APFW Deptt. condoles with Navin Choudhary
JAMMU, APRIL 15: The officers and officials of Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare (APFW) Department, Civil Secretariat have condoled with Principal Secretary Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare, Navin Kumar Choudhary on the sad demise of his father. In this connection, a condolence meeting was held at Civil Secretariat here in which all the officers and […]
1141 fresh COVID-19 cases in J&K
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday reported 1141 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 142877. Among the cases reported today, 707 were reported in Kashmir while Jammu division reported 434 infections.
Covid 2nd wave: J-K admin defers Darbar move
The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday deferred the Darbar Move and ordered that the Civil Secretariat, the seat of Jammu and Kashmir administration, shall function both in Srinagar and Jammu. Taking to his Twitter handle, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha said,“In view of sharply rising cases of COVID in J-K, the […]
Block Diwas
Block Diwas has come as a novel idea on the ground to see the progress and chalk out the programmes according to the will of the people. But this programme has come under sharp criticism from the political parties and they have said that the bureaucracy was only doing the presentations before the Lt. Governor […]
1086 covid positive cases reported from JK
Jammu and Kashmir reported 1086 fresh covid-19 cases, the second highest number of infections in a single day this year, while five more people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, official said on Wednesday. Among the fresh cases, the officials told GNS that 402 cases were reported from Jammu Division and 684 […]
‘Sahar Khan’: The Ramazan drummers of Kashmir back in action
Despite unabated rise in the number of CVOID-19, the century-old tradition of waking people up for pre-dawn meals by beating drums during Ramazan remained unaffected with ‘Sahar Khans’ hitting the streets in Kashmir valley as the holy month of fasting began on Wednesday. Meanwhile, with the commencement of Ramazan after sighting of moon, lakhs of […]
Youth slips to death in Gurez
A twenty-year-old youth slipped to death in Dawar area of Gurez in north Kashmir Bandipora district on Wednesday. An official told a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Muzamil Samoon (20) son of Ghulam Mohammad Samoon, a resident of Khandyal slipped and fell into Kishanganga river at Dawar. He said that soon after […]
DC Srinagar takes stock of Srinagar Sewerage project
SRINAGAR, APRIL 13: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad today convened a meeting to take stock of the progress of work on ongoing 140-kilometre Srinagar sewerage project and to discuss the issues confronting the completion of the project. The meeting held threadbare discussions on various aspects of the project including realignment of PHE […]
DAK expresses concern over the SKIMS decision to stop admission and surgeries
By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar SKIMS hospital due to the covid surge has decided to stop all routine admissions and surgeries, triggering concern and protests. Where will the normal patients go in such circumstances when the main hospital of Srinagar stops the admissions is the question being asked by common people? Reacting to the decision […]
Growing covid
There is a growing wave of covid infection in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir and Srinagar city needs immediate attention of authorities as most of the cases are being reported from this city. There are hundreds of cases being reported on a daily basis and in the past few days, the numbers have […]