15 JMB militants moved to Kashmir, other states: Official

Kolkata: At least 15 neo Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) operatives have entered West Bengal from the neighbouring country earlier this year and 10 of them moved to various parts of India including Jammu and Kashmir, an officer of Kolkata Police’s Special Task Force (STF) said. The remaining five had stayed back in West Bengal and three […]

Re-Registration of vehicles: HC seeks response on contempt plea within one month

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has issued a notice to Commissioner/Secretary to Transport Department, Transport Commissioner and in-charge RTO Kashmir on a contempt petition on a fresh circular on June 10 this year on re-registration of the vehicles with outside number and levying token tax on them in J&K. A division bench of Chief […]

NEET-Postgraduate exam to be held on Sep 11

New Delhi: The NEET Postgraduate exam will be held on September 11, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced on Tuesday. “We have decided to conduct #NEET Postgraduate exam on 11th September, 2021. My best wishes to young medical aspirants!” he tweeted. In view of the spike in COVID-19 cases, the National Eligibility Cum Entrance test […]

Public utility facilities: Div Com directs DCs to ensure transfer of land within one week

SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Tuesday chaired a meeting to review the progress of transfer of land parcels to concerned departments for the establishment of Solid Waste Management plants, Slaughter houses and parks and gardens in all districts of Kashmir. The meeting among others was attended by all Deputy Commissioners (through videoconferencing), Additional […]

Delta variant ripping around the world: WHO

Says new mutant driving new spike in cases, death

United Nations/Geneva: The Delta variant is ripping around the world at a scorching pace, driving a new spike in cases and deaths, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said, warning that the variant, now in over 104 countries, is expected to soon be the dominant COVID-19 strain circulating worldwide. Addressing a press briefing he said […]

JK reports 143 fresh Covid-19 cases, one fatality

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 143 fresh covid-19 cases, lowest single-day spike in 114 days, even as one person succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. They said that 51 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu division and 92 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to […]

BSF defuses anti-tank mine in Samba

Jammu: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday defused an anti-tank mine in the border district of Samba in Jammu and Kashmir after a local resident spotted it, officials said. A villager detected the rusted anti-tank mine in his field in Gallard border hamlet along International Border (IB) and immediately informed BSF troops, they said. […]