Union Joint Secretary holds interactive session with 7500 students, 800 teachers
Asks them to be water conservation champions DODA, JUNE 01: Union Joint Secretary, Ministry for Development of North Eastern Region and Central Nodal Officer (CNO) for Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) ‘Catch the Rain’ (CTR), Angshuman Dey, along with Scientist D, CGWB, Gargee Sharma, members of Jal Shakti Abhiyan, who are on three day visit to […]
New York sinking under its own weight: study
NEW YORK: If New York is the city that never sleeps then how’s this for keeping you up at night? It is also sinking. The Big Apple is gradually going down partly because of the weight of the skyscrapers that make the concrete jungle famous, a new study has found. The descent makes the metropolis […]
Intermittent rains unabated, more forecast till weekend in J&K
Srinagar,: Intermittent rains continued unabated in Jammu and Kashmir even as weatherman forecast wet weather to continue till weekend. A meteorological department official here told GNS said that intermittent light to moderate rain, thunder and lightning was “very likely” expected at many places during next 24 hours. On June 2, he said, intermittent light to […]
Srinagar-Jammu highway to remain closed for repair work today
Ramban: The authorities have ordered suspension of vehicular traffic on both sides on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in order to carry out repair and maintenance works in Dhalwas area of Ramban district. According to an order that the traffic on National Highway-44 is closed as of now for restoration works at Dhalwas. The order reads that […]
CS stresses on online issuance of ‘Life Certificate’ & bringing eligible services under Auto-appeal till June 15
SRINAGAR, MAY 31: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today stressed on making the issuance of ‘Life Certificate’ online and bringing all other eligible services under the Auto-appeal system by 15th of June. Dr Mehta made these remarks while launching new online services of H&UDD pertaining to applying for obtaining license by Architects and […]
Batamaloo Murder case solved within less than 24 hours , Accused arrested
The Srinagar Police on Wednesday claimed to have solved Batamaloo murder case within 24 days and accused has been arrested. A senior police officer told news agency—Kashmir Scroll that yesterday’s murder case at Batmaloo in which a person was killed with a sharp edged knife has been solved as main accused has been held. He […]
Rains continue, more forecast as most places record below normal temp in J&K
Srinagar’: Rains continued to lash Jammu and Kashmir and barring Pahalgam and Kupwara, night temperature recorded below normal on Wednesday. The meteorological department here has also forecast widespread intermittent light to moderate rain, thunder and lightning with possibility of hailstorm and gusty winds at few places till Friday. A meteorological department official here that in […]
Development of Ganderbal
Ganderbal district is being developed at a new pace with the completion of many important infrastructure projects. These projects were inaugurated by LG Manoj Sinha who was accompanied by the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir. The Chief Secretary congratulated the people of Ganderbal on the inauguration of various key infrastructure projects. The Lt Governor […]
GSLV-F12 successfully places second generation navigation satellite into intended orbit: ISRO
Sriharikota, (Andhra Pradesh): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday successfully launched and put into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit the first of a series of its second generation navigation satellites using a GSLV rocket. Subsequent orbit-raising manoeuvres will take NVS-01 navigation satellite into the intended geosynchronous orbit, ISRO said. NVS-01 would augment the country’s regional […]
Mahmudullah set to miss Afghanistan ODIs on account of Hajj
Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Monday that Mahmudullah is not available for selection for the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan as he was granted leave to perform Hajj. While Mahmudullah has already retired from Test cricket, he hasn’t been considered for T20Is and ODIs for quite some time. “Riyad (Mahmudullah) has told us that he […]