Sgr Airport inducts 3 more x-ray machines for baggage frisking
Srinagar: In a bid to reduce processing time at drop gate, the authorities in Srinagar International airport have inducted three more x-ray machines for baggage frisking. “3 additional X-Ray Machines along with associated infrastructure for baggage frisking have been inducted at Drop Gate of srinagar Airport,” Director Airport, Javed Ahmad said in a statement issued […]
Amarnath Yatra: 3rd batch of 4,903 pilgrims leaves from Jammu base camp
So far 12,807 pilgrims left towards Amarnath Cave in last 3 days’
Srinagar: Third batch of 4,903 pilgrims on Sunday left for Amarnath Yatra set from Jammu’s Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in 235 vehicles, officials said here. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that 2,346 pilgrims left for the Baltal base camp while 2,557 left for Nunwan camp. “Both convoys were escorted under a multi-grid […]
J&K registers record-breaking GST Revenue Growth in June 2023
Srinagar: The GST revenue collected in the month of June 2023 in J&K registered an impressive growth of 58 percent compared to June of previous financial year the Ministry of Finance said today. This growth percentage is more than three times the National Average and the best in Country among medium and large jurisdictions. The […]
Prominent trade union leader Sampath Prakash dies of heart attack
Srinagar: A prominent trade union leader and Kashmiri pandit Sampath Prakash died due to a sudden heart attack on Saturday. Confirming his death, a top official at SKIMS, Soura told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the elderly trade union leader was brought dead to the hospital and his body has been kept in […]
Kashmir Colleges to close for 10 days of summer break July 15
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Higher Education Department Thursday announced summer vacation for all government degree colleges of Kashmir division and the winter zone of Jammu division from July 15. “All the government degree colleges in the Kashmir division and winter zone of Jammu division shall observe summer vacation from 15-07-2023 to 24-07-2023,” news agency […]
Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra-2023: LG Reviews SASB Control Room Operations
Srinagar, July 01: Lieutenant Governor, Shri Manoj Sinha chaired a review meeting on Control Room operations set up at Raj Bhawan for Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra. The Lt Governor reviewed the queue management, deployment of security personnel, women constables, operation of langers and security forces at lower Holy Cave, installation of railings and heli services […]
Landslide blocks Doda- Kishtwar highway
Jammu: Doda-Kishtwar Highway was blocked due to landslide at Thatri, officials said on Saturday. They told GNS that the men and machinery has been pressed into service. “Efforts are underway to reopen the throughfare,” they added. KI NewsKashmir Images is an English language daily newspaper published from Srinagar (J&K), India. The newspaper is one of […]
Home Minister Amit Shah conveys greetings to Amarnath pilgrims
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Saturday conveyed his greetings to the pilgrims of Amarnath Yatra and said the administration has made all possible arrangements for the convenience of the devotees. The 62-day-long annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath located at a height of 3,880 metres in the south Kashmir Himalayas began […]
25 passengers charred to death after bus catches fire on Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra
Nagpur: Twenty-five passengers were charred to death after the bus they were travelling in caught fire after hitting a divider following a tyre burst on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district in the wee hours of Saturday, police said. The private bus was on its way from Nagpur to Pune when it rammed into […]
Yatra 2023: Second batch of 4,416 pilgrims leave from Jammu
Srinagar: The second batch of 4,416 pilgrims on Saturday left Bhagwati Nagar based Yatri Niwas base camp in Jammu for the Kashmir valley to perform pilgrimage to Amarnath Cave Shrine in South of Himalayas amid tight security arrangements, officials said. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Chanting ‘Bam Bam Bhole’, the pilgrims left […]