Srinagar: Army chief General Manoj Pande on Thursday visited the Siachen Glacier and reviewed the operational preparedness, besides paying tributes to the soldiers who laid down their lives at the world’s highest battlefield. The COAS interacted with the troops and lauded them for their tenacity and perseverance under the most challenging conditions.He exhorted them to […]
New Delhi: The government on Thursday listed various “impediments” in holding elections to Lok Sabha and state assemblies simultaneously and noted that such an exercise would result in huge saving to the public exchequer as well as political parties. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said […]
‘Notorious drug smuggler booked under PIT-NDPS Act in Baramulla’ Srinagar: Police on Thursday booked three persons under PSA in Baramulla and Bandipora who were involved in “anti-national and anti-social activities”. They were booked after obtaining formal detention orders from competent authority. Besides, a notorious drug smuggler has been booked under PIT-NDPS Act in Baramulla. “In […]
Awantipora: In a tragic incident, an 18-year-old boy was electrocuted to death after he tried to save his maternal uncle at Padgampora village of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday. Muneeb Yousuf @ Sehran, son of Mohammad Yousuf Bhat, a resident of Padgampora, received injuries due to electric shock when a bulldozer came […]
Srinagar: The Managing Director, J&K Cable Car Corporation (JKCCC) on Thursday handed over a cheque worth Rs 1.0 Cr to government through Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta. The Chief Secretary took this occasion to compliment the Corporation for this milestone of achieving record revenue of Rs 100 Cr. He advised the Corporation to use […]
Anantnag: On receipt of information regarding outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease among the live stock at village Khiram and adjacent paties (Gojar Basti), a team of experts headed by Disease Investigation Officer (DIO) Anantnag was rushed to the area to take stock of the situation. The necessary instructions were passed on to the team […]
Srinagar: An eight-day high-end skill workshop on ‘Hi-Tech Nursery Techniques for the Production of Elite Clones and New Varieties of Temperate Fruits’ concluded at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar campus. The workshop was organised by the SKUAST-K’s Division of Fruit Science, Faculty of Horticulture under the sponsorship of the Vigyan […]
Srinagar: A high-end workshop on ‘Adoption of Bio-pesticides for Crop Protection and Environment: Emerging Technologies to Benefit Farmers’ concluded on Thursday at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar campus. The workshop was organised by the SKUAST-K’s Division of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Horticulture under the sponsorship of Karayashala scheme of SERB, […]
Srinagar: The NSS unit of College of Temperate Sericulture, Mirgund SKUAST-K organized plantation drive in the campus Under MERI MATI MERA DESH campaign. The students and faculty members participated by planting mulberry saplings. NSS programme officer Dr. Irfan Latif Khan highlighted the importance of planting trees as a sustainable measure to address the issue of […]
Baramulla: Police arrested an extortionist for demanding money for regulatory authorities in order to carry out illegal extraction and transportation of minerals in Baramulla. “Police Station Baramulla received a written complaint from one person Muneer Ahmad Bala son of Gh Mohammad Bala resident of Stadium Colony Baramulla stating therein that one person namely Nadeem Ahmad […]