Jammu-Srinagar National Highway reopens after two-day closure
Banihal/Jammu: The 270-km Jammu-Srinagar National Highway reopened on Saturday after remaining closed for the past two days owing to multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains, officials said. The highway got blocked at over a dozen places between Udhampur and Banihal on Thursday, leaving thousands of vehicles stranded. “The highway was cleared for one-way traffic around 10 […]
Pharmacist, eight others die of COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir, toll reaches 612
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported nine more covid-19 related deaths since overnight, taking the fatality count to 612 in J-K. Among those who succumbed to the virus include five from Kashmir Valley including a 56-year-old pharmacist and four others from Jammu division. Reports said that a 60-year-old woman from Kishtwar, a 70-year-old man Marh in […]
Gupkar declaration signatories issue joint statement: ‘will strive for restoration of Article 370, 35 A’
While calling the abrogation of Article 370 as an unconstitutional move, the signatories of Gupkar declaration, which include, among others, Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti, G A Mir, Yousuf Tarigami, Muzaffar Shah and Sajad Lone, on Saturday issued a joint statement, said they will strive for the restoration of Articles 370 and 35A, the Constitution of […]
One militant killed in ongoing gunfight in Baramulla’s Kreeri
One militant has been killed in ongoing gunfight between militants and the government forces in Saloosa area of Kreeri of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday. Unnamed official sources told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS) that, one militant has been killed in the ongoing operation, however his identity couldn’t be ascertained yet. […]
45-yr-old driver injured in Uri road accident
A driver has been injured in a road accident in this border town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district this morning. A Mahindra camper van bearing registration number JKOIM-6349 was on way to Uri from Baramulla when it skidded off the road near Rajarwani, Uri and fell on the banks of River Jhelum, reported a local […]
Nodal Officer COVID-19 UTs of J&K, Ladakh visits Budgam; reviews virus containment measures
Inspects quarantine and Covid care centers, assesses facilities Says measures afoot to establish more testing centers in the districts BUDGAM, AUGUST 21: Development Commissioner Handicraft, Union Ministry of Textiles and Nodal Officer Covid-19 for UTs of J&K and Ladakh, Shantmanu, accompanied by a team of senior doctors representing Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare […]
MP’s Shamsher Singh Manhas & Jugal Kishore Sharma meet Lt Governor
JAMMU, AUGUST 21: Members of Parliament-Sh. Shamsher Singh Manhas & Sh. Jugal Kishore Sharma today met the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha here at the Raj Bhavan. The MP’s discussed with the Lt Governor about various developmental issues of the UT and other issues of public importance. They also shared their views on the present development […]
J&K High Court Bar Association Jammu meets Lt Governor, submits memorandum of demands
JAMMU, AUGUST 21: A delegation of J&K High Court Bar Association Jammu today met the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha here at Raj Bhavan and apprised him of their concerning issues. The delegation led by its President, Abhinav Sharma, submitted a memorandum of demands to the Lt Governor pertaining to increasing the number of Judges in […]
Bulletin on Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19)
JK reports 654 new positive cases, 23805 recovered so far JAMMU, AUGUST 21: The Government on Friday informed that 654 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 114 from Jammu division and 540 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 31371. […]
Russia to test coronavirus vaccine on 40,000 people
MOSCOW: Russia said on Thursday it would start clinical trials of its controversial coronavirus vaccine next week, involving tens of thousands of people. President Vladimir Putin said earlier this month that Russia had become the first country to register a coronavirus vaccine, though the announcement was met with caution from scientists and the World Health […]