Pak rejects grant of domicile certificates by India to people not originally from JK
Islamabad, Jun 28 (PTI) Pakistan on Saturday “rejected” the grant of domicile certificates by India to the people not originally from Jammu and Kashmir. As per the new domicile law, non-permanent residents who have residency proof of at least 15 years in Jammu and Kashmir are entitled to get domicile certificates. Over 30,000 people have […]
Ladakh stand-off: Zomato employees burn company T-shirts in protest
Kolkata, Jun 28 (PTI) A group of Zomato food delivery platform employees in Kolkata tore and burnt their official T-shirts on Saturday in protest against the killing of 20 Indian soldiers by the Chinese Army in Ladakh last week. During the protest at Behala, some of them claimed that they had quit their job as […]
India’s COVID-19 fight people-driven: Modi
Washington, Jun 28 (PTI) India’s fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic is driven by its people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, attributing the “success” against the pandemic to the implementation of the nationwide lockdown in its initial phase. In an address during the virtual meeting of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin […]
Why promote alcoholism?
Jammu and Kashmir is predominantly a Muslim majority region with Kashmir valley having almost 100 percent Muslim population. The people here follow Islam and have been doing so since centuries now. Despite this, the place has always exhibited true values of secularism and promoted communal harmony of the highest order. The Kashmiri society has been […]
Third Covid-19 death reported in JK today, toll touches 94
Srinagar, June 27: Three more persons, two from Southern Kulgam and another from central Budgam district, died of covid-19, officials said on Saturday. With these deaths, the fatality count due to the virus in J&K has risen to 94. Deputy Commissioner Kulgam Showkat Aijaz Bhat told that a 70-year-old man from Mishipora died at CD […]
Minor boys killing: Police files FIR against army driver
Srinagar, June 27: Police on Saturday lodged a First Information Report against an Army driver in connection with the death of a minor in Shadipora Kigam village in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Identifying the driver as Naik Bagh Singh from 47 RR, Kigam Camp (B-Coy), an official said that FIR (151/2020) u/s 304A and 279 […]
204 test positive for Covid-19, tally rises to 6966
Srinagar, June 27: 33 paramilitary CRPF and BSF personnel besides two army soldiers were among 204 fresh cases of novel coronavirus reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. The fresh cases which also include 15 returnees from Kyrgyzstan took the overall number of covid-19 infections reported in J&K so far to 6966 Giving district wise […]
Covid-19 lockdown: PSAJK announces mega fee waiver scheme for beneficiary students
Srinagar, June 27: Private Schools’ Association of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday announced 100 per cent fee waiver to the wards of the families who had no income during the lockdown period. Private Schools’ Association of J&K (PSAJK) after lengthy deliberations with Parents Association of Privately Administered Schools (PAPAS), trade bodies and representatives of tourism, transporters […]
Officials distribute domicile certificates among WPRs, Balmiki Samaj, Gorkhas, others
JAMMU, JUNE 27: The process of distribution of Domicile Certificates under the new Domicile law was kick started here today with the distribution of more than 50 Domicile Certificates by Divisional Commissioner, Jammu Sanjeev Verma in a special camp organised for the purpose. The recipients of the Domicile Certificates included those sections of the society […]
Woman’s death sparks protest at SDH Kupwara
Kupwara, June 27: The death of a woman sparked protest at Sub District Hospