By: Musaib Iqbal MK Srinagar With the heavy snowfall, and the prediction of more snow in Sonmarg and Zojila pass authorities have closed Srinagar-Leh strategic highway till further orders. Earlier Beacon had pressed men and machinery at different places near Zojila pass and managed to keep the highway open in this month of January. Due […]
Air travelers were left disappointed with early morning flights getting delayed at the Srinagar airport for the third straight day on Thursday due to poor visibility. “All flights at Srinagar Airport are delayed due to low visibility. The operations will commence on weather improvement, ” a spokesman at the Srinagar airport said. Weatherman has predicted […]
Poonch: An army soldier died under mysterious circumstances on Line of Control in Balnoi area of K G Sector in Mendhar Poonch, officials said on Thursday. They identified the soldier from army’s 8 Garhwal Regiment as Anil Chouhan of Uttrakhand. While he died of bullet wounds, it was not known whether it was case […]
In order to make the system transparent for the collection of judicial stamp duty, the government has decided to go for technological intervention. Recently the government approved to implement an e-Court fee system in the entire Jammu & Kashmir for collection of Judicial Stamp Duty. J&K government has appointed Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited […]
JAMMU, JANUARY 05: The Forest Department of J&K has initiated making fuel briquettes from Chir pine needles which are available in plenty in Chir forests during summer. A program cum awareness campaign on “Livelihood generation: Pine needle to Bio briquettes” was inaugurated by Dr. Mohit Gera, Pr. Chief Conservator of Forests (HoFF), J&K at Forest […]
JAMMU, JANUARY 05: Dr. Darakhshan Andrabi, Chairperson, Waqf Development Committee of Union Ministry of Minority Affairs, accompanied by a delegation of educationists today called on the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, at Raj Bhavan here. Dr. Andrabi expressed gratitude to the Lt Governor for the recent initiatives and futuristic reforms brought in J&K’s education sector. The […]
KULGAM, JANUARY 05: As part of weekly Block Diwas initiative and to take governance at the door steps of people, the Public Outreach programmes were today held at three blocks of Kulgam district. The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K. Pole presided over the public outreach programme held at Common Facility Centre in Block […]
Jammu and Kashmir reported 418 fresh covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. 311 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu division and 107 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 342419. There was no death reported due to the virus […]
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has taken slew of measures to combat the possible third wave due to the Omicron variant. In this direction recently LG Manoj Sinha reviewed the functioning of the health department and its preparation on the ground including making of additional health infrastructure at the village level. In the recent […]
A fire has broken out inside a room of Hotel Oberai Grand Lalit along Gupkar road in central Kashmir’s Srinagar district. A Fire and Emergency Department official told GNS that a room has caught fire. “Men and machinery has been rushed to douse off the flames”, the officials said. More details awaited. (GNS)