Northern railway slashes ticket prices for Kashmir, restores pre-COVID fares

Northern railway slashes ticket prices for Kashmir, restores pre-COVID fares

Srinagar: In a major relief to train commuters, Northern Railways has reduced ticket fares to pre-COVID times in the Kashmir valley, officials said on Wednesday.A top railway official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that railways reinstated Second Class Ordinary Fares on passenger trains in Kashmir .”The fare charges have been dropped by nearly […]

Clans step in to protect Gaza aid

Clans step in to protect Gaza aid

CAIRO: Armed and masked men from an array of clans and factions have started providing security to aid convoys in Gaza, Palestinian officials and sources in the Hamas group say. Video footage obtained by Reuters showed a convoy of trucks entering Gaza City with foreign aid overnight, watched by several men armed with AK-47 assault rifles and […]

Rural infrastructure

Rural infrastructure

Recently the Chief Secretary chaired the UT level Empowered Committee Meeting on the schemes of Rural Development Department (RDD) to discuss their annual plans for 2024-25 besides reviewing the performance made so far. Besides the Secretary RDD the meeting was attended by several Administrative Secretaries, HoDs of RDD and other concerned officers of the Department. […]

Night temp drops at most places in Kashmir

Night temp drops at most places in Kashmir

Srinagar: Amid forecast for generally cloudy weather with possibility of light rain/snow from March 21, night temperature recorded a drop at most places in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a minimum of 2.5°C against 3.5°C on the previous night which was below normal by 2.2°C for the […]

Dairy Plant

Dairy Plant

Recently Administrative Council (AC) which met under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha,  approved transfer of  22 Kanals and 2 Marlas of land situated in Estate Devipora, tehsil Tulmulla, district Ganderbal in favour of Animal Husbandry Department (AHD) for establishment of Dairy Plant.   Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor; Atal Dulloo, Chief Secretary; […]

Congress alleges black money routed to BJP’s accounts through electoral bonds

Congress alleges black money routed to BJP’s accounts through electoral bonds

New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday charged the government with engaging in ”quid pro quo” for receiving electoral bonds and ”conspiring” to route black money into the BJP’s accounts through the scheme. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah were answerable on the electoral bond ”scam”. He […]