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 […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 3,03,013 stranded JK residents; 2,09,744 via Lakhanpur, 93,269 through special trains
JAMMU, AUGUST 11: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 3,03,013 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, […]
Director Horticulture Kashmir reviews functioning of the department
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 11: Director Horticulture Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat today reviewed the functioning of department here. The meeting discussed progress of developmental activities and advisory, guidance provided to fruit growers vis-à-vis spray schedule and pesticides that are to be used to contain different types of disease. All the concerned district heads and field functionaries were […]
Confirmed Number Of Coronavirus Cases Worldwide Reach 20 Million
The confirmed number of coronavirus cases in the world has reached 20 million. That’s according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. Health officials believe the actual number is much higher, given testing limitations and the fact that as many as 40% of all those who are infected have no symptoms. The US, India […]