World has recognised India as bright star FM
New Delhi: The world has recognised India as a bright star as the country is recording healthy economic growth despite global uncertainties, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday. India’s growth at 7 per cent in the current fiscal is the highest among major economies and the Indian economy is on the right track, she […]
Mercury drops at few places in J&K
Minus 8.9°C in Pahalgam; Drass records minus 24.9°C
Srinagar: Amid forecast for mainly dry weather in next 24 hours, the minimum temperature recorded a drop in some places in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday with Pahalgam recording a low of minus 8.9°C. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar recorded a low of 0.4°C against 0.0°C on the previous night. Today’s […]
Jammu-Srinagar highway closed amid shooting stones, slide in Banihal
Srinagar: Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with the outside world, has been closed again due to shooting stones and stone-slide in Ramban district. The traffic department said that thoroughfare was blocked due to shooting stones at Rampadi in Banihal area of the district early on Wednesday morning. Sources said a major […]
Befitting response given to every ‘misadventure’ from LoC to LAC: President Murmu
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said the government has been laying constant emphasis on modernising the military as it firmly believes that lasting peace is possible only when India is politically and strategically strong. Murmu’s comments during her address to the joint session of Parliament on the first day of Budget session came […]
Plea in Supreme Court against removal of encroachments on Roshni land in J&K withdrawn
Srinagar: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea against a Jammu and Kashmir government circular directing all Deputy Commissioners to remove encroachments on Union Territory land, including Roshni land and Kachharie land, by January 31, Bar and Bench reported. A bench of Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna was unconvinced with the […]
Cultural activities motivate students to achieve excellence, ignite minds: LG
Inaugurates 36th Inter-University North Zone Youth Festival 'Antarnaad' at Jammu University
Jammu: Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday said cultural and creative activities motivate students to achieve excellence, ignite the minds, and nourish the civilizational heritage for our future generations. He was speaking after inaugurating the 36th Inter-university north zone youth festival ‘Antarnaad’ at the University of Jammu here. He said artistic disciplines are like windows […]
Sinha says, since Aug 2019, J&K’s journey robust & consistent growth
Lucknow: “J&K’s journey since August 2019 has been robust and consistent growth has given new confidence and people are striving their utmost in pursuit of a common vision to build a bright future,” Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said Tuesday as he a seminar on Jammu & Kashmir organized by Mahamana Malaviya Mission at Lucknow. “We […]
Rahul, Priyanka visit Kheer Bhawani temple, Hazratbal shrine
Srinagar: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited two revered shrines of Kheer Bhawani and Hazratbal on Tuesday, a day after the Bharat Jodo Yatra concluded here, officials said. The Gandhi siblings first drove from their hotel here to the shrine of Ragnya Devi, popularly known as Mata Kheer Bhawani Temple, in Tullamulla […]
Sgr-Jmu highway opens for traffic, air traffic resumes
Dry weather till Feb 04, no major snowfall for next 10 days: MeT
Srinagar: Day after snowfall and rains, the weather conditions in Kashmir improved on Tuesday as the weatherman has predicted mostly dry weather till February 04. Officials in the Meteorological department (MeT) said that while the weather will remain dry till Feb 04, there is no possibility of any major snowfall for the next ten days […]
Anti-encroachment drive continues to target the ‘powerful’!
Srinagar: Authorities in Kashmir went into overdrive on Tuesday to retrieve the encroached government land from influential persons, as they demolished outer walls of the properties belonging to a former minister, the family of a senior police officer and a businessman besides others. The Revenue department retrieved about 40 kanals of land allegedly occupied by […]
