Mainly clear sky likely in Jammu and Kashmir: MeT
JAMMU, June 10: The Meteorological department on Friday predicted mainly clear sky in Jammu and Kashmir with very light rain towards the afternoon during the next 24 hours. Weather in the union territory remained mainly clear on Thursday. “Weather is likely to remain mainly clear with possibility of very light rain towards the afternoon in […]
Empowering people
After having the local panchayats, all the developmental activities have increased and even the drinking water quality is being checked through the local governance at the village level. To empower the local community on water quality surveillance in J&K, Jal Shakti Department has embarked on a mission to identify and train 5 persons especially […]
Jhelum river sees alarming drop in water level
Dozens of lift irrigation schemes on the river defunct in south Kashmir, livelihood of thousands of families in danger Srinagar, Jun 09: Water level in Jhelum river is receding with each passing day due to which more and more lift irrigation schemes are getting defunct, risking livelihood of thousands of families in Kashmir. Executive Engineer […]
CRPF trooper injured in accidental fire in Anantnag
Srinagar : A paramilitary CRPF trooper injured in an accidental fire in Anantnag district of south Kashmir on Thursday. A police official told that trooper, driver with CRPF 63 battalion, was injured when service weapon of his colleague went off near Srigufara area of the Anantnag. The trooper has suffered injuries in his leg and […]
Presidential Polls, J&K to miss participation in exercise
Will support opposition: Farooq Abdullah Srinagar : Jammu & Kashmir will miss participation in the presidential polls scheduled on July 18 due to absence of Legislative Assembly in the Union Territory. The Election Commission of India has decided against setting up any polling station in Jammu & Kashmir as it is currently without its elected […]
JK reports 13 fresh positive cases, 449494 recovered, 2,31,24,938 Covid doses administered so far
SRINAGAR, JUNE 09: The Government today informed that 13 fresh positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19)have been reported today; 11 from Jammu division and 02 from Kashmir division, thus taking the total number of positive cases to 454314. Moreover,03 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals of Jammu division. The […]
Lightning strikes Botanical garden, 5 injured
At least five persons were injured after a lightning bolt hit a tree at Botanical garden Srinagar on Thursday evening. Reports reaching news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that a lightning bolt hit a Deodhar tree in Botanical Garden, resulting in injuries to five persons including few non-locals. The injured have been shifted to nearby […]
Educational institutions across J&K UT observe ‘two-minute silence’ on 10th Day of Rajni Bala
SRINAGAR, JUNE 09: Educational institutions across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir observed ‘two-minute silence’ in memory of Rajni Bala, a teacher who was killed by the militants in Kulgam on May 31. The school children in the morning assembly observed two-minute silence to remember Rajni Bala and pay tributes to her on her […]
India hands over twelve speed guard boats to Vietnam for maritime surveillance
As part of the growing defence cooperation, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today handed over to Vietnam 12 High-Speed Guard Boats constructed under the Government of India’s $100 million defence Line of Credit to the South East Asian nation. Vietnam The initial five boats were built in the Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Shipyard in India and […]
Pant elated to lead India after Rahul’s injury
NEW DELHI: Rishabh Pant said Wednesday he will make the most of his unexpected chance to captain India after KL Rahul was ruled out to injury on the eve of the Twenty20 series against South Africa. Rahul was appointed captain of the team after all-format skipper Rohit Sharma and superstar Virat Kohli took a break […]
