Day 86: Jammu, Srinagar Airports receive 27 domestic flights with 3,891 passengers
JAMMU, AUGUST 18: On day 86 of resumption of routine domestic operations in Jammu and Kashmir, 27 domestic flights with 3,891 passengers on board today arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports. A total of 977 passengers aboard 10 regular commercial flights arrived at the Jammu Airport while 17 domestic flights with about 2914 passengers on […]
Bulletin on Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19)
JK reports 434 new positive cases, 21886 recovered so far JAMMU, AUGUST 18: The Government on Tuesday informed that 434 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 88 from Jammu division and 346 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 29326. […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 3,24,884 stranded JK residents; 2,24,699 via Lakhanpur, 100,185 through special trains
JAMMU, AUGUST 18: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 3,24,884 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]
Div Com Jammu reviews disbursement of rent for land under Army use
Takes stock land acquisition for USBRL project JAMMU, AUGUST 18: Divisional Commmissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma today convened a meeting of Deputy Commissioners and Defence Estate officers to review the disbursement of rental compensation to the owners of the land under the Army use. The Deputy Commissioners apprised the Div Com about the total land hired […]
Baramulla gunfight: Third militant killed, operation on
Srinagar: Third militant has been killed in an ongoing operation in Kreeri area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. A local news gathering agency Global News Service (GNS) quoting unnamed officials reported that after resuming operation this morning, one more militant has been killed. They said the slain militant is likely to be non-local […]
Aviation Ministry To Present Proposal On ‘Further Airport Privatisation’ To Cabinet On Wednesday
The Ministry of Civil Aviation will place a proposal for “further” privatisation of airports before the Union Cabinet on Wednesday, Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said. In the first round of privatisation under the Narendra Modi dispensation, the airports in Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram and Guwahati were cleared for operation, management and development through public-private […]
High-level CoI underway, statements of key witnesses being recorded: Army on Amshipora gunfight
Srinagar: Army on Tuesday said that a high-level court enquiry is in progress regarding gunfight on 18th July in Amshipora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. In a statement to media, the army said that as intimated on 11 Aug 2020, a high-level Court of Inquiry into Operation Amshipora , Shopian on 18 Jul 2020 […]
Israel preparing for flights to UAE over Saudi Arabia
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that the Jewish state was preparing for direct flights, over Saudi Arabia, to the United Arab Emirates as part of its normalisation deal with the UAE. Israel and UAE announced on Thursday that they would normalise diplomatic relations under a US-sponsored deal whose implementation could reshape […]
England and Pakistan draw rain-disrupted second Test
Pakistan’s Mohammad Abbas took two wickets on Monday as a weather-interrupted second Test against England at Southampton ended in a predictable draw. England were 110-4 in reply to Pakistan’s first innings 236 when home captain Joe Root (nine not out) declared to hasten the end of the match ahead of what would have been the […]
Army vehicle crashes into house in south Kashmir’s Pulwama
An army vehicle on Tuesday met with an accident in Lethpora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, reports said. They said that an army vehicle skidded off the national highway and crashed into a house in Lethpora. Reports said that the driver of the vehicle has received a minor injury in the mishap. GK