23-year-old drowns in canal in Jammu
A 23-year-old man drowned while taking a bath in a canal in Patoli area of Jammu on Wednesday. According to police, the body of Shivam Dogra, resident of Ganga Nagar in Bantalab, was recovered from the canal and then shifted to the Government Medical College and Hospital, Jammu, for postmortem. “We have taken the cognizance of […]
Div Com Kashmir convenes meeting for renaming of Govt. institutions, infrastructure
Renaming aims to give recognition to prominent awardees of different fields: Pole SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 22: The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole on Wednesday held a meeting with the officers of various government departments for renaming institutions and infrastructure with martyrs and prominent awardees’ names. The meeting was attended by Director Handloom & […]
Advisor Farooq Khan discusses providing further boost to sports activities across J&K
Reviews progress of various projects taken under PMDP, Khelo India SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 22: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan today chaired a meeting to discuss matters related to further giving boost to sports and development of more sports infrastructure across Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary Youth Services and Sports (YSS), Alok […]
Union MoS Home Ajay Mishra visits Shopian, Inaugurates Several Projects
SHOPIAN, SEPTEMBER 22: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Ajay Kumar Mishra today visited district Shopian under the ongoing public outreach programme. The Minister e-inaugurated several developmental projects during his visit. He also laid e-foundation of Indoor Stadium Keller and Indoor Stadium Zainapora coming up at an estimated cost of Rs 98 lakh […]
NZ captain Latham thanks ‘brilliant’ Pakistan authorities for keeping players safe
New Zealand’s cricket squad arrived home on Wednesday after abandoning their tour of Pakistan, with their stand-in captain Tom Latham praising the “brilliant” authorities for keeping Kiwi players safe during their stay. New Zealand’s withdrawal last week dealt a massive blow to Pakistan’s hopes of staging regular international cricket, with England subsequently calling off their men’s and […]
J&K administration terminate the services of more employees for anti-national activities
By: Wani Parvaiz CK Srinagar Continuing the process to identify and sack all those government employees in Jammu and Kashmir who are involved in anti-national activities, some more employees have been reportedly sacked for such activities. According to the GNS in its news report about the sacking of employees on Wednesday has said in its […]
Omar Abdullah comes under criticism for supporting Jammu Bandh
By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar Memories in politics are short lived and people most of the time forget what the politicians have told when they are in power. In Jammu there was a Bandh call on Wednesday in support of the traders against the proposed opening of over hundred retail outlets by reliance. This Bandh […]
Indian spot gold rate and silver price on Wednesday, Sep 22, 2021
Today Gold Rate ( ₹46340) is lower than this week’s average of ₹46392.9 by 0.11%. The Gold Price was also higher than yesterday’s value of ₹46330. Although the Gold Price Today in both global ($1816.7) as well as Indian market ( ₹46340) experienced a growth, the Gold Price in Indian market grew by a lesser rate of 0.02% as […]
Roger Federer ‘feeling strong’ after knee surgery
BASEL: Swiss great Roger Federer said he has faced no setbacks and is recovering well after his latest knee operation. Federer, who pulled out of the US Open, said in August he would be sidelined for many months because he needed more knee surgery in order to resume playing. The 40-year-old had two procedures in […]
Taliban write to UN chief nominating spokesman Shaheen as Afghan envoy, ask for participation at UN General Assembly
The Taliban have written to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres nominating their spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan’s new ambassador to the UN and have asked to participate and speak in the high-level 76th session of the General Assembly currently under way here. The nomination sets up a confrontation between the Taliban and Afghanistan’s fallen government envoy, Gram […]