Jammu-Srinagar NH closed due to snowfall, landslides
BANIHAL/JAMMU: The arterial 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was closed on Thursday amid fresh snowfall and landslides at several places in Ramban and Udhampur districts, officials said. There was overnight snowfall at Jawahar Tunnel, which serves as a gateway to Kashmir valley, while rains triggered […]
WHO declares COVID-19 disease to be a pandemic
The coronavirus outbreak was Wednesday declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO), whose chief expressed his “deep concern” over “alarming levels of inaction” in combating the virus spread. WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the number of cases outside China had increased 13-fold over the past two weeks However, he clarified that […]
7357 arrested after August 5 move in Kashmir, 396 detained under PSA: MHA
The Centre on Wednesday said that 396 persons have been detained in Kashmir under the Public Safety Act (PSA) out of the total 451 detained in Jammu and Kashmir, adding 7,357 persons, were taken into preventive custody since August, 2019. Minister of State for Home Affairs G. Kishan Reddy stated in the Rajya Sabha in […]
Power Shutdown
SRINAGAR, MARCH 11: According to power controller, Kashmir province, to carry out replacement of ACSR 0.05 damaged conductors by ACSR 0.1, power will remain off in the areas fed from Shadimarg, Mitrigam and Keegam receiving stations on March 15 from 10 AM to 4 PM Similarly, to carry out shifting of part of 33 KV […]
Delhi communal riots pre-planned, part of a conspiracy, says Amit Shah
Home minister Amit Shah said a conspiracy could not be ruled out behind the Delhi communal riots in February that killed 52 people in the national capital and added that the investigations so far suggested the rioting was organised and that it could not have been done without advance planning. Home Minister also said that […]
Dr Samoon reviews Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme
JAMMU, MARCH 11: Principal Secretary, Animal & Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, chaired a meeting of senior functionaries of Animal Husbandry and allied departments to review implementation of Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (DEDS) at Civil Secretariat, here today. Threadbare discussion was held on district wise DEDS cases sponsored, sanctioned and distributed and […]
DDC Kupwara inaugurates ‘Multi Skill Training Centre’
KUPWARA, MARCH 11: The District Development Commissioner (DDC), Kupwara, Anshul Garg today inaugurated Multi Skill Training Centre at Manzpora, Qalamabad. Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC), Mohammad Ashraf Bhat, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Handwara, Nazir Ahmad Mir, Assistant Commissioner Development (ACD), BDC Chairperson, Resource Persons of Skill Development besides, trainees and other concerned were present during the […]
State level Seminar on “Arabic – the Language of Life” organised at GDC Beerwah
BUDGAM, MARCH 11: As part of an initiative of the Department of Higher Education, Government Degree College Beerwah organised a one day seminar on Learning Outcomes-based Curriculum Framework (LOCF). The theme of seminar was Arabic: the Language of Life. The key purpose was to ponder upon the subject and highlight various aspects of LOCF for […]
Bandipora admin establishes control room, 71 surveillance teams to tackle corona virus threat
Training of Surveillance teams for Corona virus COVID-19 conducted BANDIPORA, MARCH 11: District Administration Bandipora has constituted 71 surveillance teams at the block level in the district to ensure that each and every suspected case of Corona virus is scrutinized and brought into the notice of administration for further course of action, the teams will […]
Coronavirus: Govt orders closure of schools, colleges, universities across J&K
Jammu and Kashmir Government on Wednesday ordered the closure of all government and private schools, colleges and universities across the union territory in view of coronavirus scare. Addressing a presser, Director NHM Bhupinder Kumar, announced that examinations shall be conducted by the authorities as per schedule. Kumar also urged people to avoid unnecessary travel and use […]
