New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir did not receive any bids in a second attempt to auction mining rights for lithium reserves found last year, according to sources. The government in February 2023 found its first lithium deposits in Jammu and Kashmir with estimated reserves of 5.9 million metric tons. After it failed to get a […]
Srinagar: A student and a driver are said to have suffered injuries after a school bus fell into a gorge in Chrar-e-Sharief in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, officials said on Wednesday evening. An official said that a school bus bearing number JK09B 0166 of Harvard Presentation School Bumhama Kupwara, fell into a gorge after the […]
Srinagar: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Jal Shakti Department, Shaleen Kabra, today chaired a review meeting regarding flood preparedness in Jammu and Kashmir. While addressing the meeting, the ACS called for devising an effective strategy to deal with the anticipated floods. He called for evolving proper SoPs to tackle with the situation where every concerned individual […]
Srinagar: Amidst the heatwave across the Kashmir Valley, Srinagar has recorded the hottest July day in over two decades at 35.6 degrees Celsius, while some other parts have recorded the highest-ever temperature on Wednesday.Kokernag, a famous tourist destination, has recorded an all-time highest maximum temperature in July at 33.3 degrees Celsius. The previous hottest July […]
Srinagar, Jul 2: Sweltering weather conditions showed no signs of abating in Jammu and Kashmir as Srinagar recorded the 2nd warmest day in July at 34.6°C on Tuesday, officials said. In last ten years, a meteorological department official here told GNS that it was on July 18, 2021 (35.0°C) when mercury surpassed today’s temperature in […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the Congress-led opposition saying that they couldn’t do away with the provision in Jammu and Kashmir, adding that Article 370 had taken away people’s rights. Referring to the abrogation of Article 370, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the Congress-led opposition saying that they couldn’t do away with the […]
Chairs high level meeting to review arrangements Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired a high-level meeting to review arrangements for Muharram, today at Civil Secretariat. The meeting was attended by Sh Atal Dulloo, Chief Secretary; Sh RR Swain, DGP; Sh Vijay Kumar, ADGP, Law & Order; Dr Mandeep Kumar Bhandari, Principal Secretary to Lt Governor, […]
New Delhi: A court here on Tuesday granted two-hour custody parole to Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid to take oath as a Lok Sabha MP on July 5, subject to some conditions. Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, was elected from Baramulla seat as an independent candidate defeating National Conference leader Omar Abdullah in the […]
New Delhi: At least 116 people, mostly women, died in a major stampede during a religious event in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district on Tuesday. The incident took place when a religious preacher was addressing his followers at a specially laid tent in the Rati Bhanpur village in the Sikandra Rau area of Hathras district. The […]
Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed profound sorrow over the stampede in Hathras and announced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for the next of kin of the dead and Rs 50,000 for the injured. The stampede occurred during a religious congregation at a ‘satsang’ event in Uttar Pradesh’s Pulrai village where a large number of […]