COVID-19: Muharram processions including Ashoora suspended in Kashmir
Anjuman Shari Shia suspended Muharram processions including Ashoora due to COVID-19 pandemic in Kashmir. Informed by Aga Syed Mujtaba, the son of Shari Shian President Aga Syed Hasan Almosvi Alsafvi, during a press conference in Srinagar, he said: “We appeal to believers not to take out Muharram processions in wake of the Covid-19 crisis. It […]
L-G wants prompt public redressal system in J&K
Directs officers to mitigate public suffering at the earliest. Srinagar: Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha has launched a public contact programme in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and held meetings at Reasi and Jammu on Thursday and Friday respectively. Reports said that he expressed dismay over the handling of issues of the public by the […]
Bulletin on Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19)
JK reports 610 new positive cases, 24398 recovered so far JAMMU, AUGUST 22: The Government on Saturday informed that 610 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 118 from Jammu division and 492 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 31981. […]
Class IV posts: JKSSB’s Portal records 6,04,500 registrations; 3,23,000 candidates submit online application so far
JAMMU, AUGUST 22: Till today morning 6,04,500 Registrations have been done by the candidates on JKSSB’s Online Portal, since the commencement of online application submission from 10th July, 2020 and 3,23,000 candidates completed their online application submission process for Class IV posts. Also 1,16,500 applications have been submitted online for the post of Accounts Assistant. […]
Shaleen Kabra visits Shopian; reviews ongoing development works, implementation of schemes
SHOPIAN, AUGUST 22:- Principal Secretary, Home, Shaleen Kabra, today visited Shopian and held a review meeting with officers and officials of various departments to assess the status of ongoing development works besides taking stock of implementation of other schemes in the district. Principal Secretary, who is also the Administrative Secretary in charge of Shopian district, […]
Lt Governor reviews progress on Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway line
Railways assures completion of project by 15th Aug, 2022 Ask railways to prepare DPR of both Jammu-Poonch and Baramulla-Kupwara railway lines JAMMU, AUGUST 22: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today took a review meeting of the 272 Km long Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Line, being built at a cost of Rs 27,949 Crores, at Civil Secretariat here. The […]
Sajad Lone expresses satisfaction over joint statement issued by Gupkar Declaration signatories
J&K Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Saturday expressed satisfaction over the stand of signatories of Gupkar Declaration and said party believes that only collective mechanism is the way out to get the taken away rights back. Taking to micro blogging twitter, Lone tweeted, “A very satisfying day. We firmly believe that a collective […]
JEE-Main, NEET To Be Held As Per Schedule In September: Officials
The Joint Entrance Examination (Main) and the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) will be conducted in September as scheduled, officials in the Ministry of Education said on Friday. While NEET is scheduled on September 13, JEE-Mains will be held from September 1-6. In a statement, the ministry’s National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts these […]
Turkey’s Erdogan converts another former church into mosque
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday ordered another ancient Orthodox church, that became a mosque and then a popular Istanbul museum, to be turned back into a mosque. The decision to transform the Kariye Museum into a mosque came just a month after a similarly controversial conversion for the Unesco World Heritage-recognised Hagia Sophia. Both changes […]
PCB mulling to hold remaining PSL ties in October
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has a tentative plan to hold the remaining four matches of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) soon after the end of the proposed Zimbabwe tour to the country in October. It is learnt that as the broadcasters’ staff will also be in Pakistan, covering the white-ball internationals against Zimbabwe […]