Srinagar: The summer capital ‘Srinagar’ would soon have a splendid Cherry Theme Garden on the pattern of Japanese Sakura with all the modalities being finalised in this regard. This was revealed during a virtual meeting of officers of Floriculture Department with the Japanese authorities and Union Ministry of External Affairs. Professor A K Chawla Advisor […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday said its power under Article 136 of the Constitution of India is very wide and extraordinary and should be exercised in rare and exceptional cases. The article grants discretionary powers to the apex court to allow special leave petitions. A bench comprising Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice Bela M […]
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Authority (JKDMA) on Tuesday issued a ‘low’ danger level avalanche warning over higher reaches of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district for next 24 hours. The DMA said that ‘low’ danger level avalanche is likely to occur above 2500 metres above sea level in the district. People living in these […]
Srinagar, 28 Feb : A CRPF trooper ended his life by shooting self dead with his service rifle in Nowshera area of Jammu district reports said on Tuesday. A police official confirming the incident identified the deceased as CT Sarith of 245 Batallion. The cause of him taking such an extreme step was not immediately […]
Srinagar : A man was killed after getting hit by a moving train along Pattan-Hamray railway station in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district this morning, officials said. They said that the man identified as Mohammad Hafizullah Ganai (40) son of Mohammad Akbar Ganai a resident of Chenderhama Pattan was hit and subsequently run over by the […]
Jammu: An unclaimed water bottle caused panic in Panja Chowk of Rajouri with police and paramilitary CRPF rushing to the area, suspecting it to be an IED, officials said. They said at about 7:50 a.m., Police’s Special Operation Group along with Bomb Disposal Squad and CRPF cordoned off Panja Chowk after information that there was […]
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing India-China military stand-off in eastern Ladakh, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang will visit New Delhi for the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting to be held on 1-2 March. ”At the invitation of External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar of the Group of 20 President India, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang will attend […]
Says the move runs contrary to govt’s promise of minimum govt, maximum governance slogan Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Tuesday decried J&K government’s move of stripping Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science (SKIMS) of its autonomous status. In a statement, NC Chief Spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq while lamenting over what he called as undermining […]
‘This will help in decreasing pollution caused by cement factories in the area’ PAMPORE: Vice Chancellor SKUAST-JK, Professor Nazir Ahmad Ganaie on Tuesday participated in the mega plantation drive held at Khyber Industries Khunmoh. The plantation drive was organised by Khyber Industries Khunmoh in collabration with Division of Silviculture and Agroforest facility of forest Behama […]
Madwan: Residents and traders of several villages of Sonawari division in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district demand a branch of Jammu & Kashmir Bank in the area. The locals from Madwan, Gund Prang and Mukhdamyari villages told Kashmir Reader that the authorities had earlier assured them of opening a new branch in their area but nothing […]