New Excise Policy announced
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 31: New excise policy 2020-21 shall come into force across Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir from 01 September 2020. The new policy focuses on transparency and objectivity in the liquor trade along with boosting revenues through rationalization of duties. The additional excise duty levied as per old policy after onset of COVID […]
Former president Pranab Mukherjee is dead
New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI) Former president Pranab Mukherjee died on Monday in an army hospital here, his son Abhijit said. He was 84. Mukherjee was admitted to hospital on August 10 and a health bulletin this morning said he was in a deep coma and on ventilator support. “With a Heavy Heart, this is […]
67 travelers among 535 new covid-19 cases in JK, total 37698
Srinagar, August 31: Jammu and Kashmir reported 535 new covid-19 cases including 67 travelers in last 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 37698. Among the cases, official sources said that 290 were reported from Kashmir and 245 from Jammu division. Giving district-wise details of the cases, they said, Srinagar reported 90, Baramulla 16, Pulwama […]
Landslides block JK highway, 300 vehicles stranded
Jammu, Aug 31 (PTI) Landslides and mudslides triggered by heavy rains blocked the 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway at several places in Ramban district on Monday, officials said. Over 300 vehicles were stranded at several places on the highway, the only all-weather road connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country. The men and machines […]
Pellet firing on Muharram mourners is inhuman, unacceptable: NC
Srinagar, August 31: National Conference on Monday expressed outrage over the indiscriminate use of pellet guns on mourners observing Youm-e-Ashura, terming the action of police unwarranted, inhuman and discriminatory. In a statement issued here, the Party’s Provincial President Nasir Aslam Wani said that the brutality on mourners in terms of arrests, torture, raining of pellets […]
Grenade attack in Baramulla, 06 civilians injured
Srinagar, Aug 31: Suspected militants lobbed grenade on security forces near Azad Gunj bridge in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday. A senior police officer said that militants attacked Army convoy with an grenade, However the grenade missed the intend target and exploded on the roadside in which 06 civilians were injured who have been […]
Srinagar-Leh road closed for traffic after fresh Chinese military movements in Ladakh
Srinagar, Aug 31: Authorities have closed Srinagar-Leh Highway for civilian traffic after fresh military movements by the Chinese troops on the intervening night of August 29-30 in Ladakh. Sources said that civilian vehicles on way to Ladakh have been stopped at Manigam and Sumbal-Sonawari area. An official said that no vehicle is being allowed to […]
PLA violates previous consensus in Eastern Ladakh: Army
Srinagar, August 31: Army on Monday said that PLA troops have violated previous consensus in Easerten Lakadh. In a statement, army said that on the night of 29/30 August, PLA troops violated the previous consensus arrived at during military & diplomatic engagements during an ongoing standoff in Eastern Ladakh and carried out provocative military movements […]
Pranab Mukherjee’s health declines: Hospital
New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI) The condition of former President Pranab Mukherjee declined on Monday morning and he has suffered a septic shock due to his lung infection, the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital said. Doctors attending on the 84-year-old Mukherjee said he continues to be in a deep coma and is on ventilator support. […]
Amit Shah discharged from AIIMS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was admitted to the AIIMS here for post-COVID care, was discharged on Monday morning, the hospital said. Shah, 55, had undergone treatment at the Medanta Hospital as he tested positive for the novel coronavirus and was discharged after he tested negative. He was later […]