66 travelers among 532 new covid-19 cases take J&K total past 28000 Mark
Sixty-six travelers were among 532 persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir in last 24 hours, official sources said on Saturday. The new cases, 108 from Jammu division and 424 from Kashmir Valley, take the overall tally to past 28000-mark, official sources told GNS. Giving district-wise break-up of the cases, […]
Simrandeep Singh gets additional charge of Secretary Public Grievances
Administrative Secretary, Department of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, Simrandeep Singh, holding additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs and Managing Director, J&K IT Infrastructure Company, shall also function as Secretary (Public Grievances), in addition to his own duties, relieving M. Raju, of the additional charge of the […]
Jammu-Srinagar national highway cleared of landslide debris, reopened after two days
The 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway was reopened for traffic after remaining closed for two days due to a massive landslide in Ramban district, officials said on Saturday. Debris due to the landslide on Friday blocked the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country leaving thousands of vehicles, including trucks carrying essential supplies […]
Ladakh, Leh, Kargil to be India’s first carbon neutral region: PM Modi
A 7500 MW solar park is being built in Ladakh for electricity and infrastructure development in the region. The Ladakh, Leh and Kargil region will be developed and declared to be a carbon neutral region, PM Modi said in his Independence Day speech on Saturday. While the concept of carbon neutral villages have been considered […]
Rizwan frustrates England with fine fifty in 2nd Test
Mohammad Rizwan frustrated England as he marked Pakistan’s Independence Day with a fine unbeaten fifty in the second Test at Southampton on Friday. Pakistan were 223-9 when bad light — despite the Ageas Bowl floodlights being on full beam — led to an early close of the second day. Rizwan was 60 not out after […]
Additional Resident Commissioner unfurls Tricolor at JK House
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 15: Additional Resident Commissioner, Jammu and Kashmir, Neeraj Kumar, today unfurled the National Flag at JK House on the occasion of 74th Independence Day. The national event, which witnessed guard of honour by the contingent of J&K Armed Police amid observance of all preventive protocols and guidelines regarding COVID-19 Pandemic, was attended […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 3,15,283 stranded JK residents; 2,18,102 via Lakhanpur, 97,181 through special trains
JAMMU, AUGUST 15: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 3,15,283 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, […]
Army trooper’s body found more than 8 months after snow avalanche in north Kashmir
Body of an army trooper was recovered in Gulmarg on Saturday, more than eight months after he was swept away by a snow avalanche along the Line of Control in the area in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Unnnamed official sources told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS) that the body of the trooper, […]
Unionists will come out like frogs after assembly poll bugle: J-K BJP Gen Sec
Bharatiya Janata Party Jammu and Kashmir General Secretary Ashok Koul Saturday stirred a row by calling unionist leaders “frogs”, saying, “Let election time come, all the political leaders will come out to join the fray.” “Prime Minister Narendera Modi has announced the elections will be held in J-K and there will be ministers and chief […]
MOUNTING LOSSES
Trade in Kashmir has taken a hit since the central government decided to send additional troops to Kashmir for the abrogation of article 370, on August 5, last year. The administration of J&K gave 24 hours to the tourists and yatries to leave Kashmir before the abrogation hitting hard tourism industry and other allied sectors. […]