculture sector in JK grew 3.9 pc last year: Lt Guv
Srinagar: Agriculture sector in Jammu and Kashmir registered a nearly 4 per cent growth last year, while the food processing industry grew over 11 per cent, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Tuesday. Sinha added that the agriculture and allied sectors in Jammu and Kashmir were performing much below their potential in recent years, but […]
