SRINAGAR, Feb 22: One foreigner died and another was missing as an avalanche struck the ski slopes of Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said. Five skiers were rescued and are being treated in a local hospital. The avalanche struck the Kongdoori slopes, trapping several skiers, the officials said. The foreigners had gone […]
New Delhi: The CBI conducted searches at the premises of former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik and 29 other locations on Thursday in connection with alleged corruption in the Rs 2,200-crore Kiru Hydropower project, officials said. The federal agency started its operation in the morning, with around 100 officers mobilised to swoop down […]
Kathua/Jammu, Feb 22: The Border Security Force (BSF) found a drone-dropped improvised explosive device (IED) near the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Thursday, an official said. The IED was found in the Manyari post area, near the zero line, during a search operation that was launched after the BSF troops […]
Inaugurates extensive mulberry plantation drive; also inaugurates 5-day Skill Development Training Programme at Degree College, Kangan GANDERBAL, FEBRUARY 21: The Director Sericulture J&K, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat today undertook a comprehensive visit to the tribal areas of Kangan in District Ganderbal under Public Outreach Initiative Programme. The primary objective of the visit was to raise awareness […]
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 21: Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha met the delegation of Padari Tribe at Raj Bhawan, today. The delegation led by Sh Sunil Sharma, former Minister expressed gratitude to the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Home Minister Shri Amit Shah and Lt Governor led UT Administration for Scheduled Tribe status to Padari […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Health and Medical Education Department has notified a list of drugs and diagnostics to be made available free of cost at various health and wellness centres across the Union Territory. According to an order, at least 65 drugs and 38 diagnostics will now be available free of cost in Primary Health […]
SRINAGAR: An avalanche has blocked the passage of the Sindh river in the Kangan belt and flooded the road. Machines have been deployed to clear the passage so that traffic does not suffer disruptions of the strategic highway. Reports said an avalanche hit the Sidh river near Hung area and blocked the passage. “Its water is […]
SRINAGAR: Due to the recent snowfall, schools in the Gurez sub-division will be closed for two days, officials said on Wednesday. “In view of heavy snowfall and Avalanche threat, it is hereby ordered that all Government/Private educational Institutions in Sub Division Gurez shall remain closed for two days W.e.f 21-02-2024,” reads an order issued by SDM […]
Bandipora, Feb 21: Two students of a religious seminary died due to suffocation in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday.A police official said that two students from Darul-uloom Faiz-ul-uloom tragically died due to suffocation in Ashtangoo village of Bandipora. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning when the Darasgah officials found the children and their father […]
Srinagar: The Government of India has appointed Prof. Dr Sachidananda Mohanty as executive director of AIIMS Awantipora, Kashmir.The Appointments Committee of Cabinet(ACC) has approved the appointment of Dr Sachidananda Mohanty, who has also served medical superintendent AIIMS Bhubaneswar, as executive director of AIIMS, Awantipora.The ACC has also cancelled the appointment of Lt Gen Anup Banerjee […]