Winter Olympics bound Mohammad Arif Khan included in Target Olympic Podium Scheme
SRINAGAR, JANUARY 12: The Sports Ministry’s Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) has approved the inclusion of Alpine Skiing athlete Mohammad Arif Khan in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) Core group, until the Winter Olympics, scheduled to be held in Beijing, China next month. Khan will take part in the Slalom and Giant Slalom events of […]
Gunfight breaks out in Kulgam
Kulgam: A gunfight broke out between militants and security forces at Pariwan village of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday evening, the police said. A police official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the gunfight was triggered after a joint team of the police, CRPF and Army’s 34 RR cordoned off the Pariwan […]
JK reports 1695 new positive cases
SRINAGAR, JANUARY 12: The Government today informed that 1695 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 812 from Jammu division and 883 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 348201.Also, 01 Covid death has been reported from Jammu Division. Moreover, 262 […]
Kashmir fruit growers appeal PM Modi to intervene in ban on Iranian apple
By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar Kashmir fruit growers association on Wednesday has appealed to Prime Minister Modi to save the growers of Himachal and Jammu and Kashmir from the invasion by the illegal transfer of apples from Iran without any taxes. They in their appeal to PM Modi have said that he should keep the […]
PSL 2022 tickets go up for sale online: PCB
Tickets for the Karachi and Lahore legs of the seventh edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) are up for sale on cricket.bookme.pk, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a statement on Tuesday. The first leg of 15 matches will be played in Karachi from Jan 27 to Feb 7, while the remaining 19 matches […]
Boris Johnson faces ‘lockdown party’ hangover
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday faced a furious backlash over new claims of a breach of coronavirus restrictions by his team on top of a slew of recent scandals. London’s Metropolitan Police said they were in contact with the Cabinet Office about the May 2020 gathering in the garden of Johnson’s Downing Street residence […]
Compete and conquer is the mantra of new India: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said ‘compete and conquer’ is the mantra of new India with the youth writing the code of global prosperity. Modi was speaking on National Youth Day, celebrated annually to mark the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. Addressing the event in virtual mode, the PM said India is entering the […]
Cold conditions intensify in J&K, Ladakh
Srinagar: Intense cold conditions continued in J&K and Ladakh as Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3.6°C. A meteorological department official here said that the minimum temperature in Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, dropped from previous night’s 0.2°C and was 1.5°C below the normal for this time of the year. Gulmarg, the […]
Man found dead in Kulgam’s Buchroo
Kulgam: A 35-year-old man was found dead in mysterious conditions at Buchroo area in south Kashmir’s Kulgam on Wednesday afternoon, an official said. An official said that the body was spotted at around 12:30 pm this afternoon. “A police team recovered the body and shifted to hospital Kulgam for postmortem,” an official said. […]
Welfare measures
The J & K government has recently launched a lot of centrally sponsored schemes for the welfare of common people especially for those who are badly in need of assistance from the administration. Recently J&K Chief Secretary has asked the information department to become more responsive to the needs of making the information public about […]