Omar leads ministers, officials to border Poonch district
This was the first outreach of Omar after becoming CM of Jammu and Kashmir.
This was the first outreach of Omar after becoming CM of Jammu and Kashmir.
The project, funded by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways at a cost of Rs 62.5 crore, was carried out under the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) mode.
He was peaking at the inauguration of the four-day National Agriculture Summit & Farmers’ Fair-2024 at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), Jammu.
The L-G was chairing a high-level meeting of senior civil, police officials and DCs, SSPs of Jammu Division to review the progress of development projects and security situation in the region.
A junior commissioned officer of the army’s elite special forces lost his life and three soldiers were injured during a terror attack in Kishtwar recently.
54 per cent of the total coronavirus cases in India were reported among people between 18 and 44 years of age while patients in the 60 years and above bracket account for 51 per cent deaths, said the Health Ministry.
Representatives of various trade/industrial organisations participated in a webinar session with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday during which the demand was raised.
'Let me make it clear that we are not anyone’s puppets, neither New Delhi’s nor of anyone across the border,' he said.
The nearest Pakistani post across the border was nearly 400 metres from the tunnel, officials said.
The encounter took place just a day after four terrorists were gunned down in South Kashmir's Shopian district while a fifth militant surrendered.