The Department of Agriculture Kashmir has taken an initiative to educate the farmers regarding Hi-tech agricultural practices to save labour as well as time while performing the agricultural activities in their fields. For the first time mechanized Paddy transplanting has been introduced at Seed Multiplication Farm Padgampora. The event was kick started by Joint Director […]
BWJA, NKJA Demanding stern action against Tehsildar Kunzer, who manhandled and misbehaved a photojournalist in Tangmarg on Friday, Baramulla Working Journalist Association strongly condemned alleged assault on photo Journalist Sajad Hameed- Kashmir Times while he was performing his professional duty. In a statement issue to KNS, Baramulla Working Journalist Association termed the harassment and manhandling […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration Sunday issued a clarification on its decision to notify certain places in the union territory as “strategic areas” to facilitate construction by the armed forces. This came after regional parties, including the National Conference (NC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Peoples Conference, Saturday called the government’s move an […]
District Magistrate, Jammu, Sushma Chauhan, today ordered Weekend Lockdown from July 24, 2020 to prevent any further spike in the COVID cases in the district. The order issued by District Magistrate vide powers conferred upon her under section 144 of CrPC read with section 34 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, states that “There shall […]
A man was arrested by police after he allegedly ignored the signal to stop at a security checkpoint in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. “At about 08:40 pm, a police naka party at Beerwah Chowk in Budgam signalled a car bearing Delhi registration number to stop, but the driver ignored the signal and tried […]
The Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu, accorded sanction to the draft Jammu and Kashmir Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Rules, 2020 under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, which has been recently made applicable to the Union Territory by way of an Adaptation […]
Kashmir Valley on Monday reported three more deaths attributed to COVID-19, taking the fatality count due to the microbe to 249 in J-K. Unnamed official sources told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS), that two of the deaths occurred at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura while another was reported at Shri […]
A paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper allegedly ended his life by shooting himself with his service refile in Panthachowk area of Srinagar on Monday, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). Unnamed officials told GNS that constable Biswajit Dutta of CRPF 29 battalion fired upon himself and died on the spot. […]
In the Shadow of escalating brick rates, the brick manufacturing process in Kashmir is gearing up and most of the brick kilns in Kashmir have started the process of brick manufacturing. Most of the migrant labourers have been transported from Jammu where they were working till onset of monsoon but that does not suffice the […]
10 minor, 6 pregnant women, several security personnel among new infections; 646 Discharged Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday reported 701 new infections including 80 travelers, taking the overall case count to 13899 in J&K. Official sources told GNS 100 cases were confirmed from Jammu and 601 from Kashmir Valley including six pregnant women, ten […]