Srinagar: Authorities on Wednesday evacuated 22 families in avalanche-prone area of Kulgam and accommodated them in a school in the south Kashmir district. Officials said that the 22 evacuated families of Marisle Nallah Kund were accommodated in the Government Middle School in view of avalanche warning in the area. The step has been a […]
Uri: Three residential houses were damaged due to heavy snowfall in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday. Reports said that the residential houses that were damaged belong to Abdul Latief Barwal of Nambla Uri, Syeda Raza Fatima and Syed Gulzar Hussain of Dani Seydan Uri. An official said that there was […]
Srinagar: Snowfall continued in Kashmir valley for fourth consecutive day on Wednesday. Flight operations to and fro Kashmir remained suspended while Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed due to mudslide and landslides at several other places en-route the thoroughfare besides snowfall in and around Jawahar Tunnel where close to four feet of snow has been recorded. […]
Budgam: Two residential houses collapsed late Tuesday night due to heavy snowfall in Khag area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. The two snow hit houses belong to Reyaz Ahmad Sheikh and Gulam Mohidin Bhat. An official said that there was, however, no injury reported in the incident, as the villagers reached the spot immediately […]
Srinagar: Controller Examinations at Cluster University Srinagar has said that all examinations the varsity had scheduled on Thursday January 7 and Friday January 8 stand postponed in view of the inclement weather conditions prevalent in Kashmir valley. A statement issued by the Controller Examinations this afternoon in this regard said that fresh dates for the […]
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Authority (DMA) has issued fresh medium and low level avalanche warnings for higher reaches of avalanche prone areas of Jammu and Kashmir. As per a communiqué received in this regard, medium level avalanche warning has been issued for higher reaches of Poonch, Rajouri, Ramban, Doda, Kishtwar, Anantnag, Kulgam, […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday reported 137 new COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 1,21,923. Out of the total cases, 1,17,426 have recovered so far. A total of 1,897 patients have died leaving a total of 2,600 active cases as on date, the government’s media bulletin reads. Of the cases reported today, 66 […]
Sheikh Yamina to participate in NYP Festival-2021 in New Delhi
Srinagar: A volunteer from Kashmir University’s National Service Scheme (NSS) has bagged the first position in the ‘J&K, Ladakh Youth Parliament’ contest and has now qualified to participate as a speaker in the upcoming National Youth Parliament (NYP) Festival-2021. The ‘J&K, Ladakh level’ contest was conducted by Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan of the Ministry of […]
Srinagar: Days after being elected as Fellow of the Indian Society of Geomatics, Kashmir University’s Dean of Research Prof Shakil A Romshoo has been elected as Fellow of the prestigious Indian Academy of Sciences. Prof Romshoo is the first Fellow of the Academy from Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh ever since its inception in 1934. The Academy, […]
Baramulla: Three members of a family died allegedly due to suffocation in Nihalpora village of Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday night, locals said. Locals said that Mohammad Maqbool Lone (50),his wife Haseena Begum (45), and their minor son Talib Maqbool (4) were found dead at their home on Tuesday morning after which police […]