Boycott of DDC members
DDC members’ recently boycotted the programme in support of their demand for better status and monthly honorarium. The protest came a day after the Jammu and Kashmir administration amended its warrant of precedence, placing the DDC chairpersons’ equivalent to administrative secretaries, vice chairpersons to vice-chancellors of universities and the DDC members to district magistrates. The […]
Justice Magrey visits newly established Public Library at Bagh-e-Mehtab
SRINAGAR, MARCH 09: Judge High Court of J&K and Executive Chairman J&K Legal Services Authority, Mr Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey today visited newly established Public Library at Bagh-e-Mehtab, Srinagar. Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Chowdhary, Chairman District Legal Services, Principal District & Sessions Judge, Srinagar, Abdul Rashid Malik, Secretary District Legal Services Authority Srinagar, […]
Advisor Baseer Khan reviews preparations for upcoming tulip festival
Calls for concerted efforts to make it a grand affair JAMMU, MARCH 8: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan today directed the officers to make concerted and coordinated efforts to make the upcoming tulip festival in Srinagar a grand affair. He passed on these directions while chairing a meeting to review preparations for the […]
77 fresh COVID-19 cases in J&K
Srinagar: Twenty travellers were among 77 fresh covid-19 cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir even as two persons succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. Among the fresh cases, 18 were from Jammu Division and 60 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total case tally to 127191, they said.
Sopore Encounter: 01 militant killed, operation on
One militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter at Tujjar area of Sopore in North Kashmir. Official sources told GNS, that one militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter, however identity of the slain militant is yet to be ascertained. Earlier, Reports reaching GNS that a joint team of Police and army launched […]
Rupee surges 18 paise to 73.07 against US dollar in early trade
The rupee appreciated by 18 paise to 73.07 against the US dollar in opening trade on Tuesday supported by positive domestic equities. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened at 73.16 against the US dollar, then inched higher to 73.07 against the greenback, registering a rise of 18 paise over its previous close. […]
Nine killed as massive fire breaks out in Kolkata high-rise
Nine people, including four firefighters, a Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel, and an assistant sub-inspector of the Kolkata Police were killed when a massive fire broke out in the Eastern Railway’s office in central Kolkata on late Monday evening. All the deceased had used the elevator, said a fire services official on Tuesday adding that […]
BJP mulls leadership change in Uttarakhand
The BJP central leadership summoned Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat to Delhi on Monday, mulling a change of leadership in the hill state ahead of polls early next year. Rawat was summoned to Delhi after party observers submitted a report on his performance, in the backdrop of talk of an internal rebellion by a […]
Djokovic sets all-time record at world No. 1
PARIS: Novak Djokovic set a new landmark of 311 weeks as world number one on Monday, one week longer than Roger Federer whose tally of a record 20 Grand Slam titles is now firmly in the Serb’s sights. “Big day today,” tennis superstar wrote on Twitter. Djokovic, 33, won his 18th major at the Australian […]
Three people shot dead in Myanmar protest
YANGON: Three anti-coup protesters were shot dead in Myanmar on Monday as demonstrators across the country sought to paralyse the economy with strike following a weekend of night raids and arrests. The country has been in turmoil since a February 1 coup ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and triggered mass protests against the […]