Kashmir freezes as temp drops to season’s lowest at many places
Srinagar: The cold wave has tightened its grip across Kashmir with majority of the areas recording the season’s coldest night including Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. Srinagar has recorded the season’s lowest temperature at minus 5.4 degree Celsius, marking the coldest night here while Sonamarg was the coldest place at minus […]
Flood management
Recently Chief Secretary reviewed progress of many projects including finalising the flood mitigation reports framed after carrying out studies of both Jhelum and Tawi River basins. He maintained that these reports had a significance towards river management and taking of flood mitigation measures. He took appraisal of the status of completion of de-watering stations […]
Trump to end birthright US citizenship
• Vows mass deportation of undocumented immigrants; promises pardons for Jan 6 rioters on his first day in office • Plans to reduce military aid to Ukraine WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump in an interview aired on Sunday vowed to make immediate and sweeping changes after he takes office on Jan 20, such as pardons […]
Shami yet to get all-clear from NCA; continues to be with Bengal team
Mohammed Shami is unlikely to fly to Australia anytime soon. Indications are that he has not yet received fitness clearance, and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is still undecided when he can be sent to Australia. Precisely, the exact dilemma is whether rather than when. It is evident that Shami’s fitness […]
Musk spent over $250m in Trump’s election campaign
WASHINGTON: Elon Musk spent over a quarter of a billion dollars to help Donald Trump win the presidential election, according to new filings, underscoring the influence one of the world’s wealthiest people had on this year’s White House race. The billionaire owner of electric car maker Tesla and SpaceX gave $259 million to groups supporting […]
One Killed, Another Injured in Jammu Kashmir Road Accident
SRINAGAR: One person was killed, and another sustained injuries when the vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident in Reasi district on Saturday. According to official sources, an Eeco vehicle travelling from Tharal towards Shikari skidded off the road and fell approximately 200 feet down an embankment in the Mahore area of the […]
Union Cabinet approves 13 new Kendriya Vidyalayas for J&K
Srinagar: The Union Cabinet has approved establishment of 13 new Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) in Jammu and Kashmir to improve access to education in the region. According to details , in Jammu region the new KVs will be set up in Gool, Ramban, Bani and Ramkote in Kathua district), Reasi and Kakriyal Katra, Mughal Maidan […]
Sports in focus
In order to provide better avenues for the youth for their overall development government is focusing on different sports activities across Jammu and Kashmir. Recently Minister for Youth Services & Sports, Science & Technology, FCS&CA, Transport, IT, ARI & Training, Satish Sharma, today declared open the “Yonex- Sunrise 36th Sub Junior (U-13) National Badminton Championship-2024” […]
Magnitude 7 quake strikes off California
LOS ANGELES: A magnitude seven earthquake hit off the northern California coast on Thursday, prompting a tsunami warning for a large stretch of the California and Oregon coasts. Some 4.7 million residents of California and Oregon were under the tsunami warning, the National Weather Service said. But the tsunami warning was lifted an hour later. […]
Army Personnel Dies Of Cardiac Arrest During Search Operation In J&K
SRINAGAR, Dec 6: An army personnel died of cardiac arrest during a search operation in the upper areas of Srinagar on Friday, officials said. The search operation was going on in the forest area of Harwan here in the aftermath of an encounter in the nearby Dachigam on Tuesday in which Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Junaid […]