Kashmir, Ladakh continues to reel under deep freeze, minus 4.8°C in Srinagar
Severe cold conditions continued in Kashmir Valley as well as Ladakh as Srinagar recorded minus 4.8°C and Leh 13.8°C on Friday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that the temperature was 0.7°C against previous night’s minus 5.5°C which was coldest of the season so far. Overall the mercury was 2.8°C below normal during this […]
Ashmuqam Incident: One more dies, toll 3
Six more injured, accused arrested, says SDM Pahalgam One among the persons, who were injured after being attacked by a mentally challenged person in Aishmuqam area of Anantnag district on Friday morning, succumbed, taking the death toll to three in the incident. Sub District Magistrate (SDM) Pahalgam told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that […]
Housing infrastructure
Srinagar Development Authority is trying to make new satellite townships and housing colonies to address the growing demands in the Srinagar city. Recently LG Manoj Sinha laid the foundation stone of satellite township and a housing colony at Bemina Srinagar. Seamless service delivery, housing and infrastructure development as per people’s needs should be a major […]
Principal Secretary SDD chairs meeting on promotion of start ups through SBDUs
JAMMU, DECEMBER 22: Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department (SDD), Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, today chaired a meeting regarding promotion of startups by SDD through establishment of Small Business Development Units (SBDUs) and incubation centers in Polytechnics and ITIs of J&K. Professor B S Sahai, Director, IIM Jammu, Director, Skill Development Department, Sudershan Kumar, Mission Director, […]
Rahul attacks BJP
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday targeted the BJP, saying while one ideology gives benefits to a select few, another is the voice of the people, farmers and labourers. As the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by him crossed over into Haryana from Rajasthan this morning, Gandhi also said that inflation and unemployment are the biggest […]
J&K Govt Announces Winter Break In Degree Colleges From December 27
JAMMU, Dec 22: The J&K Higher Education Department (HED) on Thursday announced winter vacations for all Government Degree Colleges in Jammu and Kashmir. As per an order issued by Principal Secretary Higher Education Department Alok Kumar, the Degree Colleges in Kashmir and winter zones of Jammu division will observe winter vacation from December 27 to […]
Chilla-i-Kalan: Temp plummets further, Srinagar, other parts record coldest night of season again
Mercury settles at minus 5.5 degree celsius in summer capital The night temperature plumetted further in Kashmir while Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season yet again at minus 5.5 degree Celsius. Several other areas including Pahalgam, Kokernag, Qazigund, Kupwara and others also recorded coldest night of the season. Details available with the news […]
Girl dies, 10 injured in road accident in Baramulla’s Rafiabad
Baramulla : A teenage girl died while 10 others were injured in a road accident in Rafiabad area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday afternoon. An official told that a collision took place between three vehicles on Baramulla-Handwara highway in Rafiabad, leaving a teenage girl dead and 10 injured others injured. He said the […]
JKRLM encouraging entrepreneurship culture among women across J&K
SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 21: J&K Government has established an encouraging and conducive environment for promoting women entrepreneurship culture across the Union Territory through Jammu and Kashmir Rural Livelihoods Mission (JKRLM). Jammu and Kashmir has made remarkable progress under RLM by providing training as well as financial support to various SHGs and made them self-sufficient. JKRLM’s mandate […]
Babar rues lack of experience after Pakistan’s first-ever home whitewash
KARACHI: Babar Azam rued the absence of experienced players at his disposal after his Pakistan side became the first to suffer a whitewash in a Test series at home. Needing just 55 to win on Tuesday — the penultimate day of the third Test — here at the National Stadium, England finished the job in […]