179 fresh cases of COVID-19 recorded in Ladakh
Leh, Jan 22 (PTI) Ladakh reported 179 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the overall caseload in the Union Territory to 24,213 and active cases to 1,101, officials said on Saturday. Leh district reported 112 positive cases while the rest 67 came from Kargil district, they said. According to the officials, no COVID deaths were reported in […]
Panic eases out in border belt of Kathua after farmland hole found not to be cross-border tunnel
Jammu, Jan 22 (PTI) Panic gripped the border area of Kathua district for a brief while Friday evening after BSF troops detected a big hole in a farmland near the International Border (IB), presuming it to be cross-border tunnel, sources said. However, it turned out to a hole or pit caused by rains, they said. […]
Earthquake jolts Doda region
Jammu, Jan 22 (PTI) An earthquake of 4.0 magnitude hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district in the early hours of Saturday, an official said. The quake occurred at 2.53 am. There are no immediate reports of any damage, Director Disaster Management Aamir Ali said. He said the epicentre of the tremor was 10 kilometres below […]
World more unpredictable than during the Cold War: UN Chief
United Nations, Jan 22 (AP) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the current world is “much more chaotic, much less predictable” than during the Cold War between the former Soviet Union and the United States, and it’s dangerous because there are no “instruments” to deal with crises. He said in a wide-ranging press conference on […]
Active COVID-19 cases highest in 237 days
New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) India added 3,37,704 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,89,03,731, which includes 10,050 cases of the Omicron variant, according to Union health ministry data updated on Saturday. The active cases have increased to 21,13,365, the highest in 237 days, while the death toll has climbed […]
Covid surge: Authorities impose restrictions across Kashmir
Srinagar: Authorities on Friday afternoon imposed restrictions on the non-essential movement of people across Kashmir as a 64-hour lockdown began in the union territory in view of an exponential rise in the number of coronavirus cases since the beginning of the New Year, officials said. Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday recorded 5992 fresh cases of […]
JK first to release Good Governance Index
CS calls it an exercise to make administration more innovative
JAMMU: Union Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), V Srinivas Friday presented the first copy of District Good Governance Index (DGGI) to Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta here in presence of Principal Secretary Information and Higher Education, Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary, GAD, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi and DG IMPARD, Sourabh Bhagat. The […]