Pace spearhead Shaheen Afridi has travelled to London to continue his recovery from a knee injury but the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is optimistic of his participation in the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia later this year. Left-arm fast bowler Afridi suffered the injury in Sri Lanka last month and was ruled out of the ongoing Asia Cup in […]
BAGHDAD: Twelve protesters were killed on Monday after powerful cleric Moqtada al Sadr said he would quit politics, prompting his loyalists to storm a palatial government complex in Baghdad and leading to clashes with rival Shia groups. Young men loyal to Sadr charged the government headquarters in Baghdad’s Green Zone, once a palace of Saddam […]
Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir will be the new power hub when different hydroelectric projects started by the government are completed. The surplus power from Kishtwar will not only be utilised for other parts of the UT, but will also be sold to other States in future. 1000 MW Pakal Dul Project, 624 MW […]
Tribal Sub-Plan to be integrated with BEAMS SEC approves several key initiatives for tribal development and welfare SRINAGAR, AUGUST 29: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired the meeting of State Executive Committee for Tribal Plan and UT Level Coordination Committee meeting for approval of a number of tribal development projects and initiatives apart […]
Reviews functioning of Sericulture Development Department SRINAGAR, AUGUST 29: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Agriculture Production Department, Atal Dulloo today stated that Bivoltine Silk is the most demanding in the Indian Silk Industry and there is a huge gap between production and requirements. Dulloo said this while chairing a meeting to review the functioning of Sericulture […]
JAMMU, Aug 29: Jammu and Kashmir reported 57 fresh covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus during the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said that 11 cases were reported from Jammu division and 46 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 477513. Among the cases, 173624 are […]
Directs concerned to increase sampling & testing in their respective areas SRINAGAR, AUGUST 29: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department, Atal Dulloo today chaired a meeting to review the measures taken for controlling the spread of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) across Jammu and Kashmir. Director Animal Husbandry Jammu/Kashmir, representatives of SKUAST Jammu/Kashmir, Chief Animal […]
J&K Police has launched an app for people to get emergency services including lodging an FIR at the click of a button. “Public is requested to please download JKecop app from play store and apple store for getting emergency services at ease,” police said in a statement to GNS, including “It is single window solution […]
New Delhi: Launching a fresh attack on the Congress, its former leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said the party needs medicines for treating it which are being provided by compounders instead of doctors. Azad also accused the leadership of not having time for setting the organisation right. Speaking to reporters at his residence, Azad […]
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Karnataka government over a batch of pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court’s judgement upholding the ban on Hijab in educational institutes. A bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia also clarified that it will not accept requests for adjourning the matter and said, “We will not […]