Div Com visits Nagrota, inspects progress on ‘Khel Gaon’ project
JAMMU, JULY 15: Divisional Commissioner, Sanjeev Verma, today conducted an extensive tour of Nagrota town to inspect progress on Khel Gaon project (Sports Village). Pertinently, ‘Khel Gaon’ at Nagrota would be developed on 170 kanal of land by JKPCC which would have all the sports facilities including indoor and outdoor games including basketball synthetic court, […]
Capacity Building Workshop on ‘Safer Schools’ begins at KU
Srinagar, July 15: Department of Geography & Regional Development, University of Kashmir (KU) organised a week long Capacity Building Workshop on ‘Safer Schools’ which started here at KU on Monday. The workshop has been organised in collaboration with Jhelum & Tawi Flood Recovery Project (JTFRP), Government of Jammu & Kashmir and Institute of Disaster Risk […]
Pakistani intruder shot dead by BSF in Samba
Samba: A Pakistani intruder was shot dead on Monday by BSF when he crossed into Indian territory in Ramgarh sector of Samba district during the wee hours. Reports reaching GNS said that the intruder crossed the fence in the area following which BSF troops opened fire and killed him on the spot. SHO Ramgarh confirmed […]
Lightning kills 220 sheep, goats in Ganderbal
Srinagar: Nearly 220 sheep and goats were killed after lightning struck a pasture in upper reaches of Kangan area in Ganderbal district. An official said that lightning struck Ambpathri-Hocksar Wakhalwan pastures of Poshkar Wangat area resulting into death of around 220 livestock including sheep and goats. He said that no loss of human life was […]
NHPC donates two ambulances to Reasi Red Cross Society
Dr. Jitendra Singh hands over keys to Deputy Commissioner
KATRA, JULY 14: The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) under its corporate social responsibility donated an ambulance and a mortuary van to Reasi District Red Cross Society here today. Minister of State in PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh formally handed over the keys of the two vehicles to Deputy Commissioner, Indu Kanwal Chib at a function […]
Sharma on whirlwind tour to Leh; visits 45MW Alchi Hydel project
Meets several delegations
LEH, JULY 14: Advisor to Governor, K K Sharma—who is on his four-day tour to Ladakh division on Sunday took stock of 45MW Alchi Hydel project besides meeting several delegations in Leh district. The Advisor took detailed review of the power supply scenario of under this project. He inquired in detail about the capacity and […]
Azad chairs Congress meeting in Srinagar
Srinagar: Senior Congress leader and leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad chaired a meeting of Congress leaders in Srinagar today. The meeting was attended by senior Congress leaders who deliberated on several issues of public interest and expressed serious concern on problems faced by the public in general. Congress leaders who were […]
Kashmir political issue, needs political solution: PDP
Srinagar: The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Sunday asserted that Kashmir is a political issue which needs a political solution and announcing mega developmental projects will never help achieve permanent peace in the state. “The situation in Kashmir at present is worrisome on many fronts than one and a holistic and pragmatic approach is needed to […]
DC Baramulla visits Gulmarg fire victims
Reviews post incident situation
BARAMULLA, JULY 14: Deputy Commissioner Baramulla, Dr Ghulam Nabi Itoo on Sunday paid a visit to Gulmarg where 15 shops were gutted in a fire incident last night. The Deputy Commissioner was accompanied by officers from various departments. During the visit, DC took a thorough review of the situation post the fire incident during which […]
Navin calls for joint partnership in revitalizing JK tourism
Reaches out to several tourism players at Chennai
CHENNAI, JULY 14: In order to reach out to vital industry players across the country, Principal Secretary Industries, Commerce and Tourism, Navin Kumar Choudhary, on Sunday carried out a detailed interaction with the tourism players at Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at Chennai. The session was attended by M Ponnuswami, former Chairman CII Tamil Nadu […]
