Srinagar: Another non-local labourer, who was injured in a road accident in Awantipora area of Pulwama district, has succumbed to his injuries, taking the death toll to 6. An official said that Ali Hassan Ansari of Jharkhand succumbed to his injuries at SMHS hospital in Srinagar on Wednesday morning. 5 persons had died and 28 […]
Srinagar: Mainly dry weather has been forecast in Jammu and Kashmir in next 24 hours while rain and thunderstorm with snowfall over higher reaches at scattered places has been predicted on March 24-25. “Mainly clear and dry weather is expected today. A brief spell of thunder with rain may occur at isolated places towards late […]
The J&K government is going to address the fodder deficit in order to boost the livestock sector. Recently J&K Govt announced Rs 129.05 cr initiative to reduce fodder deficit, boost livestock sector under HADP. The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, recognizing the potential of livestock husbandry to improve the socio-economic conditions of farming communities […]
A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.6 on the Richter scale occurred on Tuesday night in Jammu and Kashmir, triggering panic among the people who rushed outside their homes and called their loved ones to enquire about their wellbeing. The high-intensity earthquake occurred 22:10:27IST. The earthquake was at the latitude 36.09 degrees north and longitude 71.35 […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central government to collect/furnish information on whether execution of death sentence by hanging was cruel and offending to human dignity along with information on alternate methods of carrying out death sentence by lethal injunctions, or through electrocution. Seeking information on different methods of execution of death sentence, a […]
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday announced a revised schedule for national side’s upcoming white-ball series against New Zealand. The PCB and New Zealand Cricket “unanimously agreed to make [the] tweaks”, according to the former’s statement. Instead of kicking off their tour with the first four of the five Twenty20 Internationals in Karachi according […]
MOSCOW: Russia scrambled an SU-35 fighter jet over the Baltic Sea on Monday after two US strategic bombers flew in the direction of the Russian border, but then left, according to the defence ministry in Moscow. “On March 20, radar facilities of the air defence forces of the Western military district on duty over the […]
Calls upon the people for sustainable management of forests and the judicious use of resources to combat climate change and to ensure well-being of all Healthy Forests is key to Healthy living of people & it should be our topmost priority to safeguard these precious natural resources. Every element produced by nature nourishes us. Since […]
JAMMU, MARCH 21: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, today inaugurated the seven day Tribal Youth Exchange Programme at Teachers Bhawan here. The programme is being organized by Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) and is sponsored by Union Ministry of Home Affairs with an aim of empowering tribal students by providing them with exposure […]
Anantnag: A 35-year-old woman tourist died while four others were injured in a road accident near Arwani bridge in Bijbehera area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag on Tuesday. An official said that an accident took place between a truck and a vehicle near Arwani Bridge He said five people traveling in the vehicle were injured, of […]