3 children killed in Jughor flood. Water supply schemes washed away by flash flood. By: Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: Tremendous flood damaged so many houses at Jughor while killing 3 children. Two daughters of Naziruddin killed while son of Zaman Habib also swift away in flood. Only bridge connecting Jughor to Chitral was also damaged […]
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Russia gears up Bangladesh nuclear power plant work
A 12-strong team of Russian State Atomic Energy Commission (ROSATOM) visited the Rooppur 2000MW nuclear power plant site on the Padma riverbank in Pabna district of the northern part of Bangladesh Monday. During the visit, the officials of Bangladesh side accompanied the contractor of the project. The ROSATOM says a 200-member team would start work […]
JK Govt determined to boost tourism infrastructure on priority:Mir
Udhampur/ Jammu, July 16 (Scoop News)-The government is committed to develop tourism infrastructure in every nook and corner of the state on priority to help increase tourist influx besides raise socio economic status of the people. This was stated by Minister for Tourism, G. A. Mir, in a meeting of officers of different Tourism Development […]
India Bids Adieu To Its Age-old Telegram Network.
India closes its age-old telegraph department officially through-out the country… On Sunday, at 11. 45 PM only 15 minutes to midnight, the Indian Telegram network system was buried for ever. The last telegraphic message was sent to Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi. Officially, the telegram booth was sealed at 11:45 PM and the profits collected […]
First Women Cooperative Bank in Jammu soon
Jammu, July 3(Scoop News)-Jammu will be soon having first women cooperative bank. This was disclosed by Kailash Verma Chairperson J&K Women Credit Cooperative Ltd and S K Sharma Principal CCM Jammu, at women empowerment awareness camp organized by the J&K Women Credit Cooperative Ltd, at Ganjansoo in Marh block. Kailash Verma told that out of […]
How I Fought Fracking
My friend Dan invited me to the anti-fracking demonstration in Albany on Monday, June 17. We drove up in his 1994 Honda, through the shining morning, beneath sour cream clouds. Seven miles outside of Albany, the traffic suddenly halted. “Must be an accident,” observed Dan, taking the first exit, through bucolic small-town life — we […]