SP College organises weeklong celebrations on International Women’s Day

SP College organises weeklong celebrations on International Women’s Day

SRINAGAR, MARCH 10: With an objective to intensify awareness about Gender Equality among the students, the Department of English, S. P. College hosted a series of events during the week to commemorate the International Women’s Day, 2020. This year the theme of International Women’s Day was “I am generation equality; Realising Women’s rights”. The weeklong […]

District Admin Anantnag asks locals to voluntarily share travel history

ANANTNAG, MARCH 10: The district administration, Anantnag has asked persons having travel history of Coronavirus effected countries to share their travel history voluntarily. The locals have been asked to contact the phone numbers 01932-222255, 9596068630, 9419045438, 7006000724, 9906645601, 9596036642 for tracing the people having travel history from China, Iran, Korea, Italy, to keep the district […]

Horticulture Machinery Exhibition held at Ganderbal

GANDERBAL, MARCH 10: Horticulture department, Ganderbal today organized a machinery exhibition at Wakura, Ganderbal to provide farm machinery and equipment to orchardists and growers at their doorstep. The Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal, Director Horticulture, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat, Chief Horticulture Officer, Ganderbal and Tehsildar Wakura were present on the occasion. The department had setup stalls […]

Jyotiraditya Scindia likely to join BJP as 20 MLAs resign

Jyotiraditya Scindia likely to join BJP as 20 MLAs resign

After resigning from the Congress party, Madhya Pradesh leader Jyotiraditya Scindia is expected to join the BJP today evening. Sources told The Indian Express that Scindia is expected to get a Rajya Sabha ticket from Madhya Pradesh by the saffron party after he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah earlier in the day. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath Tuesday […]

Female paramedic including two bodies found dead in Srinagar, Qazigund

Female paramedic including two bodies found dead in Srinagar, Qazigund

Srinagar, Mar 10 (KNS): A female paramedic on Tuesday was found dead mysteriously in Soura area of Srinagar district. Meanwhile another dead body was found in Wanpoh area of Qazigund. Police has registered separate cases and started investigation. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), a nurse namely Afroza Akhtar of south Kashmir’s Duroo was found […]

2 city road projects hit roadblock due to paucity of funds

2 city road projects hit roadblock due to paucity of funds

Government’s tall claims on development notwithstanding, two main road widening projects in the Downtown here namely Khanyar-Zadibal-Pandach and Syed Meerak Shah-Zakura have seen little progress. The Khanyar-Zadibal-Pandach which is known as KZP is a 12.5 Km road stretch passing through the heart of Downtown. The project is part of 44-year-old Circular Road project. It began […]

US starts troop pullout, seeks end to Afghan leaders’ feud

US starts troop pullout, seeks end to Afghan leaders’ feud

The United States began withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, the US military said on Tuesday, taking a step forward on its peace deal with the Taliban while also praising Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s promise to start releasing Taliban prisoners after he had delayed for over a week. The US-Taliban deal signed on February 29 was touted as Washington’s […]

Gujarati businessmen invited to invest in J&K

Gujarati businessmen invited to invest in J&K

Srinagar, Mar 10 (IANS): J&K Lt Governor G.C. Murmu has invited Gujarati businessmen to invest in J&K, and 35 MoUs worth Rs 2,141 crore have been inked, a government statement said on Monday. “Gujarati businessmen are successful worldwide and they should also explore the vast investment opportunities in Jammu & Kashmir,” Murmu said, while addressing the captains of the […]

COVID-19: 58 Indians brought back from Iran

COVID-19: 58 Indians brought back from Iran

First batch of 58 stranded Indians, including women and children, were brought back from coronavirus-hit Iran in a C-17 Globemaster military aircraft on Tuesday, officials said. The Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft landed with the Indians at Hindon air base in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh on early Tuesday. The evacuated Indians were being assisted by an […]