CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh and Sri Lanka drew the first Test in Chittagong on Thursday after Dinesh Chandimal and Niroshan Dickwella hung on for the visitors in a vital seventh-wicket stand of 99. On the fifth and final day the two teams settled on a draw 45 minutes before the scheduled close of play with Sri Lanka […]
Sri Lanka’s prime minister has warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis and vowed the government will buy enough fertiliser for the next planting season to boost harvests. A decision in April last year by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to ban all chemical fertilisers drastically cut crop yields and […]
During the rescue operation, the dead body of a worker has been retrieved from the debris near Panthal area of Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. On late Thursday night an under-construction tunnel at Khoni Nallah near Panthal, between Ramban and Ramsu, on Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district collapsed during an audit, injuring four […]
Locals found a decomposed dead body in the woods of Sarbal here of Sonmarg resort in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. A police team from Sonmarg Police Station rushed to the spot and took custody of the decomposed body of a male. A police official told news agency Kashmir News Trust that the body has been […]
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has introduced key reforms in every important limb of its administration. In order to streamline the financial system, the J & K administration has taken a number of measures. JK Govts’ key reforms brought its Financial Structure at par with any progressive system across country Key reforms introduced by […]
Says those joining outside parties not going to help local populace anyway Srinagar, May 19 : Without naming Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the former chief minister and senior Congress leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad said that those joining the non-local parties are never going to bring respite to the people with regard to the local issues […]
The Centre government has decided to deploy additional 15, 000 government forces personnel in Kashmir Valley in wake of the recent killing of minority member in the Valley, quoting sources news agency Kashmir News Service reported. Sources told KNS that this troop deployment will be in addition to the forces deployed for the upcoming Amarnath […]
Chief Education Officer Kupwara Thursday put under suspension ten teachers for “negligence towards their legitimate duties”. “As reported by Zonal Education Officer Kralpora, ten teaching officials have failed to report their actual place of postings till date despite various reminders time and again given to them by the Zonal Education Officer concerned”, reads an order […]
Urges DDCs to focus on improving execution of CSSs and sensitization of district officers about schemes Departments to prepare Annual Calendars indicating number of projects to be completed along with timelines SRINAGAR, MAY 19: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today laid focus on accessing more and more funds under CSSs from the Ministries […]
SRINAGAR, MAY 19: The Art of Living organization has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Jammu and Kashmir government regarding up gradation of skill development sector in the Union Territory. In this regard, Skill Development Department and Shri Shri Rural Development Program (Art of Living) today entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) […]