Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Friday said money markets will open at 2.30 pm instead of 9 am on January 22, with the government announcing a half-day holiday in connection with the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. In view of the half-day closing on January 22 announced by the Government of India, the […]
JAMMU: The Border Security Force (BSF) troops on Thursday carried out a search operation following reports of a suspicious tunnel near the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, but found nothing, officials said. Based on inputs, the operation took place in Jaraie village of Lalacheck border area, the officials said. After a […]
New Delhi: The Election Commission has launched a nationwide awareness campaign on EVMs and Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPATs) to provide citizens with a first-hand experience of the voting process in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls likely to be held in March-April.The programme aims at imparting knowledge about the basic features of Electronic […]
Srinagar:As snowfall continues to elude the picturesque valley of Kashmir, local line producers and others associated with the Indian film industry are in a state of despair as shooting requests are drying up due to a snowless winter. The mighty mountains of Pir Panjal region, which are draped in a thick white blanket of snow […]
Srinagar: There was some respite from the intense cold wave in Kashmir as night temperatures rose significantly at most places in the valley, officials said here on Wednesday. Srinagar city recorded a minimum temperature of minus 2.4 degrees Celsius on Tuesday night, up from the previous night’s minus 4.6 degrees Celsius, they said. Qazigund recorded […]
New Delhi: At least two previously unknown incidents of skirmishes between the Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) have come to light with citations for gallantry awards conferred on Indian Army personnel mentioning them.The citations, read out at an investiture ceremony by the Army’s Western Command last week, provided brief […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that the country can develop only if various welfare schemes reach all, asserting that it is his guarantee that everyone – even those in the remotest of areas – will benefit from them. Releasing the first instalment of Rs 540 crore to one lakh tribal beneficiaries […]
Srinagar,: Amid forecast for dry weather, freezing cold conditions during night continued with Srinagar recording a low of minus 4.3°C on Monday.A meteorological department official said that temperature was one notch below the previous night’s minus 4.2° and 2.2°C below normal for the summer capital of J&K for this time of the year.Qazigund recorded a […]
Srinagar: Unusual weather pattern continues in Jammu and Kashmir this winter as Srinagar recorded maximum of 15.0°C on weekend, the “warmest” day in 14 years in the middle of ‘Chillai-Kalan’, vernacularly considered the harshest period of winter period which is ending on January 30. A meteorological department official said not only Srinagar, maximum temperature at […]
Srinagar: The Police Headquarters has notified change of venue for the upcoming Public Grievances Redressal Programme of DGP RR Swain. “This is to inform that the public grievances redressal programme of DGP J&K which was scheduled to be held tomorrow i.e.January 13, 2024 (Saturday) at Police Headquarters Peerbagh Srinagar will now be held at DPL […]