COVID-19: 536 more test positive as J-K tally nears 27,000
124 travelers were among 536 COVID-19 cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir in last 24 hours, taking the tally to 26949. Among them, official sources told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS) that 98 are from Jammu Division and 438 from Kashmir valley. Giving district-wise details, they said, Srinagar reported 144 cases, Baramulla […]
Lockdown restrictions to be lifted if SOPs followed properly: DC Srinagar
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Chowdhary Thursday hinted out that there is no need to implement or extend lockdown restrictions in the district if people will abide SOPs properly. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Chowdhary said that district administration Srinagar conducted several meetings with religious heads and traders wherein lifting of lockdown […]
Congress terms abolition of SHGs an arbitrary decision
The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) today said the abolition of SHGs, their work quota of 30% was an assault on the livelihood of thousands of engineers involved in the construction work. They Party asked the administration to revoke the decision to avoid further chaos in J&K UT. The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh […]
Enable all students as eligible before holding annual exams: Qayoom Wani
Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Civil Society Forum & Former EJAC President Abdul Qayoom Wani has taken a dig on JKBOSE for its hasty decisions with regard to annual exams leaving a room for chaos and confusion for those students who are yet to clear their backlog papers as biannual exams could not be held this […]
TRAIL BASIS
Government has decided to test the waters in Jammu and Kashmir post the abrogation of article 370, for the access to the high speed internet poorly on a trial basis that too only in one district of Kashmir and one district of Jammu to have another assessment of the situation. Though the Supreme Court described […]
BDC Chairman Qaziabad along with Chief agriculture officer Kupwara distributed agricultural equipments among Sarpanchs
In order to boost the agriculture sector & ease of work, Chairperson BDC Qaziabad Mir Bashir & chief agriculture officer kupwara Mr Muzaffer sb distributed agricultural equipments among the sarpanchs to be distributed at panchayat level among farmers. The distribution process took place in an effective atmosphere & general public hail the efforts of government […]
Civilian injured in India-Pakistan gunfire along LoC succumbs; toll 2
A 55-year-old man on Thursday died at a hospital in Srinagar, a week after he was injured in shelling along Line of Control in Kupwara district. Unnamed official sources told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS) that the man, Mahommad Yakoob Mir, 55, son of Barkatullah Mir of Kachatiya Baghbeela Tanghdar succumbed to […]
Pick political advisers, talk to NC & PDP, speed up pending work — BJP wishlist for J&K L-G
New Delhi: A week after the appointment of former Union Minister Manoj Sinha as the Lieutenant Governor (L-G) of Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP now wants him to appoint new advisers, who have political, and not bureaucratic, background. The BJP also wants Sinha to expedite pending development projects in the union territory at the earliest and ensure a conducive […]
ISI, JeM planned Pulwama strike, trained attacker: NIA
Islamabad was involved in planning, training the perpetrators and executing the February 2019 Pulwama attack that left 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel dead and brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war, said two officials aware of the details of the charge sheet the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has readied in the case. The […]
Covid-19 vaccine tracker, August 13: US has pre-ordered 800 million doses for its 330 million population
The United States government has entered into a US$ 1.525 billion deal with Moderna, a US-based biotech company, for securing the supply of 100 million doses of the novel Coronavirus vaccine that the company is developing. With this, the United States government now has advance supply agreements with five companies whose candidate vaccines are being considered to be […]