A crucial security review meeting will take place in Srinagar today that will be chaired by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla while top security officials from the UT will participate in the meet. Arrangements for the upcoming G-20 events, Amarnath Yatra, recent attacks in Poonch and Rajouri will be discussed besides other security related matters […]
Srinagar, May 9: After days of impermanent rains in plains and light snowfall over upper reaches, Meteorological department here on Tuesday forecast “mainly dry” weather along with rise in day temperature in Jammu and Kashmir. In the next 24 hours, a MeT official here told GNS that mainly dry weather is expected even though […]
A person was killed and two others injured after a car they were traveling in met with an accident in Nachiyan Top in Karnah area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district this afternoon, officials said. They told GNS that an Alto Car skidded of the road and rolled down a gorge, resulting in on spot death […]
Work on the new high projects is going on and when they would be complete the journey from Kashmir to Delhi would be reduced to a few hours. Recently LG Manoj Sinha said that 1.25 lac crores worth road and highway projects are under completion in Jammu and Kashmir. He said that a journey from […]
Rains continue to lash Jammu and Kashmir even as the weather department forecast more precipitation in next 24 hours before “significant” improvement from May 9. “Today is going to be rainy, cloudy and cold in J-K. A significant improvement is very likely from May 9,” a meteorological department official said. However he said while “mainly […]
Srinagar: District administration Ramban has ordered for closure of all schools, upto Class 8, for the day, amid ongoing heavy rains across the district. Deputy Commissioner Ramban Mussarat Islam, ordered for the closure of the schools albeit asking for scheduled conduct of exams, if any, in the district. “All Schools (Government & Private) up to […]
Says ‘Vegetable Cultivation Projects under Holistic Agriculture Development Programme will revolutionize sector’ SRINAGAR, MAY 7: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department, Atal Dulloo, today visited vegetable growing areas of Srinagar district including Maloora, Takanwari and adjacent parts to take stock of agriculture scenario. Speaking to the farmers gathering, ACS said that the poly houses […]
Four persons including a couple were killed in cloud burst and lightning strike incidents at two different locations in Kashmir Valley on Saturday, officials said. A senior police officer told GNS that there was cloudburst incident at Bujbagh area of Pampore in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district this afternoon, resulting in the death of two persons […]
Skill development training is being imparted on the artisans in Jammu and Kashmir so that they get the modern skills available. Government is also trying to provide them with a marketing facility so that their crafts get a better price. Recently Union MoS Darshana Jardosh reviewed the functioning of Handloom & Handicraft deptt. She gave […]
A 58-year-old woman died after a gas cylinder caught fire and exploded at Ali Kadal area in Old Srinagar on Saturday. The LPG cylinder explosion also led to the damage to 3-storey house even as the sleuths of Fire and Emergency Department controlled the fire from spreading in the congested locality, official sources told GNS. […]