Body of Baramulla girl retrieved from Jhelum after 26 days
Body of teenage girl who had jumped into the river Jhelum in Khanpora area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on December 31, was retrieved after 26 days on Thursday. An official said that the girl had jumped into river Jhelum near Khanpora bridge in Baramulla. He said that following the incident, a massive search operation […]
Woman killed in fire by her husband from rifle of VDC member in Surankote Poonch
A woman was killed when she was hit with a bullet fired accidentally by her husband from a rifle belonging to a VDC member in Surankote area of Poonch on Thursday. Whether it is a case of accidental killing or otherwise is being investigated, police said. A police officer told GNS that an information was […]
Most sectors of Indian economy have shaken off pandemic effects: Prez Murmu
Most sectors of the Indian economy have shaken off effects of COVID-19 which has hurt it badly in the initial phase, President Droupadi Murmu said in her maiden address to the nation on the eve of 74th Republic Day. “With the outbreak of the pandemic, the world has changed within a matter of days. During […]
Mercury drops after snowfall, rains in J-K
Amid the forecast for isolated to scattered light rain and snow in the next 24 hours, most parts of Jammu and Kashmir recorded a drop in minimum temperature on Thursday. A meteorological department official said that Srinagar recorded a low of 1.2°C against last night’s 0.0°C. Today’s minimum temperature, he said, was above normal by […]
J-K assembly elections will be free and fair: LG Sinha
Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday assured the people that whenever the assembly elections are held in Jammu and Kashmir, they will be conducted in a free and fair manner. Sinha said he was confident that all elected officials will conduct free and fair elections in the future. “Whenever assembly election will be held in […]
Women empowerment
Recently LG Manoj Sinha in a function talked about many achivements of the government to provide better life to common citizens. He said that under Stand-Up India, Rs 5300 crore has been given directly to the accounts of the deprived sections to make them self-reliant. He said women empowerment and farmer welfare has been going […]
NC’s Ali Sagar’s property demolished in anti-encroachment drive
A concrete structure raised by wife of Ali Mohammad Sagar, National Conference General Secretary, at Humhama in this central Kashmir district, has been demolished during the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said. They said that a team of Revenue Department alongside law enforcement agencies reached the site at Airport road Humhama […]
Atal Dulloo reviews progress on linkage of J&K mandies with e-National Agriculture Market
Over 12,000 farmers, 1800 traders availing benefits from online linkage JAMMU, JANUARY 25: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department, Atal Dulloo, reviewed the status of linkage of mandis of Jammu and Kashmir with e-National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) in a meeting held at Civil Secretariat here today. Under e-NAM, Mandis or Agricultural Produce Market Committees […]
Govt freezes boundaries of all administrative units in J&K
JAMMU, JANUARY 25: The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered freezing of boundaries of all administrative units in the Union Territory till completion of census 2021. “In exercise of the power conferred by clause (iv) of rule 8 of the Census Rules, 1990 and in supersession of all notification issued in this behalf, the Government […]
Egyptian archaeologists uncover ‘complete’ Roman city
CAIRO: Egyptian archaeologists said on Tuesday they had discovered an 1,800-year-old “complete residential city from the Roman-era” in the heart of the southern city of Luxor. The city, dating to the second and third centuries, is the “oldest and most important city found on the eastern bank of Luxor,” according to Mostafa Waziri, head of […]
