Qazigund, Jan 25: A virtually empty compartment of a passenger train halted at Qazigund Railway Station caught fire on Thursday after a ‘short circuit’ in the engine, Railway officials said. They told the news agency Kashmir News Trust that the incident took place when the train (09760) from Budgam to Banihal stopped at Qazigund Railway Station. …
ASIA SPEAKS NEWS SERVICE SRINAGAR, JANUARY 24: With an aim to sensitise masses about significance of Birth of Girl Child and to highlight the opportunities created for women empowerment and emancipation, a programme on National Girl Child Day-2024 under Beti Bachao Beti Padao (BBBP) initiative was today held at Government Girls Higher Secondary School Kothibagh to…
ASIA SPEAKS NEWS SERVICE JAMMU, JANUARY 24: J&K scripted a new record by providing entrepreneurship and self-employment opportunities to 94,680 youth in a single day. The function was presided over by Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha at the Convention Centre just two days before the celebration of 75th Republic Day. The Lt Governor congratulated the…
Trial completed in 9 months Srinagar, Jan 24 : A local court has convicted a professor of Sher-i-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) and sentenced him to one-year rigorous imprisonment for sexual harassment of a student in 2022. The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Sopore, Adil Mushtaq Bandey today sentenced Mushtaq Ahmad Dar, head…
Says forces always ready to pin down any untoward situation Srinagar, Jan 24 : Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone VK Birdhi on Wednesday said that the security grid is vigilant and active and measures are in place for smooth and peaceful Republic Day celebrations in the Kashmir Valley. Speaking with reporters here, the IGP,…
Srinagar, Jan 24 : Jammu and Kashmir braces for much-awaited rains and snow to end extended dry spell. While the weatherman has forecast mainly dry weather and shallow to moderate fog over the plains of Jammu division, Isolated to fairly widespread light rain and snow has been predicted for subsequent two days. The MeT office…
Mumbai, Jan 22 : National Conference patron and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and incumbent parliament member Dr Farooq Abdullah whose unexpected comments usually snowball into a controversy in a shocking revelation at an event in India’s commercial capital Mumbai while justifying his father’s over a decade long incarceration said that he never blamed…
Srinagar, Jan 22 : Amidst a prolonged dry spell in Kashmir, approximately 20 percent of the valley’s potable water supply is “badly affected”, the Jal Shakti Department said on Monday. Chief Engineer, Jal Shakti, Kashmir, Er Sanjeev Malhotra, speaking with the news agency—(KNO), said the situation may deteriorate further if there is no immediate wet spell….
Srinagar, Jan 22: Bone chilling intense dry cold gripped Kashmir while unusually low temperatures affected the life in Jammu on Monday. The 40-day long period of harsh winter cold, locally known as the ‘Chillai Kalan’ started on December 21 and will end on January 30. It is during this period that Kashmir receives sufficient snowfall…
Srinagar, Jan 20 : The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has said that the BOSE chairman and other parties were not adhering to its orders with regard to providing of provisional accord of recognition and affiliation of some private school. Besides, the learned counsel said that the petitioner of the case submits that…
