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Srinagar, Jun 18: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, besides others leaders greeted people, especially Kashmiri Pandit community, on Mela Kheer Bhawani that was celebrated on Friday on the occasion of Zyestha Ashtami.
The Mela Kheer Bhawani, the most important festival of Kashmiri Pandits, was celebrated on Friday with over 2000 devotees o
Kochi, Sep 17: In the wake of rising water level of Lower Sholayar dam in Kerala, a red alert was issued for the people living on the banks of Chalakkudy river in Thrissur district.
The water level touches above 2,660 feet against its capacity of 2,663 feet following heavy inflow of 500 cusecs (cubic feet per second) of water from Upper Sholayar dam in Tamil Nadu, sources said here on Tuesday.
RAJOURI, JUNE 20: Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, Rajesh K Shavan today chaired a meeting to review the measures for the efficient containment and management of COVID19 in the district.
The meeting was attended by ADDC, Pawan Kumar; AC Defence, Saleem Qureshi; ACD, Sushil Khajuria; DFO Nowshera, Suresh Manda; DFO SF, Sanjay Saraf; CAO, Mahesh Verma; DSHO, Dr Sarfraz Naseem Chowdhury; MS DH, Dr Mehm
Jammu, June 20: Southampton, Jun 20 Star India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin says competition always brings out the best in him and the day he feels he has lost that urge to improve his craft, he will quit the sport.
Ashwin is regarded as a thinking cricketer who always strives to explore something new, something extra in his game and that attitude has paid rich dividends for him throughout
Jammu, June 20: India will host a two day summit on Green Hydrogen Initiatives starting Tuesday involving the BRICS nations. The prestigious event offers a platform to share their respective Green Hydrogen initiatives and views on how to take it to the next level in their own countries. The online event will be anchored by India’s largest power producer and one of the global energy majors, NTPC
GANDERBAL, JUNE 18:- The annual ‘Mela Kheer Bhawani’, one of the significant festivals of Kashmiri Pandits associated with Goddess Ragnya Devi, was today celebrated with religious fervor and gaiety at Tulmulla area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district amid strict adherence to Covid protocols.
The festival is being held on Jesht Ashtami (May-June) every year when Kashmiri pandits visit the pl
Jammu, June 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Iran's newly elected president Ebrahim Raisi, and said he looked forward to working with him to further strengthen the warm ties between India and Iran.
Iran's hard-line judiciary chief won a landslide victory on Saturday in the country's presidential election, a vote that both propelled the supreme leader's protege into Tehr
Jammu, June 20: The government on Sunday withdrew weekend curfew in eight districts of J-K, five of them in the Jammu division and three in Kashmir Valley.
Chief Secretary, who is Chairperson State Executive Committee, announced the relaxations after a review meeting of the current COVID situation with the Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education; Principal Secretary to Government,
Dubai, May 25: A 50-year-old Indian teacher has died of coronavirus in the UAE, according to a media report.
Anil Kumar, a Hindi teacher at Sunrise School in Abu Dhabi, died on Sunday morning, the Gulf News reported. Kumar was detected with COVID-19 on May 7.
In a statement, the Sunrise School said, "The sad and shocking demise of Mr Anil Kumar, a senior Hindi teacher of Sunrise School on M
Jammu, June 20: A senior official of the Delimitation Commission will hold a virtual meet in the next few days with all deputy commissioners of Jammu and Kashmir to discuss various inputs on geographical features of constituencies and the suggestions made by them, sources said.
Set up in March last year, the Commission is mandated to redraw the constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir which at pres
RAMBAN, JUNE 18: As part of ongoing Yoga week celebrations to mark International Yoga Day, 2021, Department of Indian System of Medicine, AYUSH in-collaboration-with District Police, Ramban organized a Yoga session at Sanasar.
Additional SP, Rajni Sharma, Dy SP Headquarters, Rajinder Singh Chib, SHO Chanderkote, Vijay Choudhary, SHO Batote, Ranjeet Rao and several other officers and official
UDHAMPUR, JUNE-19:- Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur Indu Kanwal Chib conducted surprise inspection in the vicinity of Udhampur town late night here to take stock of implementation of weekend COVID-19 lockdown measures in the District,.
During the extensive inspection, the DC found eight shops violating the SOPs in Shiv Nagar, Devika, Omara Morh, T-Morh, Sallan Talab, Mukerjee Bazaar, Bus s
JAMMU, JUNE 19: Superintending Engineer, O&M Circle, Jammu JPDCL has informed that to carry out various development works, the power supply to Jourian, Muthi Mayra and their adjoining areas shall remain affected on June 21, 23 and 25 from 7 am to 11 am.
Similarly, the power supply to Muthi and its adjoining areas shall remain affected on June 21 and 24 from 7 am to 11 am.
Likewise, the power
Port of Spain, Aug 12 (UNI) Former skipper Sunil Gavaskar has said that Shreyas Iyer is more suited to play at no 4 while Rishabh Pant at no 5.
Iyer's 71-run knock played a pivotal role in India's 59-run win (via DLS method) in the 2nd ODI against Jason Holder's men in Port of Spain on Sunday.
The 24-year-old from Delhi didn't get game time during the T20 series. He was part of the playing
New Delhi, Sep 1: National Health Forum, an NGO working in the field of tobacco control, has requested the Centre to support Union Health Ministry's decision to end manufacture, distribution, import and sale of e-cigarettes and ensure that such products are banned.
