COVID-19: Govt evacuates 2,39,966 stranded JK residents; 1,66,274 via Lakhanpur, 73,692 through special trains
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 2,39,966 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, the Jammu and […]
Apni party projects restoration of statehood main demand in memorandum
The Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) led by its president Syed Altaf Bukhari during a meeting with Lt Governor demanded the restoration of statehood for the J&K and domicile rights over land and jobs for its people. The demand for statehood was the first demand in the memorandum. According to the party statement, the […]
Subsidized sugar to be provided to AAY families
The Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu, accorded sanction to the Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs for procurement of 3000 MT of sugar from National Agriculture Co-operative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED). As per sanction, the Department will procure 2800 MT per […]
Government issues clarification: Misinformation being spread on regulating construction in ‘Strategic Areas’ for Armed Forces for their operational requirements
The Government has recently approved a special dispensation for regulating construction in “Strategic Areas”, required by the Armed Forces for their direct operational and training requirements. Some misgivings have been expressed in the media regarding the decision. A few political parties are deliberately misleading people as if land is being transferred to Armed Forces and […]
COVID claims 6 more lives in J&K, toll 242
Six more patients who were tested positive for deadly COVID-19 have died in Jammu and Kashmir, thus taking the total number of deaths due to the virus to 242 in the Union Territory. Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that patients who died include an 80-year-old woman from Rainawari Srinagar, a 59-year-old man […]
In Pulwama, duo arrested in a night raid
Two persons were arrested during a nocturnal raid in South Kashmir’s Pulwama hamlet, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Trust (KNT). In the raid that was conducted during the intervening night of 18 and 19 July in Drabgam village of the district, KNT reported quoting local sources, armored vehicles entered into the village, picked up two […]
In Kupwara, private school teacher detained under PSA
A private school teacher and a former activist of banned outfit Jamaat-e-Islami J-K from north Kashmir’s Kupwara district was booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) and has been shifted to sub-jail Kupwara, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Service (KNS). Zahoor Abbass Khan, a 39-year-old son of Mohammad Abbas Khan of Devar Lolab, KNS reported quoting […]
What are human challenge trials — the experiment Oxford is considering for its Covid vaccine
Bengaluru: The Jenner Institute, which is working collaboratively on developing the promising vaccine candidate from University of Oxford, is considering human challenge trials to expedite results, according to a report in The Guardian Thursday. Human challenge trials (HCTs) are those where participants are exposed to the virus on purpose, which is normally not allowed for ethical reasons. Exposure occurs in […]
Wrist is history: Azhar recalls his 3 hundreds, and his Eden
Third Test in Kolkata, from December 31, 1984 to January 5, 1985; Azhar 110, DNB Fourth Test in Madras, from January 13 to 18, 1985; Azhar 48, 105 Fifth Test in Kanpur, from January 31 to February 5, 1985; Azhar 122, 54* Calcutta was boiling with anger. ‘No Kapil, no Test’ was the call. India […]
Another death takes J&K Covid-19 toll to 238
Jammu and Kashmir reported two more deaths due to covid-19 on Sunday, taking the fatality count due to the virus to 238 in J&K. Official sources told GNS that one of the victims was an 84-year-old man from Baramulla. They said the patient was admitted to SKIMS Soura on July 16 as a case of […]