School building damaged in north Kashmir fire incident
A private school building was damaged partially in a fire mishap in the Dardpora Lolab area in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. A school building ‘Al-Falah Public School’ caught fire this morning, following which the fire and emergency department reached the site. The fire was brought under control after persistent efforts by the fire and emergency […]
Mainly clear weather forecast as night temp records drop in J&K
Srinagar: Amid forecast for mainly dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir, night temperature recorded dropped below sub-zero at a few places but hovered above normal except Qazigund on Wednesday, officials said. A meteorological department official here said Srinagar recorded a low of 3.7°C against the previous night’s 5.0°C. Today’s minimum temperature, he said, was above […]
Focus on tourism
As there is a change in the tourist footfall in the past few years, the J & K government has released the figures about the number of tourists who have visited many places in the previous year. J&K administration is focused on exploring the full potential of pilgrimage tourism by developing various religious tourist […]
Union External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar Inaugurates First International Education Fair of J&K
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 21: J&K’s first International Education Fair, a collaborative effort of SKUAST-Kashmir and ICCR was inaugurated by Union Minister for External Affairs Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar today in presence of Union Minister for Education, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan; Union MoS, PMO, Dr. Jitendra Singh; Lieutenant Governor, Jammu & Kashmir, Shri Manoj Sinha and President ICCR, […]
Avoid unnecessary delay in completion of projects of public importance: Advisor Bhatnagar to executing agencies
Reviews progress on major healthcare infrastructure projects in J&K JAMMU, FEBRUARY 21: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, today exhorted upon the officers of various project executing agencies to expedite work on all major healthcare infrastructural projects, being executed in Jammu and Kashmir, for timely completion. “Avoid and overcome unnecessary delays in completion of […]
G20 Summit: Div Com Kashmir reviews progress of work for upgradation of roads
SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 21: In preparation to host G20 Summit, the Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar Bidhuri on Tuesday convened a meeting to review the status of upgradation work of main roads from Srinagar Airport to Foreshore Road. The meeting was attended by CEO, Srinagar Smart City Ltd; Chief Engineer SSCL; SE, R&B and […]
Delhi woman burnt by her live-in partner, succumbs to injuries
A 28 year-old woman, who was set on fire by her live-in partner in Rohini area, succumbed to injuries during the treatment at a hospital in the national capital, said an official on Tuesday. Police said that they have detained the live-in partner, identified as Mohit. According to police, on February 11, an information was […]
Former captains slam Aussie batting in India
SYDNEY: Former Australian cricket captains Allan Border and Michael Clarke on Monday denounced the team’s batting performance against India, calling the second innings collapse “panicky” and ill-executed. Spin bowler Ravindra Jadeja took 7-42 as he tore through Australia’s batting in the second Test in Delhi on Sunday to enable India to take an unassailable 2-0 […]
3 killed as fresh quake hits Syria, Turkiye border
ANTAKYA: Three people were killed after another earthquake struck the border region of Turkiye and Syria on Monday, just two weeks after the area was devastated by a larger quake which killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes. Monday’s quake, this time with a magnitude of 6.4, was […]
MeT predicts dry weather in J-K
Parts of Kashmir Valley received rains and snowfall while Meteorological (MeT) department on Tuesday forecast mainly dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir for now. A MeT department official said that upper reaches including Gulmarg received fresh snowfall with the world famous skiing resort recording 10 cms (4 inches) of it since overnight till 8:30 am […]
