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National Highway 444 (India)
National Highway 444 is a national highway entirely in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in India. NH 444 is a branch of National Highway 44. Route Srinagar - Badgam - Pulwama - Shopian - Kulgam - Quazigund Qazigund, also known as Gateway Of Kashmir, is a town and in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Qazigund is located at . It has an average elevation of 1670 m (5478 feet) above mean sea level. Qazigund Bypass Passes T .... Junctions : Terminal near Srinagar. : Terminal near Quazigund. See also * List of National Highways in India * List of National Highways in India by state References External links NH 444 on OpenStreetMap {{IND NH44 sr National highways in India National Highways in Jammu and Kashmir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Srinagar
Srinagar (English: , ) is the largest city and the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It lies in the Kashmir Valley on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus, and Dal and Anchar lakes. The city is known for its natural environment, gardens, waterfronts and houseboats. It is known for traditional Kashmiri handicrafts like the Kashmir shawl (made of pashmina and cashmere wool), and also dried fruits. It is the 31st-most populous city in India, the northernmost city in India to have over one million people, and the second-largest metropolitan area in the Himalayas (after Kathmandu, Nepal). Origin of name The earliest records, such as Kalhana's '' Rajatarangini'', mentions the Sanskrit name ''shri-nagara'' which have been interpreted distinctively by scholars in two ways: one being ''sūrya-nagar'', meaning "''City of the Surya''" (trans) ''"City of Sun''" and other being ''"The city of "Shri''" (श्री), the Hindu goddess of wealth, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulwama
Pulwama (known as Panwangam in antiquity, and later as Pulgam) is a City and notified area council in the Pulwama district of the Indian-administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located approximately south of the summer capital of Srinagar. Geography Average rainfall in the city is 505.3mm annually. Temperatures reach as high as and as low as . Educational institutions *Boys' Government Degree College PulwamaIslamic University Pulwama *Govt. GNM Nursing College Pulwama * *Lyceum International School Greater Pulwama master plan On 12 February 2021, the government of Jammu and Kashmir app ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of National Highways In India By State
List of the new National Highway numbers (state-wise). Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Mizoram Meghalaya Nagaland Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of National Highways In India By Highway Number
On 28 April 2010, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways officially published a new numbering system for the National Highway network in the Gazette of the Government of India. It is a systematic numbering scheme based on the orientation and the geographic location of the highway. This was adopted to ensure more flexibility and consistency in the numbering of existing and new national highways. As per the new numbering system: * All north-south oriented highways will have even numbers increasing from the east to the west. * All east-west oriented highways will have odd numbers increasing from the north to the south. * All major Highways will be single digit or double digit in number. * Three-digit numbered highways are secondary routes or branches of a main highway. The secondary route number is prefixed to the number of the main highway. For example 244, 344 etc. will be the branches of the main NH44. * Suffixes A, B, C, D etc. are added to the three-digit sub highways ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Road Transport And Highways
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is a ministry of the Government of India, that is the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules, regulations and laws relating to road transport, transport research and in also to increase the mobility and efficiency of the road transport system in India. Through its officers of Central Engineering Services (Roads) cadre it is responsible for the development of National Highways of the country. Road transport is a critical infrastructure for economic development of the country. It influences the pace, structure and pattern of development. In India, roads are used to transport over 60 percent of the total goods and 85 percent of the passenger traffic. Hence, development of this sector is of paramount importance for India and accounts for a significant part in the budget. History Creation The Department of War Transport was formed in July, 1942, by the bifurcation of the then Department of Communications int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qazigund
Qazigund, also known as Gateway Of Kashmir, is a town and in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Qazigund is located at . It has an average elevation of 1670 m (5478 feet) above mean sea level. Qazigund Bypass Passes Through ''Dalwatch, Chimulla & Shampora'' Villages of Qazigund. Qazigund Is Connected by NH44 & Northern Railways with Rest of The Country. Qazigund Toll Plaza Is one of the Beautiful Toll Plaza Among Rest of the Toll plazas. Demographics As of 2011 India census, Qazigund had a population of 9871. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Qazigund has an average literacy rate of 70.21%, higher than the national average of 67.16%, male literacy is 79.82%, and female literacy is 58.27%. In Qazigund, 20.67% of the population is under 6 years of age. Qazigund Byepass Is Via Dalwach, Chimulla & Shampora Villages. Qazigund is surrounded by springs, known as ''nags'' in the local language. Verinag source of river Jhelum is onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kulgam
