SRINAGAR: The Director, Horticulture Kashmir G. R. Mir, today conducted an extensive tour of district Baramulla. During the tour, the Director visited various departmental nurseries/ orchards, private High-Density Apple orchards/ private fruit plant nursery, held interaction with farmers and reviewed the functioning of the department in the district. At the outset of the tour, Director […]
Srinagar: Tata Power Solar Systems Limited, (Tata Power Solar) a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, has accomplished a remarkable feat by commissioning India’s largest floating solar power project in Kayamkulam, Kerala on a 350-acre water body, backwaters area, having an installed capacity of 101.6 Megawatt Peak. This installation was completed within the stipulated period, despite […]
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Rowing Team today clinched its maiden medal at the concluding day at the National Rowing Championship held at Dal Lake here. On the final day of 23rd Sub-junior and 5th Inter State Challenger National Rowing Championship, J&K team clinched Bronze Medal in sub junior category of Rowing Championship. Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, […]
Srinagar: Police along with security forces busted a narco-militancy funding module of Lashkar-e-Toiba by arresting four militant associates, police said. They were identified as Younis Manzoor son of Manzoor Ahmed Waza and Mehboob Ahmed son of Mohd Ramzan Sheikh both residents of Wathoora Chadoora, Irshad Ahmad Ganie son of Mohd Amin Ganie resident of Arigam […]
Srinagar: Lt Gen (retd) Dr) Anup Banerji has been appointed as the first executive director of AIIMS, Awantipora, an official order said here. Banerji, who superannuated from armed forces on March 31, 2020, has also served as Director General, Armed Forces Medical Services (DG AFMS) before his superannuation. An alumnus of the prestigious Armed Forces […]
Urges for rerelease of Mirwaiz Srinagar: Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar on Friday said that after a gap of two consecutive Fridays, Juma prayers were allowed by authorities at the historic Jama Masjid Srinagar It, however, urged the administration to refrain from closing Jama Masjid under one pretext or the other in future so that […]
SRINAGAR: The Central Land Acquisition Act. “The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (Act 30 of 2013)” has been made applicable to Jammu & Kashmir under J&K Reorganization Act, 2019. The government has prepared draft rules in exercise of powers conferred by Section 109 of the said […]
Srinagar: With rise of Covid-19 cases in Kashmir over the last few days, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday said there is no need to panic. “There is no increase in hospitalization, so the rise in cases should not be a cause of worry” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. Dr […]
BOSTON: NASA wants its moon dust and cockroaches back. The space agency has asked Boston-based RR Auction to halt the sale of moon dust collected during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission that had subsequently been fed to cockroaches during an experiment to determine if the lunar rock contained any sort of pathogen that posed a […]
Directs periodic inspections, regular maintenance, strict adherence to SoPs SRINAGAR: Secretary, Tourism, Sarmad Hafeez, who has been nominated as Nodal Officer for carrying out safety audit of Ropeway projects in J&K, today reviewed the safety protocols put in place at the ropeways across J&K in a high level meeting of officers here. The meeting was […]