The Government of Jammu and Kashmir is trying to enhance the green cover in the rural areas with the help of Gram Panchayats, Social Forestry. In this direction, the administration is trying to create green assets at the village level with the help of Panchayats. According to the J&K government 27932.25 qntl fodder, 17982.855 […]
The Punjab’s Mining Department is all set to introduce public mining sites in the state to ensure that sand and gravel are available at reasonable rates to the general public. Terming the decision a historic and path-breaking initiative of the Bhagwant Mann-led state government, Mining and Geology Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer said these sites […]
A tanker driver died in a road accident near Kawbagh in Ramban district on Monday early morning, officials said. An official said that the tanker that was on way from Jammu towards Srinagar met with an accident near Kawbagh this morning. He said driver identified as Imtiyaz Ahmad son of Abdul Qayoum Wani, from Wagan […]
KPDCL teams braving inclement weather rectify faults MD, KPDCL assures public all feeders will be up & live SRINAGAR, JANUARY 30: Following heavy Snowfall during the intervening night of 30th January, electric supply to many areas of Kashmir Valley got disrupted and the load of the whole valley dipped below 850 MWs during the early […]
UT forest cover is substantially higher than national average SRINAGAR, JANUARY 30: Jammu and Kashmir government’s ambitious initiative ‘Har Gaon Hariyali’ has recorded plantation of 90 lakh saplings during the current fiscal against set target of plantation of1.35 crore seedlings. Pertinently, the government of Jammu and Kashmir launched this remarkable initiative in consonance with the […]
MEMPHIS: The US city of Memphis on Saturday disbanded the special police unit whose officers fatally beat a young Black man, after graphic video of the assault sparked widespread shock and outrage. The video, which shows five officers repeatedly kicking and punching 29-year-old Tyre Nichols as he moans and calls out for his mother, triggered […]
Srinagar, Jan 30: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who set off a national debate when he walked the Bharat Jodo Yatra in a T-shirt in north India’s cold winter, donned a ‘pheran’ to ward off Kashmir’s bone-freezing chill on Monday. As the snow fell steadily, carpeting much of the Valley in white, the former Congress president […]
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir is focusing on the farming community in order to give a boost to the agriculture sector here. In this direction recently Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department said in a review meeting that 2.5 lakh farmers to be trained in agri-skills and 29 skill training programmes identified, a […]
The University of Kashmir has postponed all PG, engineering and other examinations scheduled to be held on 30 January 2023 (Monday) in view of inclement weather conditions. Controller of Examinations Dr Majid Zaman said fresh dates for the deferred examinations will be notified separately later. Agencies
Jammu and Kashmir parts are receiving snowfall since morning, leading to closure of Jammu Srinagar national highway besides delay in flights to and fro the Srinagar ‘international’ airport and suspension of Baramulla—Banihal train service on Monday. Jammu-Srinagar national highway is blocked for vehicular movement due to mudslides/shooting stones at many places between Chanderkot and Banihal, […]