COVID-19: Senior Kashmiri doctor dies in Saudi Arabia
Srinagar: A 69-year-old doctor from Nishat area of Srinagar has died of covid-19 in Saudi Arabia, his family friend said on Thursday. The sexagenarian was working as senior radiologist in Saudi from last more than 35 years including the local ministry of health. “He worked in a private hospital in Saudi mostly in Jeddah and […]
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J&K Tourism Department has taken no tangible steps for the tourist industry in Jammu and Kashmir as this main economic plank of Kashmir is facing severe financial crisis. Recently in the media it was reported that the department is planning about programmes it may conduct once tourists head back to Kashmir. Officials of tourism in […]
South Kashmir: Another gunfight rages, now in Shopian
Srinagar :Gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Bandpawa village of Imam Sahib in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thrusday. Reports said said that a joint team of Police, Army’s 44 RR and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation Bandpawa. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired […]
NC dismayed over government’s move to station pivotal departments in Jammu secretariat
Srinagar, 17 June (KNS): Jammu and National conference on Wednesday expressed disappointment over the government’s unprecedented move to station various pivotal departments in Jammu secretariat saying the illogical order besides disempowering Kashmir will impinge on the efforts underway while tackling the burgeoning cases of COVID19 in the valley. In a statement issued to KNS reads, […]
Tania Parveen, the Kolkata woman LeT ‘tasked’ with honey-trapping soldiers, finding recruits
New Delhi: It was in August last year, soon after the scrapping of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, that Tania Parveen, a final-year student at the Maulana Azad College in Kolkata, came under the radar of Indian intelligence agencies for allegedly being in touch with members of Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). According to sources, […]
Div Com reviews progress on Jammu Smart City Project
JAMMU, JUNE 17: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma today chaired a meeting of concerned officers to review the progress of works under Jammu Smart City Project. The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner, Jammu Sushma Chauhan; Chief Engineer, Jal Shakti, Sanjeev Chadda; Chief Engineer, PWD (R&B), Des Raj; Chief Engineer JPDCL, Gurmeet Singh, besides other […]
PHQ approves Financial Assistance for Covid-19 affected police personnel
JAMMU, JUNE 17 (KNS): To provide assistance to Police Personnel getting affected by the deadly Coronavirus (Covid-19) Police Headquarters, J&K has issued a circular directing therein all the DDOs of Police for providing financial assistance to the virus affected police personnel. The circular has been issued by Police Headquarters, J&K. According to statement issued to […]
NIA appoints Nodal Officer for Union Territory of J&K
Jammu, June 17 (KNS): Government of India Undertaking, the New India Assurance Company (NIA), which has insured more than 22.12 lakh healthcare workers of India who are on the frontline of battle against COVID-19 under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojna (PMGKB ), has nominated Dr. Daleep Pandita, its Senior Divisional Manager as Nodal Officer for […]
Day 4: No trace of missing Srinagar trekker
Four days after he went missing, there has been no trace of the Srinagar trekker so far, officials said on Wednesday. Hilal Ahmed Dar, a resident of Bemina Srinagar, was part of a group of five persons who had gone for trekking to Gangabal lake in Ganderbal district on Sunday morning. While others got back […]
Hostile quarantine facilities to prove counterproductive: JKAP
Srinagar, June 17 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) leader Abdul Rasheed Mir on Wednesday urged the district administration Budgam not to keep the COVID suspect persons under quarantine at far off places and instead use the available government buildings as isolation wards in their own villages. In a statement issued to KNS, Mir […]