Director Fisheries vists Kulgam; inspects Trout Unit & Trout Hatchery at Tchanser
KULGAM, JANUARY 13: The Director Fisheries, Mohammed Farooq Dar today visited Kulgam and inspected Trout Unit and Trout Hatchery at Tchanser in in the district. During the visit, the Director was apprised about the developmental scenario of Fisheries sector in the district. It was informed that Trout Fish farming in private sector is growing at […]
Stock position of essentials reviewed at Ganderbal
GANDERBAL, JANUARY 13: A meeting was convened today under the Chairmanship of Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Ganderbal, Mehraj-ud-Din Shah in the V.C Room of Mini-Secretariat Ganderbal to review the stock position of essentials in the District. At the outset, threadbare discussion was held on stock position of essential Commodities, LPG connections and kerosene oil requirement. […]
Spin to play crucial role in Pakistan’s ODI series decider against New Zealand
KARACHI: If all goes by the trend, spin will again play a key role when Pakistan take on New Zealand in the deciding fixture of their three-match One-day International series — evenly poised at 1-1 — here at the National Stadium on Friday. The venue’s pitches are commonly known to be flat tracks which allow […]
Astronomers discover Milky Way galaxy’s most distant stars
WASHINGTON: Astronomers have detected in the stellar halo that represents the Milky Way’s outer limits a group of stars more distant from Earth than any known within our own galaxy — almost halfway to a neighbouring galaxy. The researchers said these 208 stars inhabit the most remote reaches of the Milky Way’s halo, a spherical […]
Flights suspended at Srinagar airport after fresh snowfall
Amid fresh snowfall in the Kashmir Valley, flight operations have been suspended at Srinagar International Airport since 10 am on Friday due to low visibility. Director Srinagar International Airport, Kuldeep Singh said that all flights have been suspended since 10 am due to continuous snowfall and low visibility. Kashmir parts including Srinagar received fresh snowfall […]
Snow, Rains Lash J&K; Night Temp Rises
Srinagar: Snow and rains lashed most places of Kashmir Valley including Srinagar this morning but weather department here ruled out possibility of any major snowfall in next few days. A meteorological department official said snowfall started at most places including Srinagar, Ganderbal, Budgam, Bandipora, Baramulla, Kupwara, Pulwama, Shopian, Anantnag, Kulgam in Kashmir as well as […]
Transparent system
J&K government has emerged as a model for digital governance with IT interventions in different sectors. Already hundreds of public services are being provided online for the common people by the administration. The J&K administration is soon going to integrate all its online services with the auto-appeal so that all the services are provided to […]
Train derails in Budgam’s Mazhoma, no casualties reported
A train on the Baramulla-Banihal section derailed from the railway track in Mazhoma aarea of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday, however, no casualties were reported in the incident. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) the derailment took place at Manzhoma after the train left the railway station today morning. He said […]
Dulloo reviews progress on Agriculture Apex Monitoring Dashboard for Agri-allied projects
JAMMU, JANUARY 12: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department (APD), Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting to review the progress on Agriculture Apex Monitoring Dashboard for Agri, allied projects through the intervention of Information Technology Projects here at Civil Secretariat. The meeting was attended by Vice Chancellor of SKUAST-Jammu, Executive Office, JKeGA, Director Sericulture […]
DAK urges caution while shoveling snow
Srinagar, Jan 12: With fresh bout of snowfall in Kashmir valley, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Thursday urged people to be careful while clearing snow from their driveways, porches or sidewalks. “Shoveling snow can increase your risk of having a heart attack,” said DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement, Dr Hassan said […]