Added on November 22, 2023
Press Trust of India
Arnia (Jammu): Built four years ago, 250-metre-long prestressed concrete bridge to connect a population of ten thousand residing in the border belt of Jammu district’s Arnia sector is yet to get an approach road, turning the initiative futile. The villagers also held a protest over the issue. The work on the prestressed concrete bridge over […]
Added on November 22, 2023
Press Trust of India
Jammu: Police on Tuesday booked the owner of the bus involved in the November 15 accident in Doda district in which 39 people were killed, officials said. The accident took place near Trungal-Assar on the Batote-Kishtwar national highway when the bus skidded off the road and fell into a 300-foot-deep gorge. Nineteen people had sustained […]
Added on November 21, 2023
Press Trust of India
Srinagar: Early morning fog and cold wave gripped Kashmir on Monday as the minimum temperature in the valley dipped below the freezing point at several places, including Srinagar city last night. Srinagar city, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded the minimum temperature of minus 0.8 degrees Celsius, which was 1.2 degrees below the […]
Added on November 21, 2023
KV News
Srinagar: Amid the heightened cold weather conditions, the authorities are mulling to announce winter vacation for primary schools in the Kashmir Valley shortly, officials said here on Monday. An official of School Education Department said that that the school education department will announce its decision shortly. “We are considering early winter vacation for primary schools […]
Added on November 21, 2023
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Says ‘pressure’ from parents, ‘intense competition’ behind rising suicides New Delhi: “Intense competition” and “pressure” of parents on their wards preparing for competitive exams are the main reasons for the rising number of suicides across the country, the Supreme Court said on Monday. Hearing a plea that sought regulation of the mushrooming coaching institutes and […]
Added on November 21, 2023
Press Trust of India
Jammu: The Indian Army’s northern commander and the director general of Jammu and Kashmir Police have reviewed the security plan against terrorism and the administrative arrangements ahead of the winter months, the Army said on Monday. This was the first interaction that RR Swain, the director general of Jammu and Kashmir Police, has had with […]
Added on November 21, 2023
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New Delhi: Crestfallen after losing the World Cup trophy match on Sunday night, the Indian cricket team had the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to offer his commiserations. The heartbreaking defeat left a few Indian cricketers in tears while others just went into a shell. Modi visited the Indian dressing room where he hugged pacer […]
Added on November 21, 2023
KV News
Srinagar: The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) Monday ordered premature repatriation of Atal Dulloo, an IAS officer of 1989 batch, on the request of the Union Home Ministry. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved premature repatriation of Atal Dulloo, an IAS officer of AGMUT cadre, to his parent cadre, an order issued in this […]
Added on November 21, 2023
Press Trust of India
Jammu: The All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC) on Monday accused the state election commission of delaying the conduct of local body polls and alleged it was functioning as “extension and subordinate department” of the government. The AJKPC, a representative body of panchayati raj institutions, also opposed any move by the government to transfer […]
Added on November 21, 2023
KV News
SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary, Power Development Department (PDD), H. Rajesh Prasad, Monday reviewed the power supply position in J&K, particularly in Kashmir valley amid decreasing temperatures, during a meeting held with the Managing Directors of Corporations and all Chief Engineers and senior officers of the department. During the review, it was informed that a curtailment schedule […]
