Agri potential
Jammu and Kashmir undoubtedly has a lot of potential for agriculture and such activities can pick up in future with the latest technologies. Recently Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir in a function at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu that J&K has favourable climatic conditions and immense untapped potential in […]
J&K reports 28 fresh Covid-19 cases, no death
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 28 fresh covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus during the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. They said eight cases were reported from Jammu division and 20 cases were from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 479046. Among the cases, 173945 are from Jammu […]
Transport Secretary studies the dynamics of managing traffic movement on National Highway 44, and improving its conditions
RAMBAN, SEPTEMBER 23 – Secretary Transport, G Prasanna Ramaswamy made a firsthand appraisal of the relevant factors governing traffic movement on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44) in the critical 66-km Nashri to Banihal stretch in Ramban District. The visit follows the high-level review meeting chaired by Chief Secretary to streamline traffic flow on NH-44 in view […]
35-year-old man’s body fished out in Surankote Poonch
Body of a 35-year-old man was fished out from a river in Surankote area of Poonch district on Friday. Official sources told GNS that a police team along with locals recovered the body from river Suran at Dhundak. The deceased was later identified as Faiz Akbar son of Mohammad Azam Gujjar of Phagla According to […]
Shah does not require passport from Nitish-Lalu to visit Bihar: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s rallies in Purnea and Kishanganj, former Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that Shah does not require a passport from Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav to come to Bihar. Shah will address a rally in Bihar’s Purnea district on Friday and in Kishanganj district on Saturday. […]
Ton-up Babar, Rizwan seal emphatic victory for Pakistan
KARACHI: The fervent crowd was back on its feet. There was a deafening roar at the sold-out National Stadium. Babar Azam roared too. The Pakistan skipper had asked his batters to step up in the second Twenty20 International against England. He led from the front with his vice-captain Mohammad Rizwan on Thursday night. This was […]
Russian draft triggers exodus as air fares jump
TBILISI: Some Russian men headed swiftly to the borders on Thursday after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilisation, with traffic at frontier crossings with Finland and Georgia surging and prices for air tickets from Moscow rocketing. Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia’s first mobilisation since World War Two and backed a plan to annex swathes […]
Pace of development
Periodic review meetings are being held in Jammu and Kashmir by the administration so that pace of development remains the same. In this direction J&K Chief Secretary recently reviewed the developmental scenario of district Jammu. He urged the whole of government approach in service delivery so that people of Jammu and Kashmir feel the responsive […]
JK reports 25 fresh positive cases, 474071 recovered
SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 22: The Government today informed that 26fresh positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19)have been reported today; 03 from Jammu division and 23from Kashmir division, thus taking the total number of positive cases to 479018. Moreover, 25 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 19fromJammu division and 06 […]
Secretary Health reviews functioning of drug de-addiction centres in J&K
JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 22: Secretary, Health & Medical Education (H&ME), Bhupinder Kumar, today chaired a review meeting to monitor progress on functioning of Drug De-addiction Centres in Jammu and Kashmir. Under Nasha Mukt J&K Abhiyan, it was decided to operationalize these Drug De-addiction Centres in each district of the UT to provide counselling, treatment and rehabilitating […]