SDH Bijbhera’s Medical Superintendent Suspended
Srinagar: Director Health Services Kashmir on Saturday placed under suspension incharge Medical Superintendent Sub District hospital Bijbehara, Dr.Shaukat Hussain Parray, following a report by an inquiry committee against him. “In view of the report submitted by the enquiry Committee which was constituted by this office, Dr.Shaukat Hussain Parray I/C Medical Superintendent SDH Bijbehara is hereby […]
Two injured in cross-LoC shelling in Uri
SRINAGAR: Two civilians were injured after India and Pakistan armies exchange fire along the LoC in Uri town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday. Locals said that two civilians identified as Maqbool Ah Mangral and Ahmad Sheikh sustained splinter injuries in the shelling Nambla village in Uri sector. Both the injured, having multiple splinter […]
COVID-19: Kulgam woman passes away in Srinagar hospital, death toll in J-K reaches 79
Srinagar: The death toll due to covid-19 rose to 79 in Jammu and Kashmir as swap sample report of an 80-year-old woman, who passed away at a hospital here, returned positive for the novel coronavirus on Saturday. Dr Nazir Choudhary, Medical Superintendent SMHS hospital, told a local news gathering agency Global News Agency that the […]
FINANCIAL PACKAGE
Kashmir has been waiting for a comprehensive financial package in the past ten months but the central government is maintaining silence. In a recent press conference, KCCI chief said that they had meetings from Prime Minister to Home Minister to Finance Minister and were expecting a handsome package, but the coronavirus lockdown washed away everything. […]
PHD chamber interacts with Finance Minster, apprises business community’s issues in J&K
Srinagar, 17 June (KNS): The senior leadership of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Friday interacted with Hon’ble Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitaraman through webinar. The meeting was attended by Mr Baldev Singh Raina, Mr Mushtaq Ahmad Chaya, Mr Rahul Sahai and Mr Rakesh Wazir from J&K. The Hon’ble Minister was conveyed in writing […]
GOI excluded Kashmiri businessmen from Economic package: Sheikh Ashiq
Srinagar, June 19 (KNS): Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries Sheikh Ashiq today asked the state Government to come up with the special economic package for revival of economic activity here which is in doldrums since August last year. Taking to KNS, Ashiq said that GOI has excluded Kashmiri business community from Rs 20,000 crore […]
District hospital Anantnag unequipped to tackle COVID cases: JKAP
SRINAGAR, June 19: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) leader Nazir Wani Dailgami on Friday demanded upgradation of healthcare infrastructure especially in the district hospital Anantnag in order to make it efficient to tackle COVID-19 cases. In a statement issued to KNS, Dailgami, said that a number of testing equipment in district hospital Anantnag are […]
NC welcomes shift from jingoism to peace
Srinagar, June 19 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir National Conference has welcomed the apparent shift in the BJP’s stand from belligerence to amity and peace, discernible from the recent statements of Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari, two senior Ministers in the Union Cabinet. The NC Members of Parliament Dr Farooq Abdullah, Mohammad Akbar Lone, Hasnain Masoodi […]
Forest Fire Triggers Landmine Blasts Along LoC In Poonch
Jammu- A massive forest fire broke out along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district triggering some landmine blasts on Friday, sources said. There was a forest fire which spread along the LoC in the Mankote sector. Few landmines exploded due to it, they said. Forest officials and the army are working to […]
Eight militants killed in Shopian, Pulwama encounters
Shopian/ Pulwama: Eight militants were killed in two separate encounters in south Kashmir’s Pulwama and Shopian districts in the past 24 hours. The slain include two militants who had taken refuge inside a mosque in Meej area of Pampore in Pulwama district. The gunfights broke out yesterday with police confirming a militant killing in each […]