Women in J-K wield hockey sticks to enforce lockdown
As offenders continue to violate lockdown, womenfolk in Jammu have picked hockey sticks to ‘teach a lesson’ to those who are unnecessary stepping out ‘just for entertainment’, amid shutdown. On the outskirts of Jammu, ex-Sarpanch of Chatha, Gurmeet Kour, has taken this initiative and within no time a large number of women came forward to […]
Teachers, students face hard time with slow internet services in J&K, demand 4G network
The students and teachers in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are finding it tough to keep up with the pace of their counterparts in other states owing to the low-speed internet as schools have started online classes to help students during the COVID-19 lockdown. The schools are using different kinds of digital modes to […]
COVID-19: 17 more test positive in J-K, tally rises to 224
Srinagar: Seventeen more people have been tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir; among them five are from Jammu division, while twelve are from Kashmir. The tally of the Union Territory has risen to 224. The government’s spokesperson, Rohit Kansal, confirmed that seveteen more cases have been detected. “5 are from Jammu division […]
Pakistani army shells forward posts, villages along LoC in J-K’s Poonch
Jammu, April 11 The Pakistani army on Saturday resorted to intense mortar shelling on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The latest ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Kirni sector comes barely 12 hours of intense firing and shelling in nearby Balakote and […]
Jammu And Kashmir Govt ‘Halts’ Darbar Move For The First Time In 148 Years
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday ordered the formal opening of the annual Darbar Move offices in summer capital Srinagar on May 4 but said the employees shall work on “as is where is” basis. This is for the first time in 148 years that the Jammu and Kashmir government has ‘halted’ the traditional […]
Kulgam encounter: Search begins as militants believed to have fled
Pika LMG gun, IED material recovered from encounter spot’ Kulgam, Apr 11 (KNO): After brief exchange of fire, no contact has been established with the militants in Nandimarg area of Damhal Hanjipora in Kulgam district and it is believed that militants have managed to give a slip to forces, leaving behind a Pika LMG […]
Covid19 lockdown: CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury demands special train for students, workers of J&K
, April 10 (KNS): Senior CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury on said Government should arrange special Transport arrangements for workers, students who are stranded in different state of India. ” A special train services should be arranged for them so that they can go join their families. When Govt can bring people from other countries, why […]
Darbar Move: Offices to open in Srinagar on May 04
JAMMU, APRIL 10: The government today accorded sanction to the formal opening of the Darbar Move offices for the summer session-2020 at Srinagar on May 04, 2020 (Monday) at 9:30 a.m. According to the order issued by GAD, in view of the extraordinary circumstances due to Covid-19 pandemic Civil Secretariat at Jammu shall continue to […]
COVID-19: RDD Kashmir produces, distributes 1100 face-masks per day among rural population
Deptt ropes in local entrepreneurs, SHGs for mass production of masks: Dir RDD SRINAGAR, APRIL 8: Director, Department of Rural Development (RDD), Kashmir, Qazi Sarwar on Friday informed that the RDD Kashmir is presently producing and distributing 1100 masks per-day among the rural population. He said the initiative is part of the various measures taken […]
COVID-19: 23 more test positive in J-K; tally rises to 207
Srinagar: Twenty-three more cases of the novel coronavirus have been detected in Jammu and Kashmir. The tally has risen to 207; among them 168 are from Kashmir Valley and thirty-nine are from Jammu. Talking to The Kashmir Walla, Dr. G H Yatoo, Nodal Officer for the coronavirus at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science, Soura, said that out of […]