New Delhi: India on Thursday said the situation in Afghanistan is of concern and that it continues to hope for a comprehensive ceasefire to end violence in that country. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi also said India is in touch with all the stakeholders in Afghanistan and closely monitoring the ground situation […]
New Delhi: India and Saudi Arabia are all set to conduct their first-ever naval exercise, in reflection of their growing defence and military cooperation, officials said on Tuesday. Indian Navy’s guided-missile destroyer INS Kochi reached Saudi Arabia on Monday for the “Al-Mohed Al-Hindi 2021” exercise. The warship went to Saudi Arabia after carrying out a […]
GANDERBAL: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Krittika Jyotsna today chaired a meeting of the Revenue department to discuss the various cases of land acquisition of Z-morh and Zojila projects. During the meeting, threadbare discussion was held on various land acquisition issues related to both the projects and the DC sought details of all land acquisition […]
Interacts with DDC members; Assesses their issues, concerns BARAMULLA: Principal Secretary, Agriculture Production & Farmers’ Welfare, Navin Kumar Choudhary, today visited Baramulla to take stock of overall development scenario in the district. Principal Secretary chaired an interactive meeting with District Development Council members to assess their issues and concerns pertaining to development of their respective […]
Baramulla: A young cricketer died due to cardiac arrest during a cricket match in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday. Officials said that Mohammad Rafiq Parray 30 son of Gulam Hassan Parray a resident of Janbazpora village of Baramulla fell unconscious on the ground during a cricket match at Gundkarim Khan Rafiabad. The other cricketers […]
Jammu: An elderly woman was critically injured when she was attacked by bears in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday, officials said. Sikeena Bi was attacked by two bears near her house in a forested area in Baila-Mandi village in the morning, they said. She was rescued by locals and hospitalised in a critical […]
GANDERBAL: GANDERBAL, AUGUST 12: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan today conducted an extensive tour of Ganderbal district to take stock of various ongoing developmental activities with special focus on arrangements for the upcoming 75th Independence Day, winter preparedness of PDD and Disaster management. During his tour, the Advisor also met members of DDC, […]
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has constituted an inter-departmental Working Group for establishment of Tribal Research Institute, a premier institute of excellence in the field of tribal research and development to be funded by Government of India. An order to constitute the Working Group has been issued by the General Administration Department based on […]
Srinagar: Police have arrested four drug peddlers in Anantnag & Baramulla and recovered a huge quantity of contraband substances from their possession. Police Station Bijbehara received specific information that one person namely Mohd Yousuf Reshi son of Ali Mohammad Reshi resident of Waghama Bijbehara has indulged in drug peddling and has hoarded a huge quantity […]
Bandipora: Principal District and Sessions Judge Bandipora Mohammad Ibrahim Wani on Thursday chaired the first ever coordination meeting of various stakeholders of justice delivery system in the Bandipora district with an aim to discuss the ways and means for rendering of timely justice to the litigants, infrastructure and other issues faced by the Judicial institution […]