Govt evacuates 99,617 stranded JK residents; 70,706 via Lakhanpur, 28,911 through COVID special trains
JAMMU, MAY 29: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 99,617 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 regarding the Virus. As per the official data received […]
Hailstorm damages crops in Southern districts
Srinagar, May 29, KNT: Wind storm has severely damaged crops in Southern districts on Friday. Eyewitnesses told news agency KNT that hailstorm created havoc in villages of Pulwama, Shopian and Anantnag. They said hail storm also damaged crops in Pahlagam and its adjacent areas. The apple orchards in Pahalgam, Shangus, Rajpora, Abhama, Bagh Sangerwani, […]
NC will not participate in delimitation exercise: Aga Ruhullah
Srinagar, May 29 (KNO): National Conference on Friday said it has decided against participating in delimitation exercise . ” The @JKNC_ will not participate in the delimitation exercise,” NC leader Aga Syed Ruhullah Medhi tweeted. At present, hectic deliberations are going on between NC chief Dr Farooq Abdullah, vice president Omar Abdullah and the […]
Monkeys steal Coronavirus test samples in Uttar Pradesh
A troop of monkeys on Friday ran away with coronavirus test samples from Meerut Medical College in Uttar Pradesh. According to an India Today report, a troop of monkeys attacked a lab technician who was carrying samples of suspected Covid-19 patients for testing and ran away after snatching three samples. The incident occurred inside the […]
2 more Mumbai Police personnel succumb to Covid-19, forces’ toll rises to 25 in Maharashtra
Two constables of Mumbai Police died due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), taking the death toll in the force’s city unit to 16 and 25 across Maharashtra, officials said on Friday. The two deaths were reported from Dahisar and Bandra police stations of the state capital of Maharashtra. Incidentally, one of the Mumbai Police personnel […]
Cherries without market
Cherry growers of Kashmir valley have appealing to the authorities for the past two months to arrange special air cargo flights to lift fresh cherry from Kashmir to Mumbai. According to these growers they were having tie up with business houses in Mumbai to supply fresh cherries of this season. However, officials have maintained as […]
PCB hires Saqlain, Bradburn and Asser at key posts in High Performance Centre
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has made three more appointments for its newly-introduced project of the National High Performance Centre, bringing in former Test off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq besides relieving Grant Bradburn as fielding coach to hand him a different set of responsibilities at the centre. The third appointment is that of Asser Malik as […]
Trump to target social media with executive order
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump was set to target social media giants like Twitter, which he accuses of bias against him, with an executive order opening them to new regulation. “This will be a Big Day for Social Media and FAIRNESS!” Trump said on Twitter. The wording of the executive order remained under wraps. A […]
No proposal with Centre on formation of interim Govt or advisory council in J&K: BJP president
‘It is all propaganda ; no reality in it’ Srinagar, May 28 (KNO): The Bharatiya Janta Party on Thursday said there is no proposal with the Centre about formation of interim government or advisory council in Jammu & Kashmir. Talking to news agency. Ravinder Raina, BJP’s J&K UT president, said there is no question about […]
Centre constitutes permanent bench of CAT for J&K, Ladakh
As Centre’s decision to extend the jurisdiction of Chandigarh branch of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) over J&K had evoked strong reactions, the Union Government on Thursday announced to set up separate CAT bench for the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh. The 18th bench of the CAT – named Jammu Bench – would have jurisdiction over […]