Administration transfers of 33 bureaucrats including 20 IAS officers
Jammu, May 5 (PTI) In a major civil administration reshuffle, the Jammu and Kashmir government ordered transfers and postings of 33 bureaucrats, including 20 IAS officers, officials said. According to the order issued late on Wednesday night, the divisional commissioner of Jammu and six deputy commissioners (DCs) are among those transferred with immediate effect. Barely […]
Cross-border tunnel detected in Jammu, terrorists’ plan to disrupt Amarnath Yatra foiled: BSF
Jammu, May 5 (PTI) The BSF on Thursday said it has detected a cross-border tunnel along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district and claimed to have foiled the plans of Pakistan-based terrorists to disrupt the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. An alert has been sounded in the Jammu region. The 150-metres-long tunnel was detected […]
Missing Sopore youth found dead in an orchard
Bilal Ahmad Sopore, May 5 : The body of a missing youth was recovered under mysterious circumstances in Sopore town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday morning. Identified as Irfan Nazir Shah 22, son of Nazir Ahmad Shah of Neharpora Sopore, he was was missing from home since Tuesday evening. An official told that […]
Active COVID-19 cases in country rise to 19,719
New Delhi, May 5 (PTI) India logged 3,275 new coronavirus infections in a day, pushing the number of active cases to 19,719 and the overall tally to 4,30,91,393, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Thursday. The data released at 8 am also showed that 55 fatalities — 52 of them from Kerala alone […]
Heatwave abates from all parts of country: IMD
New Delhi, May 3 (PTI) Heatwave has abated from all parts of the country and the maximum temperature has further fallen by two to four degrees Celsius over Rajasthan, Punjab, Delhi and Haryana, the India Meteorological Department said on Tuesday. No part of northwest, central and east India is likely to record a heatwave over the […]
Eid celebrations in India break Covid squeeze
80,000 offer Eid prayers at Dargah Hazratbal Press Trust of India New Delhi: Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated across the country Tuesday with people thronging Eidgahs and mosques, and families coming together for feasts after two years when the festivities were eclipsed by the coronavirus pandemic. But, as people elsewhere in the country prepared for the festival, […]
Govt approves creation of posts in different departments
KV News Network JAMMU: The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, Tuesday approved the departmental proposals for creation of new posts in various sectors. The Administrative Council approved the proposal of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Department to create 15 and 50 posts under various […]
NMC, DCI advise aspirants not to travel to Pak for Medical, Dental Education
KV News Network JAMMU: National Medical Commission (NMC) and Dental Council of India (DCI) have advised all concerned not to travel to Pakistan for pursuing Medical/Dental Education. According to communiqués issued in this regard by Secretary NMC and Secretary DCI, any Indian national/overseas citizen of India who intends to take admission in MBBS/BDS or equivalent […]
Modi invokes FOMO, says those not investing in India will miss out
Press Trust of India Copenhagen: Invoking popular social media expression FOMO (fear of missing out) during his Denmark visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said those not investing in India will certainly miss out. Addressing the India-Denmark Business Forum, Modi said ongoing economic reforms have created investment opportunities in various sectors like green technology, […]
Lt Guv takes part in the Bhoomi Pujan of Yatri Niwas of SASB at Sgr
KV News Network SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Tuesday took part in the Bhoomi Pujan of Yatri Niwas of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board at Pantha Chowk, Srinagar. The new facility will fulfill a long pending demand of all stakeholders, organizations associated with Yatra, devotees from across the country and abroad. It will be built over […]