Massive Beirut blast kills more than 70, injures thousands
Beirut, Aug 5 (AP) A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the city’s port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. More than 70 people were killed and 3,000 injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said. It was not clear what caused the […]
Shortage of drugs
While the medicos and the general populace in Kashmir is fighting the deadly coronavirus since the past many months now, the fight is getting tougher with every passing day as the number of deaths have not only crossed 410 mark but the active positive case too stand at a staggering 22K mark. The fight is […]
BJP praises IAS qualifiers from JK
Srinagar: Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday congratulated UPSC qualifiers from J&K and urged them work for the peace and progress in the region. Party’s State General Secretary (Org), Ashok Koul extended warm greetings to all the candidates who qualified Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination, for which results were declared on […]
Panch affiliated with BJP shot at in Kulgam
Srinagar, August 4: Militants on Tuesday evening fired upon and critically injured a Panch, reportedly affiliated with BJP, in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, official sources said. They said the militants attacked the Panch identified as Arif Ahmad near his residence at Akhran Qazigund. A police officer confirmed the incident and said that the injured was […]
Curfew lifted in Sgr as situation remains incident-free: Admin
Srinagar: The District Magistrate (DM) Srinagar on Tuesday ordered lifting of curfew, which was ordered late last night for 48 hours in the district. The curfew was lifted after the situation remained incident-free on Tuesday. “Existing restrictions on public activities and movement put in place since 1 August in view of the COVID-19 situation in […]
Govt classifies districts in Red, Orange and Green zones
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir government Tuesday classified the districts as Red, Orange and Green zones for the purpose of implementing the lockdown, from August 5. An order issued by Chairperson of the State Executive Committee, in exercise of the powers conferred under section 24 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, declared all districts of Kashmir […]
10 COVID-19 deaths, 390 fresh cases in JK
Srinagar, Aug 4 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday recorded 390 COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of infections to 22,396, while 10 fatalities in the last 24 hours pushed the death toll from the disease to 417, officials said. They said all the 10 deaths were reported from the Kashmir Valley. The valley accounts […]
Pak PM releases new political map, includes whole of JK
Islamabad, Aug 4: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday unveiled a “new political map” of Pakistan which also included entire Jammu and Kashmir. The government’s move comes a day ahead of the first anniversary of India’s unilateral decision to revoke the area’s semi-autonomy. Addressing the nation alongside Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Khan said that […]
390 covid-19 cases reported in JK, total 22396
Srinagar, Aug 4: Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday reported 390 covid-19 cases including 48 travelers, taking the total tally to 22396. Among the cases 152 were reported from Jammu division and 238 from Kashmir. Giving district-wise breakup of the cases, official sources said that Srinagar reported 99 cases, 14 each in Baramulla and Pulwama, Kulgam […]
4% seats in professional institutions reserved for Ladakh
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 04: The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam today chaired a meeting to review status with regard to reservation of seats for students belonging to the Union Territory of Ladakh in professional institutions, for the academic year 2020-21. The meeting was informed that the reservation in professional institutions is governed in terms of […]