J&K an oasis of talent, budding youngsters should reap benefits: LG
Srinagar: : Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Monday said that Jammu- Kashmir is an “oasis of talent and asked the budding youngsters to come forward to reap maximum benefit from various programmes to channelize their potential in the right direction. The LG observed this during J&K’s biggest talent hunt-cum-music concert show ‘SHAURYA’, which was organized here […]
National security issues reduced to ‘TRP tamasha’: Mufti
Srinagar: National security and issues of monumental importance have been “reduced to a TRP tamasha”, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti alleged on Monday. The PDP president was reacting to purported Whatsapp messages between editor of Republic TV Arnab Goswami and former CEO of BARC P D Dasgupta that were reportedly part of supplementary charge sheet filed […]
J&K records 82 fresh COVID-19 cases, one death
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 82 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday, bringing the infection tally to 1,23,425, while another death raised the toll to 1,922, officials said. Forty-six of the fresh COVID-19 cases were from Kashmir Valley and 36 from Jammu division, they said. The officials said Jammu district recorded a maximum of […]
J&K govt signs MoU with ICSI for up-skilling of college students
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Higher Education Department on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Institute of Company Secretaries of India for up-skilling of students enrolled at the Cluster Universities of Srinagar and Jammu. The MoU is part of the department’s initiative of up-skilling the undergraduates across J&K by embedding skill courses in […]
Temperature improves to bring little respite from cold in Kashmir
Srinagar: There was a slight improvement in the minimum temperature at most places in Kashmir on Sunday, but there was little respite from the cold wave as mercury remained several degrees below the freezing point across the Valley. Meanwhile, the MET Office said a Western Disturbance is most likely to affect the union territory for […]
2 minor siblings die of severe cold in Kulgam
Srinagar: Two minor children of a Bakerwal family from Reasi district died of severe cold in Brinal Lammar area of Devsar in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said here. Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that a Bakerwal family from Reasi was putting up in a tent under open sky in Brinal Lammar area, […]
Army officer shoots himself dead in Kupwara
Srinagar: An Army officer allegedly shot himself dead at a forward post in Tangdhar sector along the Line of Control in north Kashmir, officials said on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Major Fayazullah Khan, a company commander of 6 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles, they said. The officials said the reason behind the officer […]
2 persons go missing, one rescued as truck falls into stream in Ramban
Srinagar: Two persons went missing while another was rescued in injured condition after a truck they were travelling in fell into a stream near Ramsoo along the Srinagar-Jammu national highway on Monday morning. Quoting official sources, news agency GNS reported that the truck (HR38-1633) skidded off the road and fell down at Sher Bibi area […]
Bomb-disposal squad destroys suspicious bag on Kupwara-Kralpora road
Srinagar: A suspicious bag was destroyed by a bomb-disposal squad (BDS) along the Kupwara-Kralpora road on Monday, reports said. Quoting official sources, news agency GNS reported that during a routine road inspection by army personnel (ROP) of 338 Field Regiment, a red color bag was spotted on the roadside near Harie area. About arrangements for […]
IAF ferries 81 passengers between J&K, Ladakh
Jammu: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday ferried 81 stranded people between the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, a week after airlifting 286 passengers, an official said. “Eighty-one passengers were airlifted by AN-32, locally known as Kargil Courier. While 53 passengers were airlifted from Kagil to Jammu, 28 others were ferried […]
