DC B’Pora reviews progress of RDD works under District Capex Budget

DC B’Pora reviews progress of RDD works under District Capex Budget

BANDIPORA, OCTOBER 23: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad today reviewed the progress of works being executed by the Rural Development Department proposed under District Capex Budget (DCB) 2021-22. The meeting reviewed the estimation, tendering and allotment status of all works including DDC/ BDC/ PRI grants. It also discussed detailed proposals under the […]

Advisor Farooq Khan for immediate assessment of loss to orchards in Valley

Advisor Farooq Khan for immediate assessment of loss to orchards in Valley

Deputes DG Horticulture to South Kashmir for personal supervision of evaluation process SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 23: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq khan, acting swiftly towards tackling emergent situation arisen due to untimely snowfall in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, deputed Director General, Horticulture, Kashmir, to South Kashmir, the worst hit part of the Valley, […]

Cultivation of mustard

Cultivation of mustard

Cultivation of mustard was one of the favorite crops of farmers in Kashmir and this was one of the main reasons that the fields in Kashmir valley used to look all yellow with mustard flowers sprouting in spring season. The cultivation of mustard has diminished and now the department of agriculture has launched a campaign […]

Ground floor of SKIMS Bemina hospital in water, patients suffer

Ground floor of SKIMS Bemina hospital in water, patients suffer

Amid incessant rains, the ground floor of JVC Hospital in Bemina has got water-logged even as several low lying areas in outskirts of summer-capital Srinagar are witnessing inundation. A local news agency, Global News Service (GNS) has received several calls from attendants at JVC Hospital who unequivocally maintained that ground floor of the hospital has […]

Amit Shah reviews security situation in Kashmir

Amit Shah reviews security situation in Kashmir

Srinagar:  Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday reviewed the security situation and steps taken to combat militancy in Kashmir Valley in the wake of a spate of attacks on civilians, particularly non-local labourers and minorities.   Shah reviewed the security scenario at a meeting held at the Raj Bhawan here and attended by top civil […]

Snowfall: 12 persons rescued from Mughal road

Snowfall: 12 persons rescued from Mughal road

Poonch : Authorities here on Saturday afternoon rescued 12 persons, who were stuck near Pir Ki Gali on Mughal road, which has been closed by the authorities in wake of the snowfall. Those who were rescued include shopkeepers and workers of a shrine, located at Pir Ki Gali, officials told. Officials said that Mughal Road […]

3 of nomad family die, another critical as soil bund caves in Tral Pulwama

3 of nomad family die, another critical as soil bund caves in Tral Pulwama

Three members of a nomad family were killed and another remains critically injured after their makeshift tent came under debris of a soil bund which caved-in amid incessant rains in Noorpora area of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. Officials said four members of the nomad (Gujjar Community) family came under the debris, […]

KU postpones all exams scheduled today

KU postpones all exams scheduled today

The University of Kashmir on Saturday postponed the all UG exams scheduled for today due to bad weather and fresh snowfall. “In view of inclement weather, all UG examinations of the University of Kashmir scheduled today (23-10-2021) are hereby postponed,” said a spokesman of university in a statement. “Fresh date for the conduct of deferred […]

Rains Drench J&K, Light To Moderate Snowfall In Several Kashmir Parts

Rains Drench J&K, Light To Moderate Snowfall In Several Kashmir Parts

Jammu-Sgr, Mughal Road Closed, Several Far-off Places Cutoff; Mercury Plunges Across Valley Srinagar, Oct 23: Incessant rains drenched most parts of Jammu and Kashmir even as light to moderate snowfall was reported at several places including Shopian, Pahlagam, Gulmarg, Gurez In Bandipora, Zojila, Drass, Zanskar and other higher middle reaches in J&K and Ladakh, officials […]

International flights set to take off from Sgr airport from tomorrow

International flights set to take off from Sgr airport from tomorrow

First direct flight from Srinagar will land in Sharjah: Dir Airport Srinagar Airport is set to begin international flights, connecting the city directly with the rest of the world from October 23. Director Airport Srinagar Kuldeep Singh while talking with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that the first flight from Srinagar airport will […]