COVID-19 vaccine may be ready in some weeks: PM Modi
Says vaccination to begin after scientists' nod
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said a COVID-19 vaccine may be ready in a few weeks as he noted that experts believe the wait for it will not be long, and asserted that the vaccination drive in India will begin as soon as scientists give the nod. In his remarks here at […]
Roshni scam: CBI initiates four preliminary enquiries
New Delhi: Widening its probe in Roshni scam cases in Jammu and Kashmir, the CBI has registered four preliminary enquiries into the alleged non-compliance of high court directives by officials of the Jammu Development Authority (JDA) and others to “cover up” the complicity in illegal acts of encroachment of land. The first enquiry registered by […]
NIA to probe Nagrota encounter case
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will probe the recent encounter at Nagrota in the Jammu region in which four militants of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), a Pakistan-based outfit, were killed by police, officials said on Friday. The anti-terror probe agency took over the case following a notification issued by the Centre. The gunmen […]
Three more JuD leaders face 15 year jail term
Lahore: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sentenced three more leaders of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) to 15 years imprisonment each in two more terror financing cases. Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Lahore Judge Ijaz Ahmad Buttar handed down the sentence to Abdul Salam bin Muhammad, Zafar Iqbal and Muhammad Ashraf on Thursday. JuD […]
Former JK interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma dies
New Delhi: Administrator of Lakshadweep Dineshwar Sharma passed away on Friday due to lung-related complications, officials said. He was 66. Sharma, a former director of the Intelligence Bureau, was appointed as the administrator of Lakshadweep in October 2019. Prior to this, he was an interlocutor for the Centre to Jammu and Kashmir. Prime Minister Narendra […]
Mughal Road closed due to snowfall
Poonch: The Mughal road, connecting Shopian and Poonch districts, has been closed due to fresh snowfall along the thoroughfare, officials said on Friday. DySP Traffic Rajouri-Poonch Zabir said that the road has been closed as it was snowing near Peer Ki Gali. “The traffic has been closed on both sides as a precautionary measure.The road […]
JK, Ladakh to have Waqf boards soon: Union Minister
New Delhi: Waqf Boards will soon be established in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, and the process for it has already started, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Friday. After chairing a Central Waqf Council meeting here, Naqvi in a statement said that Waqf Boards will be established in […]
SARFAESI Act: Allow banks to take physical possession of mortgaged properties
Srinagar: The administration has directed the district magistrates to clear all pending applications filed by banks and financial institutions for taking over physical possessions of mortgaged properties of defaulting borrow within a week’s time. In a communique, Financial Commissioner Finance Arun Mehta has written to all district magistrates of the UT to dispose all pending […]
Govt schools record 30,000 fresh admissions in one week
Srinagar: At least 30,000 students of Kashmir valley have fetched fresh admissions in government schools in the past one week. Top officials of Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK said that in past week more than 30,000 students have got admissions in various government schools across ten districts of the region. Besides fresh admissions, the […]
COVID-19: 12 more patients die, 544 test positive in JK
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Friday recorded 12 deaths due to COVID-19 taking the death toll to 1,730 while as 544 positive cases were reported taking the tally of positive cases to 112,256. Of the exact number of 112,256 cases, 66,794 are from Kashmir and 45,462 from Jammu division. Officials said that among 544 new […]
