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Barring Gulmarg, night temp records slight rise in Kashmir; minus 3.7°C in Srinagar

Barring Gulmarg, night temp records slight rise in Kashmir; minus 3.7°C in Srinagar

Srinagar: Barring Gulmarg, minimum temperature recorded a slight rise in Kashmir Valley with Srinagar recording minus 3.7°C on Saturday, officials said. A meteorological department official here told GNS Srinagar recorded a rise of 1.2°C compared to previous night’s minus 4.9°C and it was 1.6°C below normal for the summer capital of J&K for this time […]

DC Srinagar finalises Snow Clearance Plan; gears up Admin for dealing with winter challenges

DC Srinagar finalises Snow Clearance Plan; gears up Admin for dealing with winter challenges

Asks Officers to ensure swift action to avoid any interruption in public service delivery Srinagar: In order to gear up the District Administration and machinery to deal winter challenges particularly with regard to current weather advisory, a meeting of all District/Sectoral Officers was today held under the chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Dr. […]

J&K SDRF & NDRF celebrate its Annual Raising Day at SDRF Bn Hqrs Srinagar

J&K SDRF & NDRF celebrate its Annual Raising Day at SDRF Bn Hqrs Srinagar

Srinagar: The J&K SDRF and NDRF celebrated its Annual Raising Day today on 19th January at SDRF Bn Hqrs Srinagar. On the occasion, the contingents of SDRF and NDRF jointly presented the March Past/ Parade under the command of DySP Gh. Hassan Bhat at Bn. Hqrs Bahgat Barzaulla Srinagar. Shahid Mehraj, DIG of Police, Civil […]

Drug Peddler  Arrested in Kulgam District: Police

Drug Peddler  Arrested in Kulgam District: Police

Kulgam: A police party of Police Station DH Pora at a checkpoint established at Margibal Gojjarpora signalled a motorcyclist identified as Sayar Ahmad Mir of Waripora to stop. “But after noticing the police party, he tried to flee from the spot. He was chased and apprehended tactfully by the alert police party. During the search, […]

SKIMS rebuts news report over defunct CT scan machine

SKIMS rebuts news report over defunct CT scan machine

Srinagar: Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura Friday issued a rebuttal of a news report in which it was claimed that a prolonged dysfunction of the CT stimulator machine at the hospital has taken a heavy toll on patients. “It is to say that SKIMS had three CT Scan machines out of which two […]

Cyber cells at district level soon across Jammu Division

Cyber cells at district level soon across Jammu Division

Jammu :Every district in the Jammu Division will soon have a cyber cell to curb the swelling number of cyber crime cases in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Official sources said that as cyber fraud and cyber crime cases are being reported to every police station, keeping that in view, it has been […]

Drug peddler arrested with psychotropic substances in Baramulla

Drug peddler arrested with psychotropic substances in Baramulla

Baramulla: Continuing its efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from the society, Police has arrested drug peddler in Baramulla and recovered psychotropic substances from his possession. A police party of Police Station Sheeri headed by SHO PS Sheeri at a checkpoint established at Gantamulla Colony, intercepted one person. ” During his search,72 capsules of […]

Kashmir’s prolonged dry spell likely to end next week

Kashmir’s prolonged dry spell likely to end next week

Srinagar: Kashmir’s long dry spell is likely to end next week as the Meteorological (MeT) department on Friday predicted wet weather from January 25. MeT director Mukhtar Ahmad said the wet phase is likely to begin from Thursday as light snow is expected at isolated higher reaches on January 25. For the next two days- […]

Lt Governor chairs first meeting of Advisory Board for Creating and Developing Entrepreneurship in J&K

Lt Governor chairs first meeting of Advisory Board for Creating and Developing Entrepreneurship in J&K

Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired the first meeting of the Advisory Board for Creating and Developing Entrepreneurship (ABCDE), constituted under the aegis of J&K Higher Education Council, at Raj Bhawan today. The meeting, attended by Prof Dinesh Singh, Vice Chairman, J&K Higher Education Council;  Alok Kumar, Principal Secretary Higher Education Department; Dr Mandeep Kumar […]

DC Srinagar chairs District Level Export Promotion Committee (DLEPC) Meeting

DC Srinagar chairs District Level Export Promotion Committee (DLEPC) Meeting

Srinagar: A meeting of District Level Export Promotion Committee (DLEPC) was held under the Chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat here at Conference Hall of the DC Office Complex to finalize the Draft Export Action Plan aimed to enhance the Export of Goods from Srinagar District to boost the local Economy […]