Srinagar, April 13 (IANS) Two brothers drowned in the Jhelum River in the Bijbehara area of J&K’s Anantnag district on Monday, police said.The two brothers had drowned after accidentally slipping into the Jhelum River in the Padshahibagh area of Bijbehara, a police official said, adding that the bodies of the two siblings have been recovered. Officials said that the deceased have been identified as Majid Ahmad Malik and Shahid Ahmad Malik, residents of Jabalipora.”They lost balance while b…
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Jammu, Feb 10 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday that the union territory government plans to fully utilise the abeyance of the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) to implement various water infrastructure projects.The issue of many defunct tubewells and other projects of water resources was raised by BJP MLAs including former minister, Sham Lal Sharma in the Legislative Assembly during Question Hour.Admitting that short-term solutions to the water problems in Jammu is l…
Srinagar, Jan 21 (IANS) Barely 9 days left for the 40-day-long ‘Chillai Kalan’ to end, people in Kashmir are waiting with bated breath for the weatherman’s forecast of moderate to heavy snowfall beginning Thursday afternoon.Srinagar city and other plain areas of the Valley are yet to receive this season’s first snowfall. The 40-day-long period of harsh winter cold, known as the ‘Chillai Kalan’, which brings heavy snowfall to sustain various water bodies during the hot summer months, …