Mian Altaf grieved over loss to property in Kangan, seeks compensation for the affected
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Senior leader and former minister Mian Altaf Ahmed on Saturday expressed grief over the unfortunate incident where in a four-storey residential house, 20 shops and a cow shed were completely damaged after a massive landslide in Bonibagh village of Kangan on Friday. While expressing solodarity with the affected families and […]
Decision to notify ‘strategic areas’ an attempt to unrecognisably alter the destiny of the people of Kashmir: Peoples Conference
Slamming the decisions by the administrative council paving the way for notifying “strategic areas” for the armed forces, Peoples Conference senior vice president Abdul Gani Vakil said that these moves are meant to alter, unrecognisably, the destiny of the people of Kashmir. Asserting that the present proposal is aimed at taking complete control of these […]
Covid care response mismanaged from the day one: CPI(M)
With Covid19 spreading thick and fast across Jammu and Kashmir, it looks as if the administration has run out of options and is reconciled to the pandemic running its course. The lockdown imposed in March would have been useful if it would have been effectively used to build capacities in terms of creation of large […]
J&K govt has failed to tackle COVID-19 pandemic: Monga
While terming the rising COVID-19 positive cases and deaths due to the deadly virus in Kashmir as worrisome, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Vice President and former MLC G N Monga today said that J&K government has run out of options and has failed to tackle the pandemic. according to statement issued to […]
LG Murmu visits Kupwara, took stock of developmental activities, meet delegates
Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu Saturday toured frontier district Kupwara and too stock of the developmental activities. He also interacted several delegations who apprised him about multiple hardships being people faced in the district. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), LG Murmu, during his visit, took detailed review of the developmental works being carried out […]
PRIs to get Mining Rights through Short Term Permits
The Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu, approved the amendment of Jammu and Kashmir Minor Mineral Concession, Storage, Transportation of Minerals and Prevention of Illegal Mining Rules, 2016. The amendment will enable grant of Short Term Permits to the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) on land up […]
Pak man arrested at LoC in Rajouri
Jammu: A Pakistani “intruder” was arrested by the Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said on Saturday. The man was found moving into this side in Nowshera sector late Friday night and was immediately arrested, he said. The official said the man was being questioned. […]
Defence minister Rajnath Singh visits Amarnath cave shrine in Kashmir Himalayas
Defence minister Rajnath Singh, who is on a 2-day visit to Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, on Saturday morning visited the Amarnath cave shrine to pay obeisance and perform Puja. Reports said Singh was accompanied by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and Army chief General MM Naravane. Singh had on Friday […]
LOCKDOWN AGAIN
Srinagar city is again under lockdown to arrest the growing trend of coronavirus positive cases. In this direction Strict lockdown restrictions were re-imposed in most parts of Kashmir, including in the city here, there has been a surge in COVID-19 cases in the valley. Strict restrictions have been imposed in Srinagar and other parts of […]
COVID-19: 80-yr-old woman from Bandipora dies; J-K toll 232
An 80-year-old COVID-19 positive woman from Bandipora died at a hospital in Srinagar, taking the fatality count due to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir to 232. Unnamed senior doctor at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS), octogenarian was admitted on 11 July as a case […]