Covid-positive UK returnees went to 9 states, including Punjab; genome sequencing of samples under way
COVID positive UK returnees have moved to nine states including Punjab, the government said today, asking all these states to track these travellers as the genome sequencing of samples progresses. The Centre also said so far no UK mutant strain has been detected in India. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan reviewed status of these travellers […]
Gill impresses at nets
Determined to leave behind the embarrassing defeat in the series-opener, the Indian team, under stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane, switched its focus to red-ball cricket today with Shubman Gill and others grinding it out during a net session ahead of the Boxing Day Test. Gill, who was not considered for the opening Test despite scoring 43 […]
Afghan police team welcoming back Taliban fighters
PANJWAI (Afghanistan): After more than a decade fighting for the Taliban and being hounded by Afghan and US forces, Haji Lala thought there was little chance of ever returning home. Once a commander and senior district official for the militant group, he says he was captured and detained for two and a half years. When […]
Missing elderly man found dead in Ganderbal village
Ganderbal:The body of a 50-year -old man was found dead in his native village on Thursday morning, four days after he went missing from his home in Kangan area in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Official sources said that the family of the septuagenarian had been searching for him for the last four days and their […]
J&K govt anounces winter vacation for degree colleges
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday announced winter vacation for degree colleges in the region. As per an order issued by Commissioner Secretary J&K Higher Education Department, Talat Parvez Rohella, winter vacation for government colleges in summer zone Jammu shall commence on December 26 till January 4. For those in Kashmir division and […]
Al-Badr module busted in south Kashmir, four over ground workers arrested
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday claimed to have busted a module of Al-Badr militant outfit by arresting its four over ground workers in south Kashmir’s Awantipora district. In a statement, the police said that based upon the specific information about the presence of militants of outfit Al- Bader in village Dadsara and […]
Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)
JK reports 250 new positive cases, 113645 recovered so far JAMMU, DECEMBER 23-The Government on Wednesday informed that250 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 135 from Jammu division and 115 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 119053. Also 03 […]
Lt Governor e-inaugurates 128 Computer Aided Learning Centres; 200 ICT Labs in schools established under Samagra Shiksha across J&K
Digital learning effectively uses technology to strengthen a student’s learning experience: LG Urges teachers to keep upgrading their teaching-learning skills, especially in digital literacy JAMMU, DECEMBER 23: With an aim to spread digital literacy in schools across the UT, the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today e-inaugurated 128 Computer Aided Learning Centres (CALCs) and 200 Information […]
Three CRPF men injured in Grenade Attack in Tawheed Chowk Daderhama Ganderbal
At least three Central Reserve Police Force personnel were injured in a grenade attack, hurled by unknown militants at Tawheed Chowk Daderhama in District Ganderbal. Soon after the incident, the area was sealed off and a search operation was launched to nab the attackers. “The grenade was lobbed at CRPF Bunker 115 Bn G-coy deployed […]
Srinagar freezes at minus 5.0°C, dry weather to continue till 27 Dec evening
After slight improvement in temperatures from past few days, night temperature dropped in many parts of Jammu and Kashmir. Kashmir weather, an independent weather forecaster, said minimum temperature settled at minus 5.0 degrees Celsius in Srinagar — 0.2 degrees up from minus 5.2 degree Celsius the previous night. The ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded a […]