COVID-19: Govt evacuates 3,32,951 stranded JK residents; 2,30,648 via Lakhanpur, 102,303 through special trains

JAMMU, AUGUST 20: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 3,32,951 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, […]
Lt Governor Visits Reasi; Reviews developmental scenario in the district

REASI, AUGUST 20: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today reiterated the instructions regarding prompt delivery of public services and institutionalized mechanism for the redressal of public grievances. ‘People should not be kept waiting for basic services like category certificate, Domicile certificate etc, which can be issued promptly. Further, redressal of public grievances should […]
Navin Choudhary reviews progress under PMDP, CAPEX, CSS, other schemes

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 20- Principal Secretary, Agriculture and Horticulture departments, Navin Kumar Choudhary today chaired a meeting to review the progress made under CAPEX, PMDP, Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) and other relevant components in Atmanirbhar Bharat in Agriculture and Horticulture sectors across Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting was attended […]
Class IV posts: JKSSB’s Portal records 5,75, 400 registrations; 3,05,900 candidates submit online application so far

JAMMU, AUGUST 20: Till today morning 5,75,400 Registrations have been done by the candidates on JKSSB’s Online Portal, since the commencement of online application submission from 10th July, 2020 and 3,05,900 candidates completed their online application submission process for Class IV posts. Also 1,06,500 applications have been submitted online for the post of Accounts Assistant. […]
29-year-old man electrocuted to death in north Kashmir

Srinagar: 29-year-old youth died on Thursday after he received an electric shock at his home in Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. A police officer said that the youth identified as Hilal Ahmad Bhat son of Wali Mohammad received the electric shock at home and fell unconscious. The family members took him to a […]
JKAP leader interacts with Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha

Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) leader and former legislator Javed Hassan Beigh on Thursday reiterated his party’s demand for an exemplary punishment to those who are found guilty of making blasphemous remarks against the Prophet Mohammad (SAW) in Jammu province. Beigh while interacting with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha who had visited Baramulla district on […]
Multiple Landslides Block Kashmir Highway

Banihal/Jammu- Multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains blocked the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district on Thursday, leaving over 200 vehicles stranded, officials said. The 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, was blocked by landslides at Trishul Morh, Battery Cheshma and Pantiyal areas, officials said. As a result, over […]
Eleven injured in Poonch road accident

Srinagar: At least eleven persons were injured in an accident that took place at Behra village of Poonch’s Mendhar Sub Division. A local news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) quoting police reported that accident took place on Thursday morning when a Tata Sumo bearing registration number JK02AB-5463 skidded off the road and eleven persons travelling in […]
Hundreds rally against blasphemous remarks in north Kashmir

Srinagar: Hundreds rallied against blasphemy remarks on Prophet Muhammad (SAW) in North Kashmir’s Pattan town of Baramulla district on Thursday morning. A local news gathering agency Kashmir News Trust reported that hundreds of people participated in the twin protests. A protest was registered in Pattan Bazar while another surfaced from Nihalpora Pattan. A team led […]
“Fed up of detention”: Father-daughter Panch duo from south Kashmir resign

Srinagar: Fed up with the continuous virtual ‘detention’, father-daughter duo Panchs from Manigam ward number 1 and 2 of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district have announced their formal resignation with a pledge that they won’t now work with any political party or will keep any affiliation with Congress party with which they were associated. “We have […]