DG Horticulture, IFAD delegation conducts extensive tour of valley
Srinagar: Director General Horticulture Kashmir Ajaz Ahmad Bhat along with a delegation of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today extensively toured various areas of the Valley. The IFAD team was headed by its Country Co-Ordinatorfor India, Meera Mishra and Srikant Shetty Consultant IFAD. The said visit was the outcome of the meeting ofthe IFAD […]
KASOCON2022 concludes at Pahalgam, more than 250 delegates attend conference
ANANTNAG: North Zone Conference of Indian Association of Surgical Oncology, KASOCON2022 organized by Government Medical College Anantnag successfully concluded at Pahalgam today. The main agenda of the conference was sharing evidence based updates in the field of Oncology and sensitizing students to take Oncology as a branch and Cancer awareness for the public in general. […]
Director Agriculture Kashmir inaugurates “Farm Day” celebrations
Says, department is chasing self-reliance in seed requirement
SRINAGAR: Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today inaugurated the ‘’Farm Day” at Floriculture Farms Lalmandi, Srinagar. On the occassion, he also participated in some farm activities there. Pertinent to mention, that there are more than 30 Departmental farms which are the key source for the supply of seeds of different agriculture crops to the […]
Annual Sports Day function held at Pologround sports complex
Srinagar: J&K Sports Council in collaboration with Delhi Modern Public School, Pampore organized Annual Sports day 2022 at Pologround playfield, Srinagar. More than 1200 School students and parents were present besides staff members of the school and officials of the J&K Sports Council. Secretary J&K Sports Council, Nuzhat Gull presided over the function as the […]
Terrorists kill cop in front of his child in Pulwama: Police
Killing condemned widely
Srinagar: A policeman was shot dead by terrorists at his residence in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, police said. Constable Reyaz Ahmad Thokar was shot at in Gudoora in the district this morning when he alongwith his child was waiting for the school bus, a police spokesman said. The injured cop was […]
LG asks Div Coms to submit fortnightly reports regarding progress of flagship initiatives
Chairs meeting of Administrative Secretaries, DCs, SPs
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today directed the Divisional Commissioners for submitting fortnightly reports regarding progress of various flagship initiatives. The directions were passed during a meeting of senior officers of the UT administration, including Administrative Secretaries, DCs and SPs at the Civil Secretariat here. The meeting was chaired by the LG. An official spokesman […]
J&K logs five Covid cases
Active cases in country dip to 18,604
Srinagar/New Delhi: Five fresh cases of Covid 19 wre reported from Jammu and Kashmir on Friday taking the total number of positive cases to 454131, officials said. They said, three cases were reported from Jammu division and two from Kashmir division. “Out of 454131 positive cases, 55 are active positive, 449325 have recovered and 4751 […]
KPs protest at many places; teargased, lathicharged near Sheikhpora
LG meets family, announces SIT, job to Bhat's wife, financial assistance to the family; Omar, Mehbooba condemn use of force against protesters
Srinagar: Angry Kashmiri Pandits held noisy demonstrations at several places in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday and were met with force by the police which used teargas and lathi-charge to disperse them, a day after a government employee from their community Rahul Bhat was killed by Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in his office in the valley. Raising […]
Two Pak terrorists, likely behind killing of Kashmiri Pandit, gunned down in Bandipora: Police
Srinagar: Two Pakistani terrorists belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba, likely behind the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit government employee in his office in Chadoora a day ago, were killed in an encounter in Bandipora, Police said. A police spokesman said that the security forces trapped the two terrorists, who had infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir recently […]
PIL seeks waiver of tuition, bus fee for students for the closure period since August 2019
HC directs UT admin to file response
Srinagar: The J&K High Court has directed the Union Territory administration to file its response in a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking waiver of tuition and bus fee for students for the closure period since August 2019, when the partial autonomy of the erstwhile state was revoked. Chief Justice Pankaj MIithal and Justice Moksha Khajuria […]