Lt Governor launches Integrated Grievance Redress and Monitoring System
SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 11: In a significant step towards making the existing grievance redress mechanism more robust and efficient, the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today launched the Jammu & Kashmir Integrated Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (JK-IGRAMS). The Revamped System shall decentralize the handling and redressal of Public grievances by making District Collectors / Deputy Commissioners […]
1578 covid-19 cases take JK’s tally past 50000
Srinagar, Sept 11: Jammu and Kashmir reported 1578 covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, taking the overall tally past 50000, official sources said on Friday. This is for the ninth day in running that J&K has witnessed over a thousand cases daily, taking the tally to 50712. With 73 travelers among them, official sources told […]
Pandemic’s worst impacts on poverty yet to come: UN Expert
Geneva, Sep 11 (AP) The United Nations independent expert on poverty has warned that the worst impacts from the coronavirus pandemic on poverty are yet to come, and that measures taken by governments to protect people so far have been insufficient. The social safety nets put into place are full of holes, said Olivier De […]
Pak Army shells LoC villages in Poonch: Army
Poonch, Sep 11: Army on Friday said that Pakistani Army violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district for second consecutive day and targeted the areas in Mankote and Balakote. Officials told that Pak Army violated the ceasefire and fired both small arms as well as mortars in areas of Poonch’s Mendhar […]
Army Major among two injured in LoC explosion
Rajouri, Sep 11: Two Army men including a Major were injured in an explosion that took place along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector area of Rajouri. Official sources said that the explosion took place on Thursday noon in a forward location of Nowshera sector of Rajouri. “An Army Major and another personnel […]
Woman dies of electric shock in Uri
Uri, Sept 11: A 35-year old woman died due to electrocution in north Kashmir’s Uri town on Friday morning. Reports said that the woman identified as Khalida Begum wife of Mohammad Ashraf Sheikh resident of main town Uri received an electric shock after she came in contact with a live electric wire as some construction […]
COVID-19 cases in India cross 45-lakh mark
New Delhi, Sep 11 (PTI) India’s COVID-19 caseload sprinted past 45 lakh and the death toll climbed to 76,271 with a record 96,551 infections and 1,209 fatalities being reported in a day, while the recoveries crossed 35 lakh on Friday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 45,62,414, while […]
Revised SOP issued for conducting exams amid COVID-19
New Delhi, Sep 11 (PTI) The government has issued a revised SOP for conducting examinations amid the COVID-19 pandemic, removing the provision that allowed symptomatic candidates who insist on taking an exam to do so in isolation. According to the revised document by the Health ministry, in regular course, a symptomatic candidate should be referred […]
Govt employee booked for migrant relief fraud
Jammu, Sep 11 (PTI) The Crime branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday booked a government employee from the valley for withdrawing relief meant for Kashmiri migrants by fraudulent means, an officer said on Thursday. Mukhtiyar Ahmed Sheikh of Achabal in Anantnag district, who is employed with the health department in Mattan, prepared documents […]