Paragliding Course
Recently Commissioner Secretary, Tourism, flagged off a group of 25 adventure enthusiasts from Railway station here to undertake a 17-day Special Combined Paragliding Course at NIMAS Training area in Seppa, Arunachal Pradesh, renowned for adventure sports education. She highlighted on the tremendous potential of Jammu as an adventure tourism hotspot. She stressed on the importance […]
Innovative farming
Agriculture and allied sectors are being provided scientific interventions to the farming community here. Recently in district Kupwara Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kupwara, felicitated innovative, technically empowered progressive farmers for their contribution in agriculture & allied sectors at Kupwara. In an impressive function at Town Hall Kupwara, the Deputy Commissioner presented mementoes and appreciation certificates to […]
Generally Dry Weather Expected Till May 5 In Jammu And Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Apr 30: In a sigh of relief for people, especially those living in low-lying areas, rains stopped on Tuesday after drenching Jammu and Kashmir for the last few days. During the next 24 hours, the weather department here has forecast cloudy weather with possibility of fresh rains, particularly in the afternoon. “Generally cloudy weather […]
Electricity tariff
Those areas where the smart meters have been installed are experiencing reduced rates on the tariff. PDD department has recently said that they will achieve100 pc smart metering across Jammu and Kashmir by the year 2026. “It is pertinent to mention that in J&K, the electricity tariff being charged from consumers stands as one of […]
Flash floods leads to temporarily closure of Kupwara-Sopore NH
Srinagar: Incessant rainfall across Kashmir valley has resulted in flash floods, inundation of roads, leading to the temporarily closure of Kupwara-Sopore national highway in North Kashmir, official said on Monday. An official from civil administration told that the heavy downpour has caused rapid increase in the water level, inundation of national highway at multiple locations […]
Skill development
Recently Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired a high-level meeting to review skill development, entrepreneurship and labour welfare. Senior officials of the Department of Skill Development, Department of Labour & Employment and Mission Youth attended the meeting. He discussed various issues such as creating convergence of skill development schemes, opportunities and strategy for employment generation […]
Challenging Article 370 Abrogation Might Have Been a Mistake: Sajad Lone
SRINAGAR: Challenging the abrogation of Article 370 in the Supreme Court might have been a mistake but not doing so would have made things worse politically for the mainstream parties of Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Conference chief Sajad Lone has said. The Apex Court in December last year upheld the Centre’s August 5, 2019 decision to […]
Bairstow, Shashank help PBKS raze down record 261 with eight balls to spare
Punjab Kings chased down KKR’s 261 in a record-bringing run-chase at the Eden Gardens. Despite a splendid all-round performance from Sunil Narine, multiple records tumbled as Punjab Kings, led by Jonny Bairstow’s unbeaten century, and quickfire fifties from Prabhsimran Singh and Shashank Singh, registered an eight-wicket win with eight balls to spare over Kolkata Knight […]
Gaza protests against Israel reach Europe
PARIS: Student-led protests over the war in Gaza were widening in Europe on Friday as activists in France and Britain follow the lead of a campus demonstrations spreading in the US. Protesters in Paris blocked an entrance to elite university Sciences Po on Friday, refusing to back down after a tent “occupation” was broken up by police […]
Heritage Walk
In order to make the new generation aware about the treasures of heritage in Jammu and Kashmir, J&K administration held many programmes on World Heritage Day. On the occasion of World Heritage Day, Chief Secretary, morning flagged off a heritage walk from Shri Ranbir Singh (SRS) Library, Kachi Chawni to Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex here. […]