The NGO said that the Health Ministry's decision against e-cigarettes and similar such products is "correct and laudable".
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Total reservations in direct recruitments go up to 60%
JAMMU: In an effort to rationalise the existing policy after the erstwhile State went under constitutional changes August 5 last year, the Jammu and Kashmir government has tweaked the reservation quotas in direct recruitment and admission and distribution of seats in professional institutions for different classes and communities, with the Pahari Speaking People (PSP) included in the list, along
Jammu, June 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with the political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir is not about the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir but about the delimitation exercise.
According to sources the meeting is about the delimitation exercise, which has started in the new Union Territory ahead of the assembly elections.
Though the government has promised that sta
LEH: With 1,327 cases and six fatalities in four months, the trajectory of COVID-19 in the cold desert region of Ladakh validates the view that people living at altitudes of 3,000 metres and above are less likely to get infected compared to those in lowland areas, say experts here.
The recovery rate of the disease in the union territory is 82 per cent, substantially higher than the national aver
JAMMU: A Division Bench of J&K High Court Jammu Comprising Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul directed the authorities of the Union Territory to ensure that the quarantine centers are hygienically maintained and necessary facilities are provided to the persons who are lodged therein.
Hearing a Public Interest Litigation regarding Covid-19, the court passed these direction
New Delhi, Jun 19 (PTI) The Sports Ministry is set to establish 1000 Khelo India Centres (KIC) at the district level across the country with the help of sporting champions, who will be remunerated for providing their expertise.
The centres will either be run by a past champion or have them as a coach.
"As we strive to make India a sporting superpower, one of the things we have to ensure is
'Region is on path of development, impact of developmental works is enormous on ground
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SRINAGAR, JUNE 19: Principal Secretary Housing & Urban Development Department (H&UDD), Dheeraj Gupta today discussed Action Plan for the year 2021-22 under Capex Budget for the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) Kashmir with heads of ULBs at a meeting here.
The meeting was attended by Director ULB Kashmir, Ms. Mathora Masoom; Chairman Coordination Committee ULB Kashmir, Muhammad Iqbal, Presidents of M
Jammu:Close to the heels of new land laws in view of re-organisation of Jammu and Kashmir after the Abrogation of Article 370 and 35-A, the Government has notified the revision of land rates with categorization across the Union Territory.
As per sources, revising of land rates is an annual feature by the respective district administrations but they said that the rates revision in 2021, has also
Jammu, June 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the main event of the 7th International Day of Yoga IDY tomorrow. In view of the pandemic, the lead event of the Yoga Day this year will be a televised programme and is scheduled to begin at 6.30 AM on all Doordarshan channels. The event will also include an address by Minister of State for Ayush, Kiren Rijiju and a live Yoga demonstratio
SRINAGAR: Snow sculpture is not new to Kashmir, especially when it snows in abundance, like it did recently. Come snowfall, a pastime ‘sheen mohnev’- a statue of a man sculpted out of snow – is on display in almost every random compound of a house or a street for amusement.
The recent heavy snowfall in the valley, though, left more of a trail of apparent gloom knocking down some random frail
Srinagar: Train service was suspended for security reasons in the Kashmir valley, where polling is being held on Monday in Kulgam district in the second of three-phased election in the Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency (PC).
"Train service was suspended today as a precautionary measure following apprehension of violence when polling was being held in Kulgam district, " official sources said.
NEW DELHI: The Government on Wednesday issued an ordinance to amend the arbitration law to ensure that all stakeholder parties get an opportunity to seek an unconditional stay on enforcement of arbitral awards where the arbitration agreement or contract is “induced by fraud or corruption”.
The ordinance which further amends the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 also does away with the 8th S
RAJOURI, JUNE 19: A panel headed by Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, Rajesh K Shavan today held a public hearing for eliciting opinions, viewpoints and suggestions of the locals and other stakeholders for environmental clearance of a minor mineral Block 2/2 Nowshera Tawi river downstream project at Chatayari village of the district.
The other members of the panel included a representative of the Reg
KISHTWAR, JUNE 18: Department of Youth Services and Sports Kishtwar, while gearing up the activities ahead of the 7th International Day of Yoga, organised an online yoga competition.
The online Yoga competition was held under the guidance of District Youth Services and Sports Officer Kharati Lal Sharma and under the overall supervision of Deputy Commissioner, Ashok Kumar.
“As the pandemic has
35 corona victims’ families to get assistance under SAKSHAM scheme
KATHUA, JUNE 18: Deputy Commissioner Kathua, Rahul Yadav today said that the district administration has roped in PRI's besides involving staff of Youth Sports and Services, School Education, NYK etc to intensify the vaccination drive in low Vaccinated areas of the district.
Briefing the media persons, he informed that the vaccination drive for the 18--44 year age bracket has been kick started
JAMMU, JUNE 19: Chief Engineer, (Distribution) JPDCL Jammu has informed that to execute various development works, the power supply to District Poonch and part of District Rajouri shall remain affected on June 20 from 8 am to 2 pm.
Similarly, the power supply to Pargwal, Channi Tanna, Rajpura, Bhalwal Bharat, DhalwalMiulu, Hamipurkona, BSF, Batera, Dabbin, Chorpur, Manyal, Dharmkhu, TirthTalab,