Turkiye quake damage estimated to exceed $100bn: UN
Damage from the catastrophic earthquake that struck Turkiye and Syria last month has been estimated at over $100 billion for Turkiye alone, the United Nations said on Tuesday. “Already it is clear that just the damages alone will amount to more than $100bn,” Louisa Vinton of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) told reporters via video […]
SHG members of Pouni Reasi tasting entrepreneur success with kitchens at Dogra Rural Haat
UMEED scheme of JKRLM harnessing culinary skills of homemakers, honing them to earn a livelihood at these kitchens SRINAGAR, MARCH 07: UMEED scheme of JKRLM and support from District Administration has empowered a Self Help Group of Pouni Block of Reasi district to taste the entrepreneur success with the establishment of kitchens at Dogra Rural […]
Barring light rain on upper reaches, MeT forecasts dry weather in J-K
Barring “light rain and thunders at one or two places over the higher reaches”, the meteorological department has forecast mainly dry weather for next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir. An official of the MeT department said that mainly dry weather was expected till March 12. Regarding the minimum temperature, he said, Srinagar recorded a […]
Five employees suspended for ‘excess’ payment under MNREGA
Budgam: Five employees have been suspended and an inquiry has been initiated for releasing excess payment under ‘MGNREGA’ in block SK Pora in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. An official told a local news agency, Kashmir Dot Com, that two employees identified as Musadiq Nazir (VLW) and Ilyas Ahmad Wani (In-charge Junior Assistant), Owais Mohammad Dar […]
5G Services
5G Services in Jammu and Kashmir will have its positive impacts on the overall development especially in the rural areas. Lt Governor recently launched Jio True 5G Services for J&K. He congratulated the citizens of the J&K UT, he said the 5G services will play an active role in socio-economic development, enable integrated action for […]
JKDMA Issues Avalanche Warning for Bandipora District
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Authority (JKDMA) on Monday issued a ‘low’ danger level avalanche warning over higher reaches of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district for next 24 hours. The DMA, said that ‘low’ danger level avalanche is likely to occur above 2400 metres above sea level in the district. People living in these areas […]
J-K govt to ‘outsource’ Royal Springs Golf Course
Jammu and Kashmir administration has proposed to “outsource” the famed Royal Spring Golf Course through public-private-partnership mode, inviting criticism from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a letter to the secretary, RSGC, the Managing Director of Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation said some properties of the corporation and Directorate of Tourism Jammu and Kashmir are […]
Kejriwal extends support to Kapil Sibal’s new platform Insaaf
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday exhorted everyone to join lawyer and MP Kapil Sibal’s newly launched platform Insaaf to fight injustice. Sibal, an independent Rajya Sabha member, announced on Saturday he was setting up a new platform called Insaaf to fight “injustice” prevailing in the country, and sought support of the […]
Amid dry weather forecast, night temp records drop in J-K
Srinagar: Amid the forecast for mainly dry weather, the minimum temperatures recorded a drop at most places in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. A meteorological department official here told GNS Srinagar recorded a low of 3.5°C against 7.4°C on the previous night and it was above normal by 1.3°C for the summer capital. […]
Power projects
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir in the past few years has kept its focus and priority for the power infrastructure projects. Recently Lt Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated power infrastructure projects worth Rs.192 crores in Jammu and Kashmir. The 25 projects inaugurated included 22 receiving stations costing Rs 50 cr; Smart Metering project costing Rs […]