Earthquake Of Magnitude 5.8 Hits J&K, Third In Three Days
Jammu– An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 hit Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Tuesday, officials said, the third to hit J&K in three days. However, there were no reports of any damage, they said. The earthquake occurred at 7 AM and its epicenter was is Tajikistan, according to the officials. Strong tremors were […]
Junaid Mattu Loses No-Confidence Motion, Removed As Srinagar MayorJunaid Mattu Loses No-Confidence Motion, Removed As Srinagar Mayor
Srinagar- Junaid Azim Mattu was on Tuesday removed as the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) mayor after he lost a no-confidence motion moved against him in the city body. The People’s Conference leader, whose election as Srinagar mayor had generated controversy two years ago, took to Twitter to announce his defeat. “The vote of ‘No Confidence Motion’ […]
WAITING FOR VERDICT
The petitioners for the restoration of 4G services have now in a fresh writ petition asked the Supreme Court to go for contempt against the senior officers of Union Government for not making the committee functional which would finally decide about the high speed internet in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The petitioner through […]
Construction along LAC to be expedited
Amid India-China standoff in the eastern Ladakh, India has decided to expedite the development activities and construction work at strategic locations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China. In this context, a special train with over 1,600 labourers from Jharkhand reached the Udhampur railway station in the wee hours of Monday. The labourers […]
Authorities in Kashmir Order Partial Opening of Mughal Road for Transporting Fruits
The authorities in Kashmir Monday ordered the partial opening of Mughal Road — the alternate road connecting the valley with the rest of the country — for transportation of fruit produce to markets outside the union territory. “It is hereby notified for information of general public/fruit growers that the Mughal road is hereby declared open […]
Minor reshuffle in police deptt. RR Swain is new ADGP CID
Srinagar, June 15 (KNS) : Jammu and Kashmir Government on Monday ordered appointment of RR Swain as new intelligence chief of the Union Territory. The order issued to KNS reads R,.R . Srinivas, ADGP (CID), J&K, is transferred and posted as Commandant General, HG/CD/SDRF and shall also hold the charge of the post of Director […]
COVID-19: 23 discharged from SKIMS Bemina after recovery
SRINAGAR, JUNE 15: As many as 23 COVID-19 patients were discharged today from SKIMS Bemina (JVC), after successful completion of treatment and repeatedly testing negative for the said virus. With this the numbers of COVID-19 recovered patient’s moves to 345 and at present 100 patients are still under treatment. 04 patients failed to fight COVID, […]
Won’t be part of no-confidence motion: BJP chief whip
Srinagar, June 15 (KNS): BJPs cheif Whip on Monday clarified that party will not be part of no-confidence motion. According to KNS, party’s chief Whip Arif Raja said “that we are not part of no-confidence motion’. He clarified that “if any of our corporators have participated in motion of no-confidence, the same should not be […]
Declared ‘Out of Bounds on May 30, Kathua PS Resumes Operations after Cops Recover from Covid-19
A police station in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday resumed functioning after remaining closed for over a fortnight following three policemen testing positive for coronavirus. The police station was declared ‘out of bounds’ on May 30. “Happy to inform that all personnel of Kathua PS (police station) have reported negative for Corona. […]
Covid-19: Elderly Budgam Man Tests Positive Day After Death, J&K Toll 62
Srinagar- A day after a 70-year-old man from Budgam district died at a hospital here, his swab sample returned positive for the Covid-19 on Monday, taking the death toll due to novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir to 62, officials said. “A septuagenarian patient from Chadoora area of the central Kashmir district with sepsis and bilateral […]