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Advisor Bhatnagar conducts extensive tour of Ranbir Canal at Jammu

Advisor Bhatnagar conducts extensive tour of Ranbir Canal at Jammu

Assesses damage caused recently by flash floods JAMMU, AUGUST 17: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar today conducted an extensive tour of Ranbir Canal here and assessed the damage caused by flash floods recently to the Balole Syphon. CE I&FC Jammu , Hamesh Manchanda; SE Hydraulic Jammu, Xen ID 2 Jammu, Xen MID Jammu […]

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Tribal Education getting prime focus under present LG led Administration

Tribal Education getting prime focus under present LG led Administration

Govt. formulates comprehensive education plan to address specific needs of Tribals SRINAGAR, AUGUST 17: The present LG led Administration is giving prime focus on the education which can be gauged from the fact that the department of tribal affairs, for the first time, initiated an exercise to assess the state of education viz a viz […]

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House of militant, involved in killing of Kashmiri Pandit in Shopian to be attached, kin arrested

House of militant, involved in killing of Kashmiri Pandit in Shopian to be attached, kin arrested

Shopian: Process to attach the property of the militant, involved in the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit in Shopian district has been initiated, while his kin has also been arrested, officials said here on Wednesday. A top police official said that the militant identified as Adil Ahmad Wani of Kutpora village of Shopian was involved […]

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India logs 9,062 Covid cases, 36 deaths in a day

India logs 9,062 Covid cases, 36 deaths in a day

India on Wednesday recorded 9,062 fresh COVID-19 infections that took its tally to 4,42,86,256, while the number of active cases came down to 1,05,058, according to Union health ministry data. The death toll climbed to 5,27,134 with 36 new fatalities, including six reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases […]

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Russell keen to play in T20 World Cup but wants West Indies to agree to his terms

Russell keen to play in T20 World Cup but wants West Indies to agree to his terms

Andre Russell, a star all-around player for the West Indies, has said he wants to play in his nation’s T20 World Cup campaign in Australia in two months, but he has added that Cricket West Indies (CWI) must also agree to his demands. Russell, who last appeared for his nation in the ICC T20 World […]

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Australian PM says Scott Morrison secretly held five cabinet posts

Australian PM says Scott Morrison secretly held five cabinet posts

SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday that his predecessor secretly seized control of five ministerial posts, labelling it an “unprecedented trashing of our democracy”. Albanese said Scott Morr­ison had appointed himself to more ministries than initially thought, and promised further investigation. From March 2020 until he was swept from power in May […]

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Home-Stays

Home-Stays

In the recent past there has been a lot of tourist footfall in Kashmir valley giving relief to the stakeholders as they lived without tourism for a long time. Giving the increasing number of tourists who are visiting Jammu and Kashmir, the government has identified new tourist destinations and has also launched Home-Stays in the […]

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6 semi-decomposed bodies found in two houses in Jammu

6 semi-decomposed bodies found in two houses in Jammu

  Police say preliminary investigation reveals all belong to Kashmir; ‘Have informed their families, cause of death will be known after post-mortem’ Jammu, Aug 17: In a shocking incident, at least six semi-decomposed bodies were found in residential houses in Sidhwa area of Jammu city of Wednesday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer […]

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Grenade hurled at CRPF bunker in south Kashmir

Grenade hurled at CRPF bunker in south Kashmir

Suspected militants lobbed grenade on CRPF BP Bunker in Batpora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday evening. A top police officer told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS), that militants this evening lobbed a grenade on CRPF BP Bunker which exploded with a bang. In this incident, no loss of life […]

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Chief Secretary inspects de-weeding operations in Dal lake

Chief Secretary inspects de-weeding operations in Dal lake

Directs for complete extraction of Lily pads by October Compliments officers for successful transplantation of Chinars at ‘Char Chinar’ SRINAGAR, AUGUST 16: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today took an extensive tour of the Dal Lake to inspect progress of several de-weeding and cleanliness works being executed there. Principal Secretary Housing & Urban Development […]