Shopian: A vital lift irrigation scheme at Moshwara is lying dysfunctional even after two years of its completion, while hundreds of kanals of fertile kareva horticultural land has dried due to the lack of irrigation facilities, ruining the farmers of half a dozen villages in the area. The lift irrigation scheme, according to locals, was […]
SRINAGAR: Kashmir Reader expresses its heartfelt condolences to its Bureau Chief Moazum Muhammad on the demise of his father Ghulam Nabi Bhat who passed away on Sunday. His Namaz-e-Jinaza was offered in the evening and was later laid to rest at Fakir Malguzar Waniyar. Deeply saddened at the demise, the management and staff of Kashmir […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir is the cultural gateway of northern India and a symbol of national integration and unity in diversity, Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Manoj Sinha said on Saturday. Sinha was chairing a meeting of the Central Committee of Cultural Academy at the Raj Bhavan here. “J-K is the cultural gateway of northern India. The […]
SRINAGAR: Tourism Department has initiated several steps to boost adventure tourism activities across Jammu and Kashmir and already several activities have been initiated to tap that potential. This was stated by Secretary Tourism and Culture Departments, Sarmad Hafeez while flagging off a group of working professionals from Mumbai and local NGO going for sanitation and […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 145 fresh coronavirus cases and one death on Sunday, taking the overall COVID-19 figures to 3,21,607 infections and 4,379 deaths, officials said. Out of the fresh cases, 48 were reported from the Jammu division and 97 from the Kashmir division of the union territory, they said. They said Srinagar recorded […]
PAMPORE: Experts from Wildlife department Range Khrew rescued a snake from a residential house in Panthachowk area of Srinagar outskirts, officials said on Sunday. Residents from the area informed that they spotted a snake crawling in the vegetable garden around a residential house. “It created a scare among locals who informed concerned officials of wildlife […]
Kathua/Jammu: A truck jumped a railway barrier near an army camp in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, prompting a search which led to the seizure of the vehicle along with eight kg of poppy straw, officials said on Sunday. However, the driver of the vehicle escaped taking advantage of the darkness and efforts are […]
Review necessary in the light of the recommendations of NEP-2020: Official SRINAGAR: A 4-day workshop on review of various textbooks prepared by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) ended here on Saturday. Around 35 subject experts from the School Education Department participated in the workshop which was organised by the J&K State […]
SRINAGAR: Police have arrested a drug peddler in Kulgam and recovered contraband substance from his possession. A Police party headed by SHO PS Devsar under the supervision of DySP PC Kulgam Shri Azhar Rashid-JKPS established a checkpoint near Chamgund crossing and intercepted a person riding a motorcycle bearing registration No. PB08CA-2340. He has been identified […]
GANDERBAL: To take stock of the situation arisen due to cloudburst in Nuner area, District Development Chairperson, Ganderbal Nuzhat Ishfaq today conducted extensive tour of the affected areas to get first-hand information of the damages caused to the public infrastructure and private property. Accompanied by senior functionaries of the District Administration including Executive Engineers of […]