Tarigami says inhuman to disengage about thousand helpers in ICDS
By: Shayib Bhat VOV Srinagar PAGD spokesman and former lawmaker Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami has appealed LG Manoj Sinha to look into the matter as in a recent decision the J&K government had disengaged 918 helpers to supervisors in Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme of Social Welfare Department. He said that such disengagement of these […]
Driver dies in Zojila road accident
An LP driver died in a road accident when his truck fell into a deep gorge near Chini Nallah Zojila pass on Srinagar-Leh highway on Saturday. Police sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a truck (JK13D-4115) that was on way from Kargil to Srinagar skidded off the road and fell into 300-ft deep […]
Sunil Gavaskar welcomes BCCI’s offer, says India shouldn’t forget England’s gesture after 26/11 attacks
The legendary Sunil Gavaskar has lauded the BCCI’s offer of rescheduling the cancelled Old Trafford Test, saying India should never forget England’s gesture of returning to complete a tour, which was halted midway due to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008. The fifth Test between India and England here was called off hours before its […]
LG monitoring the vaccination of students and staff to open colleges
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar In order to open all the colleges in Jammu and Kashmir for the offline classes, LG of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha on Saturday said that his administration was trying to vaccinate all students and staff of colleges to resume the academics at earliest so that the education does not […]
UN asks Taliban to stop targeting protesters, journalists
GENEVA: The UN on Friday criticised the Taliban’s increasingly harsh response to peaceful protests, including using live rounds, and warned that nearly all Afghan households weren’t getting enough to eat. “We call on the Taliban to immediately cease the use of force towards, and the arbitrary detention of, those exercising their right to peaceful assembly […]
Uttarakhand: 4.7 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Chamoli District
National Centre for Seismology confirmed occurrence of a 4.7 magnitude earthquake in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district early Saturday. According to them, said the earthquake occurred at 5.58 am and its epicentre was 13 km from Gopeshwar at a depth of 5 km. People ran out of their houses in panic, however, no damage to life or […]
SELF HELP GROUPS
In a recent meeting Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir was informed that under the rural health mission the administration is busy making more self help groups on the ground. He advised the Housing & Urban Department to explore convergence with other schemes under implementation in the urban sector in J&K for increasing the acceptance […]
No Friday prayers in Jamia Masjid, Hazratbal, other shrines in Kashmir
Friday prayers remained suspended for the fifth successive week at historic Jamia Masjid in the downtown, Assar-e-Shareif Hazratbal and others major shrines in Kashmir valley to curtail the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. However, prayers were held in other mosques and worship places in the valley. All gates leading to Jamia Masjid remained closed and people […]
Power shutdown
JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 10: Chief Engineer (Distribution), JPDCL, Jammu has informed that the power supply to Baba Talab, Shamachak, Gurha Singhu, Batera, GREF, Sua No. 1, Gharkhal and adjoining areas shall remain affected on September 11 from 09 am to 02 pm. Similarly, the power supply to Gangyal Industrial Complex, Preet Nagar, Parts of Langer, Model Town, […]
Chief Engineer Project BEACON calls on Lt Governor
SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 10: Brig. I.K. Jaggi, Chief Engineer Project BEACON (BRO) today called on the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha here at the Raj Bhavan. The Chief Engineer briefed the Lt Governor about the present status of various ongoing construction activities under BEACON in J&K. He further informed the Lt Governor about the progress of projects […]
