Two structures gutted in Khansaheb, Budgam
Two residential accommodations were gutted on Monday in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. According to reports reaching to Kashmir News Service (KNS), a fire broke out in Krimshore area of Khansaheb Budgam district that damaged a residential house while another house was partially damaged in the incident. The house owner identified as Rouf Ahmad Mir and […]
PDD employee electrocuted to death in Sopore
A lineman of the Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Ltd (erstwhile Power Development Department) died of electrocution in Yaseen Colony Arampora Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday. An official said that Sanaullah Dar (45) of Seloo Sopore received an electric shock while repairing an electric line at Yaseen colony area of Arampora Sopore . […]
Srinagar man arrested for jumping checkpoint in Budgam
A man was arrested by police after he allegedly ignored the signal to stop at a security checkpoint in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. “At about 08:40 pm, a police naka party at Beerwah Chowk in Budgam signalled a car bearing Delhi registration number to stop, but the driver ignored the signal and tried […]
Govt approves J-K Real Estate Rules 2020 for “regulation and promotion of real estate sector”
The Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu, accorded sanction to the draft Jammu and Kashmir Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Rules, 2020 under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, which has been recently made applicable to the Union Territory by way of an Adaptation […]
COVID-19: Kashmir reports 3 more deaths; J-K toll 249
Kashmir Valley on Monday reported three more deaths attributed to COVID-19, taking the fatality count due to the microbe to 249 in J-K. Unnamed official sources told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS), that two of the deaths occurred at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura while another was reported at Shri […]
CRPF personnel dies by suicide in Srinagar
A paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper allegedly ended his life by shooting himself with his service refile in Panthachowk area of Srinagar on Monday, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). Unnamed officials told GNS that constable Biswajit Dutta of CRPF 29 battalion fired upon himself and died on the spot. […]
JK reports 701 new positive cases, 7811 recovered so far
JAMMU, JULY 19: The Government on Sunday informed that 701 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 100 from Jammu division and 601 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 13899. Also 08 COVID-19 deaths have been reported; 01 from Jammu […]
MC Sopore launches sanitation drive in town, appeals people to stick on lockdown guidelines
A full-fledged sanitation drive was carried out by Municipal Committee Sopore on Sunday in north Kashmir’s Sopore town. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), several areas and establishments were covered during fumigation drive which was hailed by locals. The drive which was carried out in entire Sopore town engulfed all shopping malls, Mosques, government establishments […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 2,39,966 stranded JK residents; 1,66,274 via Lakhanpur, 73,692 through special trains
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 2,39,966 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, the Jammu and […]
Apni party projects restoration of statehood main demand in memorandum
The Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) led by its president Syed Altaf Bukhari during a meeting with Lt Governor demanded the restoration of statehood for the J&K and domicile rights over land and jobs for its people. The demand for statehood was the first demand in the memorandum. According to the party statement, the […]