J&K Reports 117 New Covid-19, Tally Jumps To 2718
Srinagar Crosses 300 Mark, Now Only Behind Anantnag, Kulgam Srinagar, June 2 (GNS): Nine pregnant women were among 117 positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, taking the total number of patients to 2718 in J&K. Fifteen of the new cases were reported from Srinagar which takes the capital city’s tally to over 300 […]
Govt Polytechnic Jammu organizes online essay writing competition
JAMMU JUNE 02: Government Polytechnic Bikram Chowk, Jammu organized online essay writing competition as a part of campaign ‘Defeat Covid-19’ competition-VII. The topic for the online essay writing competition was “How to Spend time at Home in a useful way in the Lockdown period”. The students were advised to submit their entries to an email […]
Agri Deptt introduces mobile sale of vegetables
SRINAGAR, JUNE 02: As a Part of initiatives to reach out to the common citizens of the valley, the Agriculture Department Kashmir has procured many Mobile Refrigerated Vans which are being extensively used under present environment for carrying of fresh vegetables from the field to market and sold on subsidy rates so that the ill-effects […]
Ladakh Reports First Covid-19 Death As Former Minister’s Sample Returns Positive
Srinagar, June 2 (GNS): The swab samples of a former Union minister P Namgyal returned positive for the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, making it the first case of covid-19 fatality in Ladakh. Three-time Congress MP from Ladakh, the 83-year-old had died yesterday and is survived by his wife and three daughters. Namgyal had returned […]
80 year old Baramulla woman tests positive for Covid-19 after death
Baramulla, June 2, KNT: An 80 year old woman from Baramulla who died of multiple ailments have been tested positive for Covid-19 infection. With the death of this elderly woman that death toll due to this lethal infection has reached 32. Among these 28 are from Kashmir. Chief Medical Officer Baramulla while confirming the […]
Educational Inertia
Education has been suffering in Jammu and Kashmir due to turmoil in past three decades in general. In particular since August 5, last year student community in Jammu and Kashmir has been at the receiving end of the situation as the clampdown of the central government resulted in closure of all educational institutions followed by […]
Sensex surges over 300 points in early trade; Nifty tops 9,900
Equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 300 points in early trade on Tuesday, led by index-heavyweights Kotak Bank, HDFC, TCS and Reliance Industries amid positive cues from global markets. After opening on a tepid note, the 30-share index was trading 309.68 points or 0.93 per cent higher at 33,613.20. Similarly, NSE Nifty advanced 98.10 points or […]
Cyclone Nisarga Likely To Make Landfall Near Mumbai Tomorrow, NDRF Deploys Several Teams
A week after a raging cyclone wreaked havoc in West Bengal, the country is now bracing to face another cyclone which is headed towards the coastline of Maharashtra and Gujarat. With cyclone Nisarga expected to make landfall south of Mumbai on June 3, several teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed at […]
Kashmir Students Ask Punjab Chief Minister To Relax Fee Submission Dates in Universities
New Delhi: Students of Jammu and Kashmir have written to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh asking him to consider instructing colleges and universities in Punjab to extend fee submission dates for exams. They allege that many Punjab institutions are insisting that students pay their semester fees within a few days. The students said that the […]
Sri Lanka cricketers return to training today
COLOMBO: A select group of Sri Lanka cricketers, mainly bowlers, will return to training on Monday, amid efforts to restart the game after the coronavirus shutdown, the cricket board said on Sunday. Cricket came to a halt on March 13 when the visiting England team pulled out on the second day of a four-day practice […]