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Tulip garden to close for public from April 28
The government on Saturday announced the closure of the Asia’s largest Tulip garden on the banks of Dal lake in Srinagar from Sunday.“As recommended by Floriculture Officer Nehru Memorial Botanical Garden that Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip garden is not suitable for further display to visitors due to less tulip bloom,…
Read More »Sale, purchase of chemicals, acids banned in Anantnag
The District Magistrate Khalid Jahangir in exercise of the powers vested under section 144 CrPc, has ordered ban on the sale and purchase of chemical/acids in district Anantnag for a period of two months with immediate effect. According to the official communique, the ban has been imposed after it has…
Read More »Dire need to revive present status of Urdu in J&K: KU Registrar
A two- day National Seminar on the present scenario of Urdu language and literature, ‘Riyasat Jammu Kashmir Main Urdu Zubaan-o-Adab ki Mojuuda Surat-e-haal’ is being held here at University of Kashmir. The seminar is being organised by Department of Urdu KU in collaboration with National Council for Promotion of Urdu…
Read More »Establish 24×7 Flood control room in every district: Div Com to DCs
For effective flood mitigation plan, the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan today directed all Deputy Commissioners of the valley to establish 24×7 flood control room immediately in their respective districts where officers of Irrigation and Flood Control, Disaster Management, PHE, PDD, Revenue, Health, Food and Police should be deployed…
Read More »Srinagar-Leh road to reopen on Sunday
The 434-km long Srinagar-Leh highway, the only road linking the Ladakh region with rest of Jammu and Kashmir, will reopen on Sunday, according to sources.The road was closed in December last year. Accumulation of snow and snow avalanches delayed the reopening of the road by almost a month this year.Though…
Read More »Sri Lanka bombings: 15 die in blast during raid on suspected hideout
The bodies of 15 people, including six children were found after an explosion at a suspected Islamist militant hideout in east Sri Lanka, police said. Police said the dead also included three women, believed to be family members of the suspected militants. Residents said they heard an explosion followed by…
Read More »HC orders mop-up of hospital, lake surroundings
Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Friday directed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Cantonment Board, to clear all the garbage/waste dumped near GB Pant children’s hospital immediately. The court observed that small children who visit the hospital for treatment are more prone to get infected from the unhygienic surroundings. The…
Read More »One child among two dead,nine injured in Gurez road accident
Two people, including a ten-year-old girl has been killed ,while nine others injured after a vehicle they were travelling on plunged into a Nallah near Zadkhus Nallah on Bandipora-Gurez road Saturday morning. According to an official,Naani Begum (55) and Tabasum Bashir (10) died after a vehicle they were travelling in…
Read More »More than 700 at two California Universities under quarantine amid measles outbreak
More than 700 students and staff members at two California universities were under quarantine Friday — an increase of about 400 from the day before — as officials continued steps to curb the potential spread of measles after an outbreak was declared in Los Angeles County. The two universities —…
Read More »Air India operations restored after technical glitch, flights likely to be delayed today
New Delhi:Due to issues with its SITA servers, people were unable to check-in at airports, causing disruptions in operations from 3.30 am until operations were restored at around 9 am. Air India flights in India and some other parts of the world were affected on Saturday morning after its servers…
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Top LeT Terrorist Hashim Moosa Killed in Budgam Encounter
Budgam: A most-wanted terrorist affiliated with Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was killed in an encounter …
