Passenger detained in S. Korea after opening plane door mid-air
SEOUL: South Korean police on Friday detained a man who opened a door of an Asiana Airlines plane minutes before it was due to land in the city of Daegu, causing panic among the passengers, officials said. The Airbus A321-200 plane landed safely at around 12:40pm (0340 GMT). It had set off from the holiday […]
Wild Bear Spotted On School Premises In J&K’s Ramban
JAMMU, May 27: A black bear ventured into the premises of a government-run school in Banihal town of Ramban district before the arrival of students on Saturday morning, prompting a joint rescue operation by police and wildlife department, officials said. The students were, however, allowed inside the premises nearly one-hour beyond their scheduled timing after […]
Cloudy to mainly dry weather forecast on weekend, rains from May 29-31 in J&K
Srinagar: Weatherman on Saturday forecast cloudy to mainly dry weather on weekend and intermittent ‘light to moderate’ rain, thunderstorm and lightning with possibility of hailstorm and gusty winds at a few places from May 29-31st in Jammu and Kashmir. “Currently weather is partly cloudy throughout J&K. Brief spell of rain/thunderstorm may occur towards late afternoon/evening […]
Vegetable seedlings
With focus on agriculture and allied sectors J&K administration is trying to boost different areas connected with agriculture. For this purpose recently Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department, Atal Dulloo, flagged off a consignment of vegetable seedlings of tomato, brinjal, chillies, kale, saag khanyari, red cabbage, green cabbage for Gurez under Holistic Agriculture Development […]
Director Agriculture visits Hailstorm affected areas of Baramulla, Kupwara
All mitigation initiatives shall be taken to minimise the losses to the affected farmers: Chowdhury Iqbal SRINAGAR, MAY 26: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today visited hailstorm affected areas of Baramulla and Kupwara districts of north Kashmir. The hailstorm, gusty winds and heavy rains damaged crops across the several parts of north Kashmir’s […]
Omar Abdullah’s says new parliament building is “pretty damn impressive”, calls it welcome addition
Srinagar’: Former Chief Minister and National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah said that the new parliament building looks “pretty damn impressive” and it is a welcome addition. “Setting aside the brouhaha about the inauguration for a moment, this building is a welcome addition. The old Parliament House has served us well but as someone who has […]
Need to focus on technological advancement in defence sector: Rajnath
New Delhi: India must focus on advancement in defence technology in view of “double threat” along the borders, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday in an oblique reference to challenges along the frontiers with China and Pakistan. In an address at a conference, Singh underlined the need for extensive research to develop defence technologies […]
Thousands of fish found dead in Dal Lake
Srinagar’: Thousands of fish have been found dead in the world famous Dal lake in Srinagar, with experts saying that the mass death has taken place due to thermal stratification. The residents in peripheries of Dal lake were stunned to see thousands of dead fish floating on the surface of the water body. “We found […]
Jal Jeevan Mission
Recently the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir conducted a virtual tour of works taken up under the central flagship programme Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) for their early completion across the UT of J&K. He interacted with the public and officials of the department for first hand appraisal of the progress made in the mission […]
AC approves establishment of Disaster Recovery (DR) centre outside J&K seismic zone
SRINAGAR, MAY 25: In a major decision, the Administrative Council (AC) which met here under Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha gave its assent to the establishment of Disaster Recovery Centre outside of J&K Seismic Zone along with its upkeep and maintenance for 5 years. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor; Dr.Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief […]
