68 new covid-19 cases in J&K

68 new covid-19 cases in J&K

  Srinagar: Eleven travellers were among 68 new covid-19 cases of novel coronavirus even as there was no death reported due to the virus in the last 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. They said 18 of these cases were reported from Jammu while 50 were from Kashmir Valley, taking the […]

SKUAST  Faculty of Forestry to train youth on growing of medicinal plants

Youth can tap the sector to earn livelihood: Expert 

SKUAST  Faculty of Forestry to train youth on growing of medicinal plants

  SRINAGAR: To generate awareness among the youth about the potential of venturing into scientific growing of medicinal plants aimed at employment generation, the Faculty of Forestry SKUAST  -Kashmir Benhama Ganderbal is organising a  month long skill enhancement programme, starting first week of March.  The course director at the Faculty of Forestry Professor S A […]

Sweeper injured after old shell explodes in Handwara school

  Srinagar: A sweeper was injured on Saturday after an old shell went off while he was clean a private school in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Official sources told GNS that the sweeper identified as Reyaz Ahmad Ahanger son of Abdul Ahad Ahanger was cleaning the Hillwill School when the shell went […]

Lone gunman shoots dead 2 cops in Srinagar

Lone gunman shoots dead 2 cops in Srinagar

Srinagar: In broad daylight, an unmasked militant killed two policemen at the high-security airport road in Baghat area of Srinagar on Friday. A CCTV footage of the incident shows a young man clad in pheran walking nonchalantly outside a chain of shops before he opens fire on the policemen from close range. The bullets hit […]

House gutted in fire at Uri

Baramulla: A residential house gutted in a fire incident in Boniyar, area of Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday night. Locals said that fire was broke out in the house of Mehraj din Khatana son of Sayn Mohammad Khatana in Hilar Peerniyan village of Tehsil Boniyar, in Uri and property worth lakhs of […]

Army soldier dies of heart attack at Kupwara

Kupwara: A soldier died of heart attack posted along the line of control (LoC) in frontier district Kupwara on Friday, officials said. During the intervening night of Thursday and Friday an army personnel identified as Havildar Data Ram 44 of 3 Raj Rifles suffered a heart attack and was shifted to nearby army hospital where […]

Prof Mushtaq Darzi is new Director of KU’s HRDC

Prof Mushtaq Darzi is new Director of KU’s HRDC

Srinagar:  Prof Mushtaq Ahmad Darzi from Kashmir University’s Department of Management Studies has taken over as the new Director of the varsity’s UGC-Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC). The UGC-HRDC is one of the prestigious centres offering major and minor faculty development programmes, including induction and refresher courses, across varied disciplines of study and research. Prof […]

81 new COVID-19 cases in J&K

81 new COVID-19 cases in J&K

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Friday reported 81 new COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 125715 Of the cases reported today, 59   were reported in Kashmir while Jammu division reported 22  infections. Reader correspondentkashmirreader.com