Grenade lobbed on Police post in old city, no injuries reported
Srinagar, Mar 05: Suspected militants on Friday evening lobbed a grenade on police post Urdu Bazar in Fateh Kadal area of Srinagar, officials said. However, no loss of life or injury was reported. Officials said that militants hurled a grenade towards police post Urdu Bazar this evening. They added that no loss of life or […]
Traffic to ply on Jmu-Sgr highway from both ways tomorrow
Srinagar, Mar 05: The Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with the outside world, will reopen for two ways on Saturday, officials said. “Tomorrow (March 6), subject to fair weather and better road condition, LMVs (Passenger) shall be allowed from both sides on Jammu-Srinagar highway viz Jammu towards Srinagar and vice-versa,” traffic […]
Lt Guv chairs preparatory meeting of ‘Azaadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’
JAMMU, MAR 05: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today chaired a high level preparatory meeting of “Azaadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’’- India@75 for celebrating 75 years of Independence of India, at the Civil Secretariat here. Birth places of freedom fighters and martyrs viz Brigadier Rajinder Singh (Village Bagoona, Samba), Maqbool Sherwani (Baramulla Town) were selected for mega […]
Government frees up vacancies for promotions
JAMMU, MAR 05: The Government today issued circular instructions aimed at proper implementation of reservation rules and bringing clarity in the procedures being followed by the departments/Departmental Promotion Committees while making promotions. These instructions have been issued to amplify the advisory earlier issued by the Government in furtherance of the interim directions passed in SLPs […]
81 fresh covid-19 cases reported in JK
Srinagar, Mar 5: Jammu and Kashmir reported 81 fresh covid-19 cases during the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. Among the fresh cases 61 were confirmed from Kashmir Valley and 20 from Jammu division, taking the total cases to 126853. Giving district wise details officials said that Srinagar reported 35 cases, Baramulla 9, Budgam […]
Pak govt not planning to buy COVID-19 vaccines, to rely on herd immunity
Islamabad, Mar 5 (PTI) Pakistan is not planning to buy vaccines anytime soon as it aims to tackle the COVID-19 challenge through herd immunity and donated vaccines from friendly countries like China, authorities have said. So far, four vaccines Sinophram (China), Oxford-AstraZeneca (UK), Sputnik-V (Russia) and Cansino Bio (China) have been registered in the country. […]
SC agrees to hear plea of Army officer’s mother seeking repatriation of her son from Pakistan jail
New Delhi, Mar 5 (PTI) The Supreme Court Friday agreed to hear a plea filed by the mother of an Army officer seeking direction to the Centre to take immediate steps through diplomatic channel for repatriation of her son, who is lodged in jail in Pakistan for last over 23 years. A bench headed by […]
Farooq Abdullah challenges ED order attaching his properties
Srinagar, Mar 5 (PTI) National Conference president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah has challenged an Enforcement Directorate order attaching his residential and commercial properties worth nearly Rs 12 crore. Party MP Hasnain Masoodi said the petition challenging the ED order was filed before the Jammu and Kashmir High Court here on […]
Rahul Gandhi targets govt over price rise issue
New Delhi, Mar 5 (PTI) The Congress on Friday launched a ‘Speak Up Against Price Rise’ online campaign with former party chief Rahul Gandhi accusing the central government of pushing people in the swamp of price rise just to earn taxes. The Congress, from its official Twitter handle, urged people to participate in the online […]
Rusted grenade recovered in Kupwara Bus stand
Kupwara, Mar 05: The Jammu and Kashmir police Friday recovered a rusted grenade at Bus Stand in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kupwara, Shriram Ambarkar said that a rusted grenade has been found in bus stand area of Kupwara. “It will be verified after accessing the CCTV footage to ascertain whether […]