Soldiers halt traffic for half-an-hour near BB Cantt
Srinagar: Traffic came to standstill Friday afternoon outside army headquarters Badamibagh here in Kashmir capital Srinagar for almost half an hour after soldiers emerged on the road and laid barricades. Eyewitnesses said that right from Brigadier Rajinder Singh Gate up to GB Panth Hospital, army closed the road, laid concertina wires and halted vehicular movement. […]
Meeting to review quality of pesticides held
SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary, Agriculture and Horticulture departments, Navin Kumar Choudhury, Friday chaired an officers meeting to review the quality of pesticides being provided to orchardists and farmers. The meeting was attended by Director Horticulture, Director Agriculture, Director Enforcement and other officers. The meeting discussed public complaints regarding the supply of substandard pesticides to the orchardists […]
VC KVIB chairs bankers meet
JAMMU: Vice Chairperson Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB), Dr. Hina Shafi Bhat, Friday chaired Bankers meet to review progress under Prime Ministers Employment Generation Programme and JK Rural Employment Generation Programme. The bankers, while presenting details about the number of cases sanctioned so far under both the schemes, informed that the pending cases under […]
SKIMS conducts first ‘Bone Marrow Transplant’ procedure
Srinagar: The Department of Clinical Haematology at SKIMS Soura has for the first time performed a matched sibling Allogenic Stem Cell/Bone Marrow Transplant for a patient suffering from severe Aplastic Anemia. This procedure is highly advanced treatment and is done at only two other Government Hospitals in whole of Northern India (AIIMS, New-Delhi & PGIMER, […]
565 new Covid-19 cases surface in JK
Srinagar, Nov 27: Jammu and Kashmir reported 565 new covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 108871. Official sources said that Srinagar reported 88, Baramulla 35, Budgam 23, Pulwama 21, Kupwara 29, Anantnag 8, Bandipora 9, Ganderbal 14, Kulgam 5, Shopian 6, Jammu 142, Rajouri 19, Udhampur 49, Doda 36, […]
SMC Mayor Junaid Mattoo joins JKAP
Srinagar, Nov 27: Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Mayor, Junaid Azim Mattoo Friday formally joined Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) at the party’s head office in Lal Chowk area of Srinagar. Mattoo was welcomed in the party fold by its president and former minister Syed Altaf Bukhari. Many leaders including former minister Ashraf Mir were […]
Two soldiers killed in shelling along LoC in Rajouri: Army
Poonch, Nov 27: Two army soldiers were killed along the Line of Control (LoC) in Suderbani area o Rajouri, officials said here on Friday. “Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked cease fire violation on the Line of Control (LoC) in Sunderbani Sector of District Rajouri on 27 November,” Lt Col Devender Anand, army’s Jammu based spokesman […]
DDC poll days declared as holidays
Jammu, Nov 27: Government on Thursday announced holidays for scheduled election days of DDC and Sarpanch bye-elections across Jammu and Kashmir. An order in this regard issued reads that “Public holiday shall be observed in the respective Gram Panchayat(s)/Municipal Bodies on the day of Poll, on account of Elections to District Development Councils and Panchayats/Municipal […]
COVID-19 caseload in India climbs to 93,09,787
New Delhi, Nov 27 (PTI) India’s COVID-19 tally of cases climbed to 93.09 lakh with 43,082 new cases in a day, while 87,18,517 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 93.64 per cent on Friday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 93,09,787 and the death […]
Farmers’ protest: Delhi Police fire tear gas shells to disperse farmers at Singhu border
New Delhi, Nov 27 (PTI) The Delhi Police on Friday used tear gas shells to disperse a group of farmers who had reached the Singhu border as part of their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march to protest against the Centre’s new farm laws, a senior police officer said. The shells were fired at the border point which […]
