More Rains Expected In J&K From Today

More Rains Expected In J&K From Today

Srinagar: While the weatherman has forecast light to moderate rain in plains and snow over higher reaches from April 26 onwards, night temperature recorded a drop at most places and continued to hover below normal in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that during the next 24 hours, generally […]

Property Of 4 Militant Handlers Attached

Property Of 4 Militant Handlers Attached

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police have attached the properties of four militant handlers in Handwara after a court declared them proclaimed offenders. These proclaimed offenders exfiltrated to Pakistan or Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir(PoJK) in the 1990s. Since they are continuously involved in handling terrorists and reviving and spreading terrorism in Handwara and other areas of […]

Sikh delegation meets LG

JAMMU: A delegation of Sikh Coordination Committee Jammu Kashmir led by its Chairman S. Ajit Singh, called on Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha, at Raj Bhawan today. The members of the delegation put forth various welfare issues of the Sikh Community. The Lt Governor assured the delegation of the appropriate action on the issues projected […]

Dir Horticulture evaluates fruit nursery dev in Pulwama, focuses on irrigation solutions

Dir Horticulture evaluates fruit nursery dev in Pulwama, focuses on irrigation solutions

Zahoor Ahmad Bhat reviews progress of HADP initiatives, high-density orchards, plans lift system for irrigation, affirms commitment to meeting 50-hectare plantation target PAMPORE: Director of Horticulture Kashmir, Zahoor Ahmad Bhat, conducted a visit to the Horticulture fruit nursery in Galander Pampore and Newa area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday to evaluate the situation, […]

Sindh Forest Range Kangan Block kick-starts plantation drive at Gund

Sindh Forest Range Kangan Block kick-starts plantation drive at Gund

GANDERBAL: Sindh Forest Range Kangan on Thursday organised a plantation drive at different polling stations which is a designated green polling station in Block Gund in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Officials from Forest Department Ganderbal, teachers and students participated in the drive. Officials said that plantation drives at green polling stations aim to promote eco-friendly […]

KCCI decries erratic power supply, calls for govt intervention

KCCI decries erratic power supply, calls for govt intervention

SRINAGAR: The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCC&I) on Thursday said it has been closely monitoring the persistently erratic electric power supply in large areas of the valley for a considerable period. This situation is significantly impacting trade, business, industry, and households across the region. The Chamber in a statement issued here expressed deep […]

People want me in J&K for dev instead of being in Parliament: Azad

SRINAGAR: Chairman DPAP, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday urged the public to be vigilant against misleading slogans and false promises. While addressing the public at the road show in Dooru, Anantnag, he questioned the silence of MPs from regional parties in parliament, particularly regarding the matter of Article 370. He said, ”Almost all the MPs […]

Politics rooted in exploitation must end in J&K: Altaf Bukhari

SRINAGAR: Apni Party President, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, on Thursday, said that “the politics rooted in rhetoric, exploitation, and manipulation must end in Jammu and Kashmir”. He appealed to people “to reject the deceptive and exploitative traditional parties and their leaders in the imminent polling for the Lok Sabha elections”. Apni Party President was addressing […]

CUK kick-starts capacity building prog for faculty members in social sciences

GANDERBAL: Central University of Kashmir (CUKashmir) in collaboration with the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), kick-started two-week “Capacity Building Programme” for faculty members in social sciences, which was inaugurated by Vice-Chancellor, Prof. A Ravinder Nath here. The event aims to build up the capacities and capabilities of the University and College teachers in […]

CUK holds awareness prog on drug abuse

GANDERBAL: Under the Nasha Mukht Bharat Abhiyan, Health Centre and Department of Students Welfare (DSW), Central University of Kashmir (CUKashmir) in collaboration with the Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS), Srinagar, organised an awareness programme on the theme “Addiction free India” for the students and the staff at varsity’s Tulmulla campus here Thursday. Addressing […]