Kulgam (), known as Kolgom () in Kashmiri, is a town, an administrative division and capital of the Kulgam district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located at a distance of from the summer state capital of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar. The city is divided into 16 electoral wards that has a population of 23,584, of which 12,605 are males while 10,979 are females. Geography The partial excavation of an archaeological site in a nearby village called Kutbal has yielded cultural material from the period of Kushan rule in the region. Stamped tiles, which were excavated from the site, indicated the taste and living standard of the population. "These excavations speak of high culture, civic sense, social norms and art of the people living in first century AD." Demographics Indian census, Kulgam had a population of 23,584. There were 12,605 males (53%) and 10,979 females (47%). Of the population, 3,353 (14.2%) were age 0-6: 1,787 males (53%) and 1,566 female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shopian
Shopian or Shupiyan (), known as Shupyan () in Kashmiri, is an administrative division of the Shopian district, located in southern part of Kashmir Valley, of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Shopian is called the ''Apple town of Kashmir'' as majority of the population engages in apple growing practices which also provides employment to more than 60% of the population. It is 2nd richest district in Kashmir region after Srinagar. General The geologist Frederic Drew stated that Shopian derived its name from a distortion of the word ''shah-payan'', i.e. "royal stay". However, many people including historians across the Kashmir believe that the word "Shopian" is derived from two words, "''Shii-wan",'' or "''shia-wan"'' meaning "the forest of Shias " as the place was mostly populated by Shia residents which were persecuted, killed or forcefully converted by the Mughals. There are many evidences to this as some Shia graveyards and Taaziyas (a small copy of the dome of shrine of Hussain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budgam
Budgam (), known as Badgom (; ) in Kashmiri, is a town in Budgam district in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. In the 2001 census, it was recorded as having a notified area committee,This gives the population of Budgam adgamN.A.C. in the 2001 census as 15,932 (10,948 male, 4,984 female), with 1,002 aged 0-6 (491 male, 511 female), and 10,894 literates (8,816 male, 2,078 female). but by the 2011 census it had a municipal committee. Demographics India census, Budgam had a population of 15,338. There were 9,003 males (59%) and 6,335 females (41%). Of the population, 1,335 (8.7%) were age 0-6: 680 males (51%) and 655 females (49%). The literacy rate for the people over six was 73.0% (males 84.3%, females 56.4%). About 25℅ of the Muslim population of Budgam district belong to Shia sect. Transport Road Budgam is connected with National Highway 444 to rest of India. Railways Budgam railway station is in Ompora, which is from Budgam. It is on the J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quazigund
Qazigund, also known as Gateway Of Kashmir, is a town and in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Qazigund is located at . It has an average elevation of 1670 m (5478 feet) above mean sea level. Qazigund Bypass Passes Through ''Dalwatch, Chimulla & Shampora'' Villages of Qazigund. Qazigund Is Connected by NH44 & Northern Railways with Rest of The Country. Qazigund Toll Plaza Is one of the Beautiful Toll Plaza Among Rest of the Toll plazas. Demographics As of 2011 India census, Qazigund had a population of 9871. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Qazigund has an average literacy rate of 70.21%, higher than the national average of 67.16%, male literacy is 79.82%, and female literacy is 58.27%. In Qazigund, 20.67% of the population is under 6 years of age. Qazigund Byepass Is Via Dalwach, Chimulla & Shampora Villages. Qazigund is surrounded by springs, known as ''nags'' in the local language. Verinag source of river Jhelum is o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Excelsior
The ''Daily Excelsior'' is an English-language newspaper published in Jammu, a city in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It was established by S. D. Rohmetra. The newspaper has been in publication since 1 January 1965. Its current editors are Kamal Rohmetra and Neeraj Rohmetra. History Started as a weekly English newspaper in 1965, it became a daily English newspaper in 1967. Journalist death On 11 May 2008 photojournalist Ashok Sodhi was killed while photographing an armed confrontation between terrorists and security forces in the Samba District of Jammu and Kashmir. He had moved closer to capture better coverage of the confrontation when a stray bullet hit him. See also * Communications in India * List of newspapers in India * Media of India The Indian media consists of several different types of communications of mass media: television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines, and Internet-based Websites/portals. Indian media was active since the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gazette Of India
''The Gazette of India'' is a public journal and an authorised legal document of the Government of India, published weekly by the Department of Publication, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. As a public journal, the ''Gazette'' prints official notices from the government. The gazette is printed by the Government of India Press. Ordinary gazettes are regularly published weekly on a particular day of the week whereas extraordinary Gazettes are published every day depending upon the urgency of the matters to be notified. Publication The publication of gazette is executed as per the government of India (allocation of business rules) issued from time to time by the cabinet secretariat. The Department of Publication is headed by the controller of publications with the assistance of two assistant controllers, one financial officer and an assistant director. The gazette employs more than 270 people under the supervision of the Ministry of Urban Development, headquartered in Nir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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