Dr Samoon inaugurates Electrical & Solar Training Center at ITI Bagh-i-Dilawar Khan
Says SDD committed to handhold trainees to gain skills for entrepreneurship, business acumen SRINAGAR, AUGUST 12: Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department (SDD), Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon today inaugurated Electrical & Solar Training Center at Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Bagh-i-Dilawar Khan here. Principal ITI informed the Principal Secretary that the training content for solar energy training […]
JK reports 586 fresh positive cases, 463086 recovered
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 12: The Government today informed that 586 fresh positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19) have been reported today; 47 from Jammu division and 539 from Kashmir division, thus taking the total number of positive cases to 472597. Moreover, 745 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 122 […]
Govt asks doctors to refrain from private practice during duty hours
Says any violation will be dealt with strictly; Seeks monthly report from all HoDs Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Government on Friday directed doctors to refrain from doing private practice during duty hours and other malpractices as this is in violation of the Civil Service Conduct Rules. According to an order, a copy of which […]
Cop Shot At, Injured in Bijbhera Anantnag, shifted to hospital
Srinagar, August 12: Suspected militants on Friday shot at and injured a Special Police Officer (SPO) at Kurkadal in Bijbhera area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said. A top Police officer told GNS that militants fired upon a SPO namely Ghulam Qadir inside Dara Shikoh Park KurKadal Bijbehra this afternoon. He was immediately […]
Not about being PM, only Opposition unity in mind, says Nitish Kumar
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar iterated on Friday that Opposition unity and not prime ministerial ambitions were on his mind now, his remarks to the media in Delhi coming days after he created a political storm by walking out of the JD(U)’s alliance with the BJP in Bihar. Asked whether he was eyeing to be the Opposition’s […]
Players prioritising T20 leagues hardly a Boult from the blue
NEW DELHI: Trent Boult giving up his New Zealand Cricket contract is another sign of a revolution sweeping through the game — a change happening not at the leisurely pace of a Test match but at the breakneck speed of a Twenty20 innings. A key figure in the teams that won the inaugural World Test […]
Kupwara: Flash floods cause widespread damage to agricultural fields in Lolab
Kupwara: Several villages in Lolab and those in its proximity witnessed huge losses to agricultural fields, especially to paddy, in the aftermath of flash floods caused due to overnight rainfall in this north Kashmir district. Reports said that several rivulets overflowed causing the water to enter agricultural fields and residential areas in Chandigam and Lalpora […]
Arctic warming four times faster than rest of Earth, study warns
PARIS: The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the rest of the planet over the last 40 years, according to research published on Thursday that suggests climate models are underestimating the rate of polar heating. The United Nations’ climate science panel said in a special report in 2019 that the Arctic was warming […]
Schemes for youth
In order to create livelihood for the youth in Jammu and Kashmir, the government has come up with a slew of schemes for unemployed youth so that they get a sustainable livelihood. Among those schemes which have been introduced by the government is the “Tejaswani” (Radiant) scheme aimed to promote entrepreneurship among young women. It […]
Non Local Labourer Shot dead in Bandipora.
Unknown gunmen suspected to be militants shot dead a Non- local labourer in Sadunara area of Ajas in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday. A top police officer while confirming to GNS said that militants shot at a Non- local labourer from a very close range approximately at 12:30 am in wee hours. He was […]