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 […]
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 […]
Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)
JK reports 155 new positive cases, 946 recovered so far JAMMU, JUNE 1: The Government on Monday informed that 155 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 99 from Jammu division and 56 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 2601. Also, […]
DDC Udhampur cautions people moving without masks at public places
UDHAMPUR, JUNE 01: Taking serious note of violation of Government order and advisories issued from time to time for containment of COVID-19 pandemic, District Development Commissioner, Udhampur, Dr Piyush Singla today cautioned the people moving at public places without wearing masks and not following the advisories. DDC said all such people will be booked for […]
Carry out fresh registration of Kashmiri Pandits for domicile purposes: JKAP
Srinagar, May 01 (KNS) Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) on Friday stressed the need for evolving a robust mechanism to protect the interests of all segments of people including Kashmiri Pandits in the wake of the introduction of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of State Laws) Order 2020, which defines the domiciles in the […]
Authorities in Kashmir Planning to Reopen Schools from Mid-June
Authorities in Kashmir are planning to reopen schools, which have been closed due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, in the valley from the middle of June this year. The government schools have been asked to provide two reusable masks and a pair of hand gloves to each student while installing hand sanitisers and liquid soap dispensers […]
Lockdown: JKSCD expressed concern about vital aspects of patient care
Srinagar, May 31 (KNS): President, JKSCD Dr Maajed Jehangeer has appealed the Government to allow resumption of surgical treatment in a phased manner as per standard operating procedures in government hospitals. While appreciating the recent order in which normal functioning of private hospitals, diagnostic centres, labs and dental clinics has been allowed to resume, Dr […]