CS reviews progress of District Capex in JK
Urges DDCs to rigorously implement 10 point campaign
JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta Saturday chaired a meeting to review the progress of District Capex in Jammu and Kashmir. Administrative Secretaries of Finance, Health, RDD, Housing &UD, PWD, YSS, School Education, SWD and all the DDCs participated in the meeting. Giving details of 10 point campaign recently launched in UT, DDCs informed […]
Pak drones drop explosives, Indian drones serve humanity: Union Minister
Jammu: Unlike Pakistan which uses drones to drop weapons and further terrorism in Indian territory, India uses its drones to serve humanity, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Saturday at the launch of operations of an unmanned aerial vehicle to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to areas along the international border in Jammu and Kashmir. The indigenously […]
Respite from cold weather as min temperature improves
Srinagar: The minimum temperature at most places in Kashmir has improved, even as the mercury settled above the freezing point in Srinagar, providing some relief to residents from the prevailing cold conditions, officials said on Saturday. There was an improvement in the night temperature across the valley, except in Kokernag town in the south, they […]
Snowfall likely on Dec 4: MeT
Srinagar: The weatherman on Saturday said that light to moderate snowfall was expected during December 4-5 with probability of occurrence being less than 50 percent. “Weather will be generally cloudy in Kashmir and Ladakh whereas it will be mainly clear to partly cloudy in most parts of Jammu region,” an official of meteorological department official […]
Services on Baramulla-Banihal railway line briefly disrupted
Srinagar: Services on the Baramulla-Banihal railway line here were briefly disrupted on Saturday due to maintenance work, causing inconvenience to passengers, according to officials. The services were disrupted for about one-and-a-half hours, the officials said. “Some electrification work was taken up on the railway line near the Mazhama railway station. There was some miscommunication in […]
Have taken up issue of overflight clearances with Pakistan: India
New Delhi: India on Friday said it has taken up with Pakistan the matter of overflight clearances for flights from Srinagar to Sharjah, but has not got a response yet. Earlier this month, government officials said Pakistan has denied use of its airspace to Go First’s Srinagar-Sharjah flight. According to officials, till October 31, the […]
New Covid variant: ‘Be vigilant’, WHO tells Southeast Asia countries
New Delhi: Amid the detection of a new coronavirus variant and surge in cases elsewhere, the WHO Saturday asked countries in the southeast Asia region to scale up surveillance, strengthen public health and social measures, and enhance vaccination coverage. The global health body said festivities and celebrations must include all precautionary measures and crowds and […]
Transmissibility of new variant under examination: ICMR
New Delhi: Genomic variations and structural changes have been reported from other countries in the new variant of coronavirus but whether these alterations would impart increased transmissibility or make vaccines ineffective is under examination, senior ICMR scientist Samiran Panda said Saturday. “Vaccines which have been directed towards spike protein of the virus may find difficulty […]
Man ends life in Kathua
Jammu: A 40-year-old shopkeeper allegedly shot himself dead in an apparent case of suicide at his home in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. The deceased, Anil Kumar, reportedly used his 12-bore licensed gun and shot himself under chin at his residence in Karanwara area of Mahanpur this morning, the officials […]
Two Hizbul militant associates arrested: Police
Srinagar: Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested two militants’ associates of Hizb outfit in south Kashmir’s Awantipora. In a statement issued here police said that they along with security forces arrested two militant associates linked with militant outfit HM in Awantipora and recovered incriminating materials including ammunition from their possession. The statement further stated […]
