Elderly tourist from Maharashtra dies of COVID-19 in Srinagar
An elderly tourist from Maharashtra died of COVID-19 in a hospital in the summer capital, Srinagar. Official sources said that a 70-year-old patient, a resident of Pune in Maharashtra, was admitted to SHMS hospital on Tuesday after he complained of breathlessness and other symptoms associated with COVID-19. They said the patient, who was suffering from […]
Div Com visits holding centre at Hiranagar, interacts with internees
JAMMU, MARCH 31: Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Dr. Raghav Langer today visited holding centre at Hiranagar to assess the facilities being provided to the internees at the holding centre notified by the Home Department of UT of J&K. He was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner, Kathua, Rahul Yadav; SSP Kathua, R.C. Kotwal; Staff Officer to DG Prisons, […]
Eco-tourism
Despite a lot of quarries to the travel agencies across India for the adventure tourism in Jammu and Kashmir, the government could offer little till recently Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha cleared many trekking routes so that ecotourism could take a center stage during the current season. It would be a huge push to promote eco-tourism […]
Only 1 pc population in J&K vaccinated against COVID-19 so far: DAK
Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday said that only one per cent of the population in Jammu and Kashmir has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 so far. “That means most of the people are still susceptible to COVID-19 infection,” DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan said. “As per the vaccination data from […]
Sarita Chauhan reviews functioning of Labour Department in Kashmir
Rs 62 cr disbursed as financial assistance under various welfare schemes SRINAGAR, MARCH 30: Commissioner Secretary, Labour and Employment (L&E), Sarita Chauhan today chaired a meeting to review functioning of the department at Civil Secretariat here. The meeting was attended by Labour Commissioner, J&K, Abdul Rashid War; Deputy Labour Commissioner, Kashmir, Ahmad Hussain Bhat; Assistant […]
J-K reports 359 fresh covid cases, highest so far this year
Jammu and Kashmir reported 359 fresh covid-19 cases, the most in a day so far this year, to take the overall tally of the infections to 130587, officials said on Tuesday. Also, one death due to the virus was reported in the last 24 hours, taking the J-K’s fatality count to 1990—735 in Jammu and […]
Fresh spike in covid cases, administration yet to decide about the restrictions
By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar JK administration has opened all the educational institutions private coaching centers, hospitals, nursing homes, markets and passenger transport even as in this month of March there has been a sharp increase in covid-19 cases. While the district commissioner of Srinagar has already told his administration to go for slapping fines […]
Tourism is back
In the past few months, Kashmir valley has witnessed brisk tourism especially during the winters and the Gulmarg has been a busy destination for the winter tourism. Now in this spring season, there are visible signs that the industry is picking up and the government has organized a Tulip festival in order to give a […]
Omar, AP condemns Sopore attack
Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Apni Party (AP) on Monday strongly condemned militant attack in Sopore in which a Councilor and a police personnel were killed and another councilor injured. Vice President of the National Conference (NC) Omar taking to micro-blogging site Twitter “ said News coming in of a militant attack on the […]
Govt. rolls out Houseboats Policy
Introduces concepts of sustainable and responsible tourism to protect the marine eco-system Houseboats moored in Dal & Nigeen lakes to be e-registered within 30 days JAMMU, MARCH 29: The Administrative Council (AC), which met under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the roll-out of policy and guidelines for sustainable operation of houseboats in […]