Russell-inspired West Indies down England in first T20
BRIDGETOWN: Veteran all-rounder Andre Russell made a dazzling return to international cricket to help West Indies cruise to a four-wicket victory over England in the opening Twenty20 International in Bridgetown on Tuesday. Handed a shock recall after a two-year absence, Russell shone with bat and ball at the Kensington Oval as the home side reached […]
Overwhelming UN vote underlines need for Gaza ceasefire
UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted in favor of a resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. The resolution also demands the prompt and unconditional release of all prisoners involved in the ongoing unrest. This marks the second such a resolution was adopted by the General Assembly, unlike the UN […]
Parliament security breach: Case under UAPA registered
New Delhi:The Delhi Police has registered a case under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in connection with the Parliament security breach, officials said on Thursday. In a major security breach on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack on Wednesday, two persons — Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D — jumped into the Lok […]
MeT Forecasts Mainly Dry, Cold Weather Till Dec 24
Srinagar: Freezing cold conditions continued unabated in Jammu and Kashmir as Srinagar endured the season’s coldest night at minus 5.4°C on Thursday. A meteorological department official here said that mercury decreased by 0.1°C and settled to minus 5.3°C. Today’s temperature was 4.4°C below normal for this time of the year in Srinagar, the official said. […]
SKUAST-K conducts awareness programmes on Soilless cultivation across Kashmir Valley
Programmes aimed at developing entrepreneurial skills in soilless agriculture, meet the agri challenges of future in urban areas SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 13: Sher-i-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir, conducted five one day awareness programs across Kashmir Valley on “Soilless cultivation to secure the vegetable demand of urban and peri-urban population”. The programmes were conducted at […]
Public grievances
In order to listen to the public grievances, recently Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Jal Shakti, presided over a Public Darbar at community hall, Hiranagar where he listened to the public grievances. During the public darber a delegation of Sarpanchs also presented their issues and demands, including special recruitment for border youth, border tourism, crop compensation, […]
CS for improving quality of skill courses to enhance enrollment & placements
Also directs S&T Deptt to speed up the implementation of solar schemes here JAMMU, DECEMBER 12: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo today reviewed the impact and outcomes of the schemes and projects of the Skill Development (SDD) and Science & Technology (S&T) Departments under implementation here in the UT. While reviewing the working of SDD the […]
Clean administration
Central government and J&K administration have taken a lot of initiatives for good governance and responsive official machinery. Recently the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir said that UT of J&K was among the first to cross 1100 e-services. On this occasion four principles taken by the J & K administration for good governance were […]
Use latest technologies for developing Sericulture in J&K: Director, Sericulture to Officers
Also asks them to focus on increasing the production & productivity SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 11: Director Sericulture J&K, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat Monday reviewed the functioning of the department in Kashmir Division in a meeting convened at Directorate of Sericulture Dev. Department J&K Tulsibagh, Srinagar. Taking the review, the Director emphasized the importance of utilizing the assets […]
Gurez Valley
Gurez Valley is in focus but for a good reason as recently PDD was able to connect the area with the electricity grid bringing joy in the entire valley. Residents of Gurez expressed their overwhelming joy and gratitude to the Hon’ble LG, District Administration, and PDD for successful completion of this project. They further expressed […]