LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised to parliament on Tuesday after he was fined by police for breaking lockdown rules, saying he did not know a birthday gathering at the height of the pandemic was in breach of the rules he had set. On the same day that opposition lawmakers secured a vote later […]
Village is the focus of development in Jammu and Kashmir. After the panchayati raj system, villages have now visible growth and the progress is going on. Recently J&K government has said that the progress has picked pace in 400 tribal villages under Integrated Village Development Scheme. With an aim to ensure focused development in tribal […]
Cop on guard duty at police station Budgam fired upon the militants who lobbed a grenade at the police station on Tuesday late evening. Police said that militants hurled a grenade towards police station Budgam that exploded out the gate of the police station. The alert sentry as per police fired upon the militants, however, […]
SRINAGAR, APRIL 19: Continuing the events under the theme of Kharif Campaign 2022, the Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhry Mohammad Iqbal today inaugurated farmer outreach program at Kalaroos, Kupwara. The program was attended by Vice Chairman DDC Kupwara Haji Farooq Ahmad Mir, DDC member Kalaroos Chowdhary Mustafa Rahi, BDC Kalaroos Madam Ateeqa, Sarpanches and Panches, Deputy […]
JAMMU, APRIL 19: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta launched the e-Kitab Kosh, an e-library initiative of the Information Technology Department. The e-Kitab Kosh can be accessed at www.elibrary.jk.gov.in . The e-Kitab Kosh is envisioned as an online library for providing access to a virtual repository of learning resources in five languages viz. English, Hindi, Urdu, […]
A mosque besides few other structures are engulfed in a massive fire in Gojwara area of central Kashmir’s Srinagar district. Reports reaching GNS said that a fire broke at around 3:35 PM from a mosque and soon after spread to few other structures in proximity. The raging flames continued to spread even as efforts were […]
Jammu and Kashmir registered nine new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to it in the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. They said that five of the cases were reported from Jammu—all from the winter capital and four from Kashmir region—two each from Srinagar and Baramulla. The fresh cases take the […]
Homegrown FMCG major Dabur India Ltd on Tuesday said it plans to induct a fleet of 100 electric vehicles (EVs) in its supply chain for last-mile product distribution in the next 12 months. The first batch of the new EVs has been inducted into its fleet in North India and has commenced deliveries in Haryana’s […]
By: Javaid MaliK MK Srinagar As predicted by the MeT department, Kashmir valley witnessed light to moderate rains on Tuesday, bringing temperatures down. Common people have been relieved from the spell of high temperature with dry weather conditions. As the tourism season is showing a boom, light to moderate rains on Tuesday are bringing […]
A punt gun and contraband articles were seized from a boat at Lankreshipora area of Bandipora during a raid carried by Forest Protection Force (FPF) on Tuesday. Officials told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that on a tip off regarding the use of punt guns at Wular for killing certain bird species, the anti-poaching team […]