JAMMU, Jan 24: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar Abdullah, both former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir, have departed for Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah, also known as the ”minor Haj”. Omar Abdullah, the National Conference vice president, posted a picture of his father with him in a flight on various […]
SRINAGAR, Jan 24: Even as intense dry cold gripped Kashmir and Jammu recorded below normal temperatures on Wednesday, the MeT department said that the long dry spell was likely to end by this weekend. The Meteorological (Met) department has forecast snow/rain in plains as well as in the higher reaches between January 26 to February […]
Bandipora: A 26-year-old youth, who was injured in a road accident at Sumbal area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, succumbed to his injuries after three months on Wednesday morning.An official said that the youth sustained injuries in a road accident when a speeding tipper collided with the motorcycle he was riding, leaving him in critical […]
Mitchell Marsh has been named captain of a 14-member Australia squad that’ll face West Indies in a forthcoming three-match T20I series. The 32-year-old all-rounder takes over the reins of the side having previously done so away in South Africa in August-September last year. While Cricket Australia are yet to confirm who’ll lead the side at […]
GAZA STRIP: Israel said on Tuesday 24 soldiers were killed in the biggest single-day losses since the start of its ground war in Gaza amid growing pressure on the government to find a way to end the conflict. The heavy clashes came as a White House official was due in the region for talks aimed […]
JAMMU, JANUARY 23: Secretary Planning Development and Monitoring Department (PD&MD), Aijaz Asad, today convened a meeting to review functioning of district level offices of the department. The meeting was attended by Director General E&S, Director General (PMCE), Director General (PFD), Regional Directors (E&S) from Jammu and Kashmir besides district level Planning officers, among other officials […]
Recently Jammu and Kashmir Judicial Academy (JKJA) today organised a day-long sensitization programme for Registrars and Sub-Registrars of Jammu Province in collaboration with the J&K Registration Department at Judicial Academy, Janipur. The programme was organised with an aim to hone the skills and knowledge of officers and increase their efficiency in discharging their statutory duties […]
Rescuers raced on Tuesday to find dozens of people still trapped after a landslide struck a remote and mountainous part of southwestern China, killing 12. The pre-dawn landslide buried 18 homes and sparked the evacuation of more than 200 people when it struck in Zhenxiong County, Yunnan province early on Monday. More than 24 hours […]
Srinagar: A Jal Shakti Department employee was found dead under mysterious circumstances at Darhal in Rajouri district, officials said on Tuesday. They said that the employee Nissar Ahmad had gone to check the water supply yesterday afternoon, but didn’t return ever since. “After looking for him, the family failed to find any trace until it […]
Srinagar: Minimum temperature continued to be below freezing point even as weatherman has forecast possibility of wet spell from January 25 to February 1. A meteorological department official said Srinagar recorded a low of minus 5.0°C against minus 5.3°C on previous night and it was 2.7°C below normal for the summer capital of J&K for […]