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COVID-19 cases in J&K rises to 1,11,130 with 452 fresh infections
2Dec By Rahul KhajuriaNo Comments
State News

COVID-19 cases in J&K rises to 1,11,130 with 452 fresh infections

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 452 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the union territory’s tally to 1,11,130, while six more fatalities pushed the death toll to 1,708, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 258 are from the Jammu division and 194 from the Kashmir division, they said. Jammu district recorded the highest number of fresh cases at 127, followed by 81 in Srinagar, according to the officials. There are 4,951 active cases in the union territory, while 1,04,471 patients have recovered so far, the officials said. Of the six fresh deaths, three each were reported from Jammu and Kashmir regions.
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Minimum temperatures dips below zero in Kashmir and Ladakh
2Dec By Rahul KhajuriaNo Comments
State News

Minimum temperatures dips below zero in Kashmir and Ladakh

Jammu: Night temperatures across Kashmir again dropped below the freezing point on Wednesday as the weather office forecast dry and cold weather across Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh till Saturday. Morning chill kept most Kashmiris indoors on Wednesday till a feeble sun started struggling its way through thin layer of winter clouds. The 40-day long period of harsh winter cold called the ‘Chillai Kalan’ in Kashmir starts on December 21 and ends on January 31. Almost all major and minor water bodies of the Valley freeze and the perennial water reservoirs of Kashmir get replenished due to heavy snowfall during this period. An official of the MET department said minimum temperatures remained below the freezing point in both UTs. “Dry and cold weather conditions ...
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Pakistan Rangers violates ceasefire along IB in J&K’s Kathua
2Dec By Rahul KhajuriaNo Comments
State News

Pakistan Rangers violates ceasefire along IB in J&K’s Kathua

Kathua: Pakistani Rangers opened fire at border outposts along the International Border (IB) in Hiranagar sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, drawing retaliation from the Border Security Force, officials said on Wednesday. The firing from across the border in Karol Krishna, Pansar and Gurnam border outposts started around 9.50 pm on Tuesday and the cross-border firing between the two sides continued till 4 am Wednesday, the officials said. There was no report of any damage on the Indian side.
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Covid Update: 471 new COVID cases and 5 deaths in J&K
29Nov By Rahul KhajuriaNo Comments
State News

Covid Update: 471 new COVID cases and 5 deaths in J&K

Jammu: J&K on Sunday recorded 471 new cases of coronavirus, taking the tally to 1,09,854, while the death number has reached 1,685 with five more as of today, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 260 were detected from the Jammu division and 211 were detected from the Kashmir division, they said. The officials said Jammu district has recorded the highest of 122 cases, while Srinagar has recorded only 86. There are 5,087 active cases as of now in the UT of Jammu Kashmir, while 1,03,082 patients have recovered, they said. Five COVID-19 deaths were reported in the UT in the last 24 hours — three of them were from Jammu and two were from Kashmir region.
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CGM NABARD and Director CSIR-IIIM meets Lt Governor
24Nov By Rahul KhajuriaNo Comments
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CGM NABARD and Director CSIR-IIIM meets Lt Governor

SRINAGAR: Sh. R.K Srivastava, Chief General Manager, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) today called on Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha at the Raj Bhavan here. The CGM briefed the Lt Governor about various ways in which NABARD is providing support under RIDF to the UT government for developing rural infrastructure. It was further informed that this year NABARD focused on strengthening of Agri-Marketing, Post-Harvest Management and Irrigation Infrastructure and with a view to address the issue of improving farmer’s income, NABARD is currently providing support to 17 FPOs in the UT mainly for mushroom, dairy, vegetable, rice, honey, medicinal plant and carpets. Moreover, support is also being provided through Watershed Development Funds and Tribal Developmen...
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One more tunnel from Pakistan detected by BSF & J&K Police in Samba, J&K
23Nov By Rahul KhajuriaNo Comments
State News

One more tunnel from Pakistan detected by BSF & J&K Police in Samba, J&K

Samba: 22 Nov 2020, a joint team of BSF & J&K Police detected a tunnel originating from Pakistan side of IB & exiting into Indian side in the area of BOP Regal, Distt Samba, Jammu about 160m from IB, 70m from border fence & depth 25m. Based on leads available consequent to the encounter on 19th Nov 2020 with militants and joint team of J&k police, Army and CRPF at Ban Toll near Nagrota, Distt Jammu, it was learnt that militants were picked up by a truck from Vill Jatwal, Distt-Samba on the National Highway. A special team was formed under an officer tasked to conduct a detailed search, subsequent to which by first light the tunnel was detected by BSF along with J & K police. The exit was in thick bushes carefully concealed and meticulously covered with soil a...
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Weather to improve in Kashmir from Thursday, mercury to dip: MeT
23Nov By Rahul KhajuriaNo Comments
State News, Travel

Weather to improve in Kashmir from Thursday, mercury to dip: MeT

SRINAGAR: The weather in Kashmir is likely to remain dry after 26th November, a Meteorological Department (MeT) official said on Monday. “The weather in the valley will improve from 26th November but the mercury will take a dip after 27th November,” said Deputy Director Meteorological department (MeT), Dr Mukhtar Ahmad. He said that the morning and night temperature will take a dip and experience cold wave conditions. Ahmad said as predicted earlier, the higher reaches are expected to receive light to moderate snowfall while plains will receive a low intensity rainfall between 23th and 25th of November.
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