Gulmarg amasses 20cm fresh snowfall as mercury drops in J&K, Ladakh
Srinagar: Mercury recorded a drop in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday amid rainfall in plains and snowfall over higher reaches. In the last 24 hours till 0830 hours today, Gulmarg, the world famous skiing resort, received 20cm of snowfall, a meteorological department official here told GNS. During the same time, he said, Srinagar received rainfall […]
Former Pakistan greats laud clinical victory over New Zealand
ISLAMABAD: Several former Pakistan cricketers have praised the national team for their fabulous victory over New Zealand in the ICC T20 World Cup semi-final on Wednesday. Overjoyed by the win in Sydney on Wednesday, former Test paceman Shoaib Akhtar says it looks like the 1992 mega event’s history is repeating itself, in the ongoing showpiece. […]
Commonwealth urged to fortify laws that protect journalists
YEARS of inaction by Commonwealth governments in response to violent assaults and excessive restraints on the work of independent media in the organisation’s 56 member states came under sharp scrutiny at a major United Nations conference in Vienna on Friday (Nov 4). Can Yeginsu, a leading human rights lawyer who is the deputy chair of […]
Fairness and transparency
The J & K government is trying to make the system corruption free and transparent. In this direction various measures have been taken so that there is a marked change in the functioning of the administration. Recently LG Manoj Sinha attended a program under the back to village initiative in the border area of […]
DC Ganderbal convenes Grievance Redressal camp at Lar
GANDERBAL, NOVEMBER 09: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shyambir today convened a Grievance Redressal Camp at Boys High School Lar for block Lar ,as part of weekly Block Diwas programme. The camp was attended by DDC member Lar, Sarpanchse, Panches and locals of block Lar who apprised the DC about various issues pertaining to their […]
Sanjeev Verma reviews status of Special Summary Revision at Rajouri
RAJOURI, NOVEMBER 9: Commissioner Secretary, Forest, Ecology, and Environment, Sanjeev Verma, who has been appointed as Electoral Roll Observer for Rajouri district along with other districts, today chaired a meeting to review progress on Special Summary Revision of Photo Electoral Rolls with reference to October 1, 2022, as the qualifying date. The meeting was informed […]
Stokes says England must shut down India’s Suryakumar
ADELAIDE: Ben Stokes warned on Tuesday that England must nullify the threat of Suryakumar Yadav in their Twenty20 World Cup semi-final against India, saying the batsman has “set the world alight”. India and England clash on Thursday at the Adelaide Oval for a place in the final at the MCG against Pakistan or New Zealand. […]
UN chief calls upon firms to end ‘toxic cover-up’
SHARM EL SHEIKH (Egypt): The United Nations chief called on Tuesday for an end to a “toxic cover-up” by companies as a sweeping report said they cannot claim to be net zero if they invest in new fossil fuels, cause deforestation or offset emissions instead of reducing them. In his address to the COP27 climate […]
J&K all set for another spell of rains, snow; minus 2°C in Gulmarg
Srinagar : As forecast by the meteorological department, Jammu and Kashmir is all set to receive more rains and snow till November 11. With overnight cloud cover, there was some increase in minimum temperature on Wednesday but stayed below freezing point in Gulmarg which also received fresh snowfall of 2cms in the last 24 hours. […]
Saurabh Bhagat chairs review meeting on Kashmir Startup Expo
SRINAGAR, NOVEMBER 8: Commissioner Secretary, Science & Technology, Saurabh Bhagat, today chaired a meeting at SKICC Srinagar to review preparation for Kashmir Start Up Expo going to be held from 9th to 11th, November 2022. During the meeting, Bhagat took stock of various arrangements being put in place for the event. He asked the officers […]