Groom Brings Bride’s ‘Doli’ In Chopper To His Village In J&K’s Kathua
JAMMU, Feb 23: A groom got off to a flying start on Thursday when he brought his bride in a chopper from Punjab to his home in Flote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district. Hundreds of villagers gathered to watch Paras Mehta and his bride Smiley alighting from the helicopter after its landing at […]
Day Care Chemotherapy begins in State Cancer Institute, Jammu: Secretary Health
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 23: Secretary, Health and Medical Education, Bhupinder Kumar, today chaired a meeting to review status of State Cancer Institute (SCI) Jammu with emphasis on various vital aspects like human resource, infrastructure and procurement related issues for its operationalization. The meeting was informed that OPD services and day care chemotherapy has already been started […]
IGNOU extends admission deadline for Jan 2023 session
New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has extended the admission deadline for the January 2023 session for both online and ODL mode till February 28. Candidates can apply from the official website of IGNOU — ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in and ignouiop.samarth.edu.in. The last date of admissions for all the programmes both for Online and ODL […]
MeT predicts dry weather in J-K
The minimum temperature dropped on Thursday below normal in twin capitals and Pahalgam even as the weather department forecast mainly clear to partly cloudy weather at most places in the next few days in Jammu and Kashmir. A meteorological department official said that Srinagar recorded a low of 0.6°C against the previous night’s 3.7°C. Today’s […]
Man injured in mysterious blast in Sopore, hospitalised
A man was injured in a mysterious blast in Warpora area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday. An official said that the man was digging earth at his orchard in Warpora when the blast took place. He said that the man was injured in the incident and was immediately shifted to a […]
Forest Resource Management
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir is not only trying to protect the forests but is also trying to do smart forest resource management. In this direction recently LG Manoj Sinha inaugurated Forest Resource Management Center in Jammu He said, the new state-of-the-art facility and the technological advancements will go a long way in […]
Raut alleges ‘threat’ from Maha CM’s son
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday wrote to the police alleging “threat to life” from Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s son, with an MLA from the Shinde camp calling it a “cheap stunt”. “Lok Sabha member Shrikant Shinde (Eknath Shinde’s son) has given a supari (contract) to kill me to a […]
After IPL, Tata bags title rights for WPL
New Delhi: Tata Group on Tuesday bagged the title rights for the inaugural Women’s Premier League beginning in Mumbai on March 4. A BCCI source told PTI that Tata has secured the rights for five years. The Indian multinational conglomerate had last year replaced Vivo as the title sponsor for the Indian Premier League. “The […]
UN fears Israeli reforms will undermine judiciary
GENEVA: The United Nations’ human rights chief on Tuesday voiced concern that a proposed overhaul of Israel’s judicial system would “drastically undermine” the ability of the judiciary to uphold human rights and the rule of law. Israel’s parliament is pushing ahead with changes promoted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist government which it says are […]
Highway to Kashmir will remain close on these 3 days
The government on Wednesday announced three days as “dry days” for repairing “critical” spots along the Jammu-Srinagar highway, and as such, there will be no traffic on the thoroughfare on these three days. “Dry Days announced by Government for Feb 24, Mar 03 & Mar 10 for repair & maintenance of critical spots on NH-44,” […]