Soldier killed in Pulwama gunfight
Pulwama: A soldier was killed in a gunfight with militants in Kamrazipora area of Pulwama during wee hours of Wednesday. An official said that one among two soldiers who received bullet injuries during exchange of fire at around 2:30 am at Kamrazipora succumbed to his injuries while the other is stable. The slain soldier has […]
2 Dead, Dozens Injured, Over 100 Arrested As Violence Breaks Out In Bengaluru Over Facebook Post
At least two persons were killed, dozens, including policemen, injured during violence that broke out in Bengaluru on Tuesday night after a relative of Congress MLA posted derogatory post against on social media targetting a community. A mob rampaged through Bengaluru’s Pulakeshi Nagar Tuesday night and vandalised a police station and the Congress legislator Akhanda […]
Explained: Why Russian vaccine is a long way from being available in India, if at all
Russia has kept its promise, and approved a novel coronavirus vaccine for public use without the final phase of human trials. It is the first coronavirus vaccine to be approved, though a Chinese vaccine has been cleared for ‘limited use’ much earlier, to be administered only on soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army. The Russian vaccine, developed by Moscow-based […]
National Conference Leaders Not Detained: J&K Officials Tell High Court
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has informed the high court that none of the 16 National Conference leaders, for whom the party’s president Farooq Abdullah and vice-president Omar Abdullah had filed a bunch of habeas corpus petitions seeking their release, had been detained and that they were free to move “with certain precautions” as […]
NC seeks time bound probe into Shopian encounter
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Tuesday demanded a time-bound, impartial probe into the incident of three missing laborers from Rajouri who as per unverified reports were killed in an encounter in Shopian. In a joint statement, Members of Parliament Muhammad Akbar Lone and Hasnain Masoodi while expressing concern over the claims of the family […]
Intensive Red Zone Testing Strategy being prepared
The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam today chaired a meeting to take stock of the efforts toward mitigating COVID-19 pandemic and review the related Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and policies. Administrative Secretaries of departments of Health & Medical Education, Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction and Mission Director, National Health Mission (NHM) participated in […]
Div Com reviews Muharram arrangements
Stresses on adherence to social distancing protocol other SOPs SRINAGAR, AUGUST 11: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today chaired a meeting of officers to review arrangements for the ensuing holy month of Muharram-ul- Haram. The Div Com urged people to maintain proper social distancing protocol and adherence to all Covid-19 related SOPs while […]
Advisor Farooq Khan visits Anantnag; meets delegations, reviews development works
ANANTNAG, AUGUST 11: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, today visited Anantnag district and convened meeting with the district administration besides meeting various delegations and public representatives. Deputy Commissioner, Anantnag, K.K Sidha, apprised the Advisor about various schemes being launched and implemented in the district by various departments besides highlighting achievements registered in the district, […]
Bulletin on Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19)
JK reports 564 new positive cases, 17979 recovered so far JAMMU, AUGUST 11: The Government on Tuesday informed that 564 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 133 from Jammu division and 431 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 25931. […]
Navin Choudhary visits B’la; reviews functioning of Agriculture, allied sectors
Emphasizes Promotion of organic, sustainable farming; e-inaugurates agriculture dev projects BARAMULLA, AUGUST 11: Principal Secretary Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal and Sheep Husbandry, Navin Kumar Choudhary, today visited Baramulla where he chaired a meeting with the concerned officers and had a holistic review of agriculture and allied sectors. Deputy Commissioner Baramulla, Dr G N Itoo, presented a […]