Releases Short documentary titled ‘Forest Diversion to Eco-Restoration’ Launches information pamphlets on forestry interventions; slope stabilization techniques; ‘One Beat Guard- One Village’ programme; and profile of Pheasant Kalij JAMMU, NOVEMBER 16: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired the 20th meeting of the Steering Committee of the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management […]
Srinagar, Nov 16 : Jammu and Kashmir reported 144 fresh covid-19 cases while two persons succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. Among the fresh cases, 19 were reported from Jammu Division and 125 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 334432. There were two deaths, both from […]
Says Mudasir was earning money illegally from his foreign associates; ‘In today’s time need nothing more than to win hearts of people’ Srinagar, Nov 16: General Commanding officer D P Pandey on Tuesday said that himself being a doctor Mudasir was distracting other youth to pick up guns instead of focusing on their careers. […]
Srinagar: A 27-year-old youth drowned to death in river Jhelum at Sheikhpora Sonwar here on Tuesday. Official sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Marif Ahmad, 27 from Central Kashmir’s Budgam district was extracting sand from river Jhelum at Sheikhpora Sonwar. They said the youth got slipped and subsequently drowned in Jhelum, adding […]
Peoples Democratic Party Chief Mehbooba Mufti and CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami on Tuesday demanded judicial enquiry while national Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah demanded “impartial & credible” probe into the killing of “civilians” at Hyderpora here. Chairman of Peoples Conference and former Minister in erstwhile J&K government Sajjad Gani Lone said that it […]
Next year’s Twenty20 World Cup will be held across seven venues in Australia, officials confirmed on Tuesday, with Sri Lanka and the West Indies forced to play for a place in the Super 12. The tournament, which was supposed to be held Down Under in 2020 but was pushed back two years due to the coronavirus, will […]
US President Joe Biden pressed his Chinese counterpart on Beijing’s human rights practices, in an over three-hour call on Monday, while Xi Jinping warned that China would respond to provocations on Taiwan, officials said. The closely watched conversation between the leaders of the world’s biggest economies was described by both sides as frank and direct […]
A 27-year-old alleged drug peddler, missing for last four days, was found dead at Chowkibal in Kupwara on Tuesday afternoon. An official told GNS that body of a drug peddler namely Bilal Ahmad Payer alais Jaja, 27, son of Gulzar Payer was found along Nallah Kehmil near Dar Mohalla Chowkibal adding the deceased was missing […]
Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday hit out at the government of India over the ‘use of civilians as human shields during gunfights. The PDP president made the comments after the niece of one of the slain persons tweeted that: “You killed my innocent uncle Mohammad Altaf Bhat in cold blooded murder In Hyderpora, you used him […]
New Delhi, November 16 Delhi’s air quality remained in the ‘very poor’ category for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, with the air quality index being recorded at 396. The air quality index in neighbouring cities stood as follows — Ghaziabad (349), Greater Noida (359), Gurugram (363) and Noida (382) — in the morning. In […]