Sgr-Jammu highway shut for 6th day today but airport now open; PK Pole says all services will be restored by today evening Srinagar: Power supply in most of Kashmir was restored but roads still lay under snow even in Srinagar on Thursday. The divisional administration said that all essential services were expected to be restored […]
‘Only 15 JCBs to clear 15,000 lanes; will name and shame officials sitting on papers’ Srinagar: Sheema Farooq, five months pregnant, developed major pain in her back and lower abdomen on Wednesday. She called her doctor, who said she should immediately visit a hospital. “Unfortunately, we were not able to go to the hospital due […]
Snow sliding down tin roofs frustrating efforts, most link roads still buried under snow Shopian: A day after the district chief claimed to have sufficient number of “sophisticated” snow clearance machines, half of the machines in the district broke down in the process of clearing the heavy snow that has fallen here in the past […]
New transformer received, being installed: officials PAMPORE: Many villages of Pampore Tehsil in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district have been without electricity and water supply since the feeding transformer of 10 MVA at Konibal receiving station was damaged four days ago, which the Power Development Department (PDD) has failed to repair or replace despite repeated requests […]
Srinagar: Kashmir University’s Controller of Examinations Prof Irshad A Nawchoo said on Thursday that undergraduate 2nd year examination scheduled on Friday and UG 6th semester examination scheduled on Saturday are postponed in view of heavy snowfall. Fresh dates for the deferred UG examinations will be notified later on, he said. Meanwhile, the LLM 2nd semester […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported three Covid related deaths on Thursday, two from Kashmir division and one from Jammu. The deceased were residents of Srinagar, Ganderbal and Jammu districts. A total of 1,903 Covid-19 patients have died in Jammu and Kashmir so far. Of these deaths, 1,196 have been in Kashmir division and 707 in […]
NEW DELHI: The Union health ministry has informed states and union territories that they are likely to receive the first supply of Covid-19 vaccine shortly and asked them to remain prepared to accept these consignments. In a communique, the ministry said vaccine will be supplied to the identified consignee points of 19 states and union […]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday announced a new industrial developmental scheme (IDS) with a total outlay of Rs 28,400 crore to encourage new investment and to take industrial development to the block level. “In a major decision of far-reaching consequence, the Government of India has approved a new Industrial Developmental Scheme for […]
New Delhi: The government has cleared eight hydropower projects of 144 MW on the Indus river and its tributaries in Ladakh, the highest so far, sources in the Jal Shakti Ministry said on Thursday. At present, there are several small projects, with a collective capacity of 113 MW on Indus in Ladakh, and the new […]
Anantnag: Asserting that her father’s vision of “reconciliation and dialogue” was the need of the hour, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said that the erstwhile state has further drifted away from New Delhi after abrogation of Article 370. She was talking to media persons after offering prayers at the […]