Srinagar: The government on Tuesday set up a Working Committee headed by Financial Commissioner Home for facilitating 5G roll out in Jammu and Kashmir. According to an order,the 13-member committee will be headed by Financial Secretary Home department. The committee will be tasked for working out modalities for using government infrastructure and street furniture for […]
Reasi, Rajouri tops list, Shopian only district with 41% deficient precipitation Srinagar : With the onset of winter season in Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir has received large excess rainfall from October 01 as the Union Territory recorded a precipitation of 101.2 mm till November 16, an official data said. Against the normal rainfall of 52.2mm, […]
SRINAGAR, NOVEMBER 22: The Mayor of Srinagar, Junaid Azim Mattu today chaired a meeting to review the progress of various ongoing tendered works by Srinagar Municipal Corporation at the conference hall, here. The meeting was attended by Joint Commissioner (S) SMC, FA/CAO SMC, Superintendent Engineer Drainage, Executive Engineer Electric and Mechanical SMC, concerned and various other […]
Biggest challenge before us today is to make fertilizers more sustainable for future & ensure adequate nutrition. Nano Urea enhances productivity, quality, reduces CO2 emission & increases farmer’s profitability, says Lt Governor In order to meet the challenges of climate change, high farm input cost, productivity, resilience against socio-economic factors, we are implementing policies that […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday posted for December 6 the hearing of a fresh plea relating to the Centre amending the electoral bonds scheme to allow their sale for 15 extra days during the “year of general elections to the legislative assembly of States and Union Territories with the legislature”. A bench of Chief Justice […]
The BBC’s decision to not air the opening ceremony of the Qatar World Cup live has drawn criticism from sports fans as well as politicians and journalists. The World Cup kicked off in Qatar on Sunday with the Muslim nation, which faced a barrage of criticism over its treatment of foreign workers, LGBT rights and […]
Beijing shut parks, shopping malls and museums on Tuesday while more Chinese cities resumed mass testing for Covid-19, as China fights a spike in cases, deepening concerns about its economy and dampening hopes for a quick post-coronavirus reopening. China reported 28,127 new local cases nationally for Monday, nearing its daily peak from April, with infections […]
ZEO cites non-availability of land as a hurdle in construction of new building Sopore : A government school in Sopore is witnessing a grim situation as students are being forced to take their classes under open sky during the prevailing cold. Established in 1962, students study under open sky at ‘Govt Middle School, Adipora’ as […]
Kupwara : A 45-year-old man died after he was allegedly hit by a wooden log in Warnow forest area of Lolab in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday afternoon. Official sources told that a person namely Jum Gakhad, son of Raheem-ul-Ullah Gakhad, of Warnow Lolab, was hit by a log in forest area during collection […]
Biodiversity is very important for the development of cities and in Jammu and Kashmir the government has already constituted a Biodiversity Council. This Biodiversity Council recently conducted a stakeholder’s consultation meeting for developing Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (LBSAP) for Smart City, Jammu. Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (LBSAP) enables the city to […]