Forest department organizes capacity building program in Ganderbal district
By: Marvi Majeed VOV Srinagar A one day sensitization and capacity building program on ” The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006″ was organized at Town hall Ganderbal. The program was organized by Sindh Forest Division Ganderbal. Shri Arvind Kumar Jha, IFS (Retd), Former Commissioner, Tribal Research Institute, […]
Mehbooba claims J&K administration had prior information about attacks
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar Former Chief Minister and PDP President Mehbooba Mufti in a series of tweets on Tuesday has claimed that the Jammu and Kashmir administration was having prior information about the attacks on minorities and decided to look the other way. Similar utterances were made by another Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah […]
Rajouri: Contact established with militants, gunfight resumes
A day after a Junior Commissioned Officer and four troopers of army were killed, a “contact” has been established with militants in Bhangai Village Of Rajouri. The area is adjacent to Shahdara near the boundary of Poonch-Rajouri districts were the gunfight started on Monday, officials said. “Contact has been established with the militants,” Defence ministry […]
Petrol and diesel prices today on 12 October 2021: Rates remain unchanged after a week
Petrol and diesel prices remained static on Tuesday across the country. In Delhi, petrol costs Rs 104.44 a litre while the rate of diesel was Rs 93.17 per litre. In Mumbai, petrol can be bought at Rs 110.41 per litre and diesel costs Rs 101.03 for one litre. In Chennai, a litre of petrol is priced […]
Additional tickets for T20 World Cup go on sale
ISLAMABAD: In a welcome boost for the game and fans in Oman and the UAE, the International Cricket Council has made more tickets available for all games at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. According to a press release issued by the ICC, the tickets went on sale via www.t20worldcup.com/tickets at 1900GST from Monday. The […]
Humanitarian crisis in focus as Italy hosts G20 Afghan summit
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi will host a special summit of the Group of 20 major economies on Tuesday to discuss Afghanistan, as worries grow about a looming humanitarian disaster following the Taliban’s return to power. Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan on Aug 15, the country — already struggling with drought and severe poverty […]
Shopian encounter: Two militants killed, operation on
12 including 5 soldiers killed in J&K in last 30 hours Two militants have been killed in an encounter between government forces and militants in Feripora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. A senior police officer told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that two militants have been killed whose identification is being ascertained […]
India Logs 14,313 Fresh Covid-19 Cases, Lowest In 224 Days
India is constantly seeing a decline in number of Covid-19 cases as it recorded 14,313 fresh coronavirus cases Tuesday, the lowest in 224 days, taking the infection tally to 3,39,85,920, while the national Covid recovery rate increased to 98.04%, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data. 181 new fatalities were recorded which took the death […]
Priority Sector
Central government has recently reaffirmed its commitment that it will bring J&K as a tourism destination at the global level. Recently the Union Minister of Tourism was in Srinagar and he met all the stakeholders of the tourist industry and assured them that the government will resolve all their issues and will try to remove […]
Shopian encounter: One militant killed, operation on
11 including 5 soldiers killed in J&K in last 30 hours Shopian, Oct 12: A militant has been killed in an encounter between government forces and militants in Feripora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. A senior police officer told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a militant has been killed whose identification is […]
