Govt orders top officials to identify ‘inefficient employees’
Srinagar: The Government has asked administrative secretaries to initiate process to identity employees who are “ineffective in work or not fit to continue” after completion of 22 years of service or have attained 48 years of age. In October last year, the J&K government had amended Article 226 (2) of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil […]
COVID-19 breakthrough infection due to Delta variant: Study
New Delhi: The Delta variant of SARS-COV-2 was behind majority of clinical cases of breakthrough infection of COVID-19 but only 9.8 per cent cases required hospitalisation and fatality was observed in only 0.4 per cent cases, according to a new ICMR study. Breakthrough infection is if one gets infected even after immunisation. The study, the […]
Rising COVID-19 cases: PM asks states to take proactive steps to prevent third wave
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that rising COVID-19 cases in some states remain a matter of concern as he asked them to take proactive measures to rule out a third wave by moving forward with the strategy of test, track, treat and ‘tika (vaccine)’. In a video interaction with chief ministers […]
Minimization of accumulated waste: JK adopting ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ approach” Lt Guv
JAMMU: In a step aimed at better Solid Waste Management processes and environmental sustainability in the UT, and to facilitate easy segregation, disposal and processing of waste generated in Jammu city, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha Friday inaugurated the Material Recovery facility at Bandurakh, Jammu. The new facility has been equipped with latest-technology based machinery for […]
JK reports 221 Covid-19 cases, one death
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 221 new covid-19 cases while one person succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Friday. They said that 103 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu division and 118 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 319576. Regarding the death due to the […]
Eid-ul Adha: Officials seek ban on ‘illegal killing’ of cows, camels
Srinagar: Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have sought a ban on illegal killing of cows and camels on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha in the Union territory scheduled next week. In a communication addressed to the divisional commissioners and IGPs of Jammu as well as Kashmir, the J-K Animal/Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries department has called for […]
No ban order on slaughtering of animals: Govt
SRINAGAR: The Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department Friday clarified that the Jammu and Kashmir government has not issued any ban order on slaughtering of animals in accordance with rules. Pertinently, Animal Welfare Board of India every year issues advisory regarding animal slaughtering to be carried out while following laws and rules, an official spokesman said. […]
Afghan forces battle Taliban at border post with Pakistan
Islamabad: Afghan government forces battled Friday to retake a border crossing with Pakistan from Taliban insurgents, and the Reuters news agency said one of its photographers was killed in the area. The Taliban had overrun the Spin Boldak crossing earlier in the week. On Friday, witnesses on the Pakistan side of the border said they […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist killed in Afghanistan
Kabul: Danish Siddiqui, a Pulitzer Prize winning Indian photojournalist who worked for Reuters news agency, was killed on Friday in Afghanistan while covering the fierce fighting between Afghan troops and the Taliban militants near a border crossing with Pakistan in Kandahar province. Siddiqui, in his early 40s, was on an assignment covering the clashes in […]
Over 81K paramilitary personnel took voluntary retirement: MHA
16K resigned between 2011-20 New Delhi: More than 81,000 personnel of the paramilitary forces such as the CRPF and the BSF have taken voluntary retirement in the last decade, the maximum of over 11,000 in 2017 alone. According to the Union Home Ministry data, 15,904 personnel also resigned from their respective organisations between 2011 and […]
