Agriculture Department Kashmir commemorates World Bee day
JK offers huge scope for development of bee keeping as a vibrant agriculture cottage industry: Atal Dulloo SRINAGAR, MAY 20: Agriculture Department Kashmir today organized a series of events to commemorate “World Bee Day” across Jammu and Kashmir with a mega divisional level function held at Agriculture Complex, Lalmandi, Srinagar. The celebration commenced with a […]
Tangdhar Infiltration: ‘Infiltrator Identified; Weapons, Heroin Packets Recovered’
Security agencies on Friday identified an infiltrator killed along line of control in Tangdhar area of Kupwara and recovered large cache of arms and ammunition besides ten packets of heroin from his possession. The infiltrator has been identified as Mohammad Muneer son of Bilal Ahmad of Jura Bandi Athmuqam PaK , officials told GNS. The […]
J&K reports 6 new covid-19 cases, no death
Jammu and Kashmir reported six new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the pathogen in the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. They said that the two of the cases were reported from Jammu and four from Srinagar districts, taking the overall tally to 454176—166415 in Jammu and 287761 in Kashmir. […]
Omar Abdullah links delaying elections with current situation in J&K
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar Former Chief Minister and NC Vice President Omar Abdullah said that the situation has not improved in Jammu and Kashmir as claimed by the BJP government post August 5, 2019. He said that the biggest pointer to the deteriorating situation in Jammu and Kashmir is the continuous delay in […]
Pakistan condemns conviction of Yasin Malik
Pakistan has condemned the conviction of Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik by a Delhi court in a case related to funding of militant activities in Jammu and Kashmir, after he pleaded guilty to all charges framed against him. Malik, a Hurriyat leader and chief of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), was convicted […]
Hoax bomb call triggers panic in Bengaluru Intn’l airport
Tension gripped Kempegowda International Airport (KIAL) here on Friday following a bomb threat call, which later turned out to be a hoax. Airport authorities, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel and Dog squad as well as Bomb disposal squads swung into action creating panic among the passengers. According to police, the call was received around […]
PCB announces raise in former cricketers’ pension
LAHORE: For the first time in more than three years, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced an increase of Rs100,000 in the pension for former Test cricketers aged 60 or above. The raise, which will come into effect from July 1, will be applied across all three pension categories under the PCB Players’ Welfare Policy According […]
Afghan TV presenters asked to cover faces on air
KABUL: Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have asked television broadcasters to ensure that female presenters on local stations cover their faces when on air, an official said on Thursday. The move comes days after authorities ordered women to cover their faces in public, a return to a policy of the Taliban’s past hardline rule and an […]
Decomposed dead body found in Sonmarg forest area
Locals found a decomposed dead body in the woods of Sarbal here of Sonmarg resort in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. A police team from Sonmarg Police Station rushed to the spot and took custody of the decomposed body of a male. A police official told news agency Kashmir News Trust that the body has been […]
Financial reforms
The recent reforms taken by the J & K administration to set right the financial structure have become visible now. The sincere initiative of the Finance Department to institutionalize prudence in financial management in J&K has truly transformed the Union Territory. The essence of reforms such as online processing of bills through PaySys, streamlining of […]
