Srinagar admin launches special drive for cleaning of water supply treatment plants, reservoirs
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 13: In continuation to the ongoing cleanliness drive under Swachhta Pakhwada in the district, the District Administration Srinagar today conducted a special cleanliness drive at various water supply and treatment plants and reservoirs across the district. The Drive was launched on the directions of Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, as part […]
JK to be brought on world tourism map: Advisor Baseer Khan
“To identify virgin destinations and make them tourism ready in collaboration with ITDC” SRINAGAR, AUGUST 13: With an aim to bring Jammu and Kashmir on the world tourism map, the government is taking slew of measures to identify and introduce virgin destinations to the outside world. This was revealed at a virtual meeting chaired by […]
Taliban detain ‘Lion of Herat’, capture three more provincial capitals in relentless push
Taliban insurgents detained veteran militia commander Mohammad Ismail Khan on Friday after they seized the western city of Herat, a provincial council member said. The insurgents also captured three more provincial capitals as they press a lightning offensive that is gradually encircling the capital, Kabul. Khan, who has been leading fighters against the Taliban in recent weeks, […]
Indian spot gold rate and silver price on Friday, Aug 13, 2021
The spot gold price today( ₹ 46550) is higher than this week’s average of ₹46474.3 by 0.16%. The price was higher than yesterday’s value of ₹46540. The Indian spot gold price as of today is ₹46550 which grew by 0.02%; the rate was lower than the global gold spot growth rate of 0.18%. The global spot price is $1816.7. Gold […]
Beating the heat by traditional Kulfi in Downtown Srinagar
By: Mudasir Khan VOV Srinagar Beating the heat in the summers especially in Downtown Srinagar is worth watching. Traditional Kulfi is still available at Bohri Kadal Chowk of Downtown. It became famous a few decades back when Amma used to sell Matka Kulfi at the same spot. It was so famous that for the marriage […]
Residents of Sheikh-Ul-Alam Colony Kawdara thank authorities
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar Residents of Sheikh-Ul-Alam Colony Kawdara have expressed their gratitude to the authorities especially to R&B Division, engineers and workers who kept their word and have macadamized the remaining portion of the road in their area. It is in place to mention that the residents held a protest in the Kawdara […]
CRPF personnel injured in Sopore grenade attack
Srinagar: A paramilitary trooper of CRPF was injured after suspected militants hurled a grenade towards security forces near SBI Bank in main town in North Kashmir’s Sopore district. Confirming the incident a police officer told GNS that militants lobbed a grenade on security forces near SBI Bank. In this incident one CRPF man recieved splinter […]
South Africa omit key trio for Sri Lanka ODI series
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa will be without a number of key players for their three One-day Internationals in Sri Lanka next month, but expect their big guns to return for the Twenty20 series that follows as they build towards the World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. South Africa play three ODIs in Colombo from Sept […]
US advises its citizens to leave immediately
WASHINGTON: The United States urged its citizens on Thursday to leave Afghanistan immediately as a US intelligence report predicted that the Afghan capital Kabul could fall to the Taliban in 90 days. The security alert for Americans still in Afghanistan said that the US Embassy in Kabul could soon announce evacuation flights for them but […]
India Logs 40,120 New Covid-19 Cases, 585 Fatalities Reported
India recorded a single-day rise of 40,120 coronavirus infectionswhich took the tally of Covid cases to 3,21,17,826. The recovery rate increased to 97.46 per cent, the highest recorded so far, according to the Union Health Ministry’s 8AM data updated on Friday. According to the government’s data, the death toll, meanwhile has gone up to 4,30,254 […]
