SHOPIAN, FEBRUARY 20: Handloom Development Department, Shopian organised a day long awareness camp at Village Daramdoora Shopian to sensitize weavers and artisans about the welfare package and government sponsored schemes for the Handloom Weavers. The Assistant Director Handicrafts, representative of J&K Bank, trainees of various weaving training centres, established by Handloom Department and other concerned […]
PULWAMA, FEBRUARY 20: District Programme Office (ICDS) Pulwama organised quiz competition programme under BBBP under the supervision of District Development Commissioner Pulwama, Dr. Raghav Langer, here today. District Programme Officer, ICDS, officers and officials of concerned department were present on the occasion. As many as 4 teams of various government schools participated in the quiz […]
SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 20: Principal Secretary, Department of Revenue, Dr Pawan Kotwal today took stock of people’s grievances during a day-long public grievance camp held here today. During the programme, a large number of deputations and individuals from across Kashmir including, Srinagar, Budgam, Anantnag, Baramulla, Ganderbal, Kulgam, Pulwama, Langate, Shopian, Gurez, Bandipora, Kangan, Kupwara, Uri and […]
The tough questions from the MPs came during a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Parliament yesterday when the lawmakers were being briefed by the Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla. The Union Home Ministry was asked by opposition members of Parliament to explain how Jammu and Kashmir could hope to attract investment in […]
At least 19 people, including 5 women, were killed and 15 seriously injured after the state-run bus they were travelling in was hit by a truck in Tamil Nadu’s Tirupur district early on Thursday, officials said. The bus belonged to Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and was going from Karnataka’s Bengaluru to Kerala’s Ernakulam […]
‘Self-styled’ Contractors loot hapless sand diggers Pulwama, KNT: Geology and Mining Department has miserably failed to check self-styled contractors who loot sand diggers to their content. Ironically, the department has not given any rights to these contractors and yet they demand royalty from sand diggers. The sand diggers from Samboora, Kanahbal and Behibagh areas of […]
The progression of previous Pakistan Super League (PSL) editions went something like this: the frenzy builds up, big names from the music industry lip-sync the PSL anthem, the excitement then plateaus before skyrocketing in the play-offs. The final, of course, is a final. This has been repeated over the last four years. So, what’s different […]
(PTI) The death toll from the coronavirus epidemic in China has climbed to 2,118 with the death of 114 more people, while the overall confirmed cases increased to 74,576, Chinese officials said on Thursday. China’s National Health Commission (NHC) said the new confirmed cases declined to 394, registering the biggest drop since December when the […]
Srinagar, KNT: With summer just about to begin the people in summer capital Srinagar are already anguished with routine water scarcity. A source inside Public Health Engineering (PHE) department Rajbagh said that for the last more than two months, more than two lakh people are without water supply as government has failed to fix the […]
U.N. chief says he is personally concerned about the future of minorities in India. India’s new citizenship law may render a large number of Muslims stateless, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said. In an interview to The Dawn newspaper in Pakistan, he expressed concern about the Citizenship Amendment Act, and urged countries to act humanely while framing new […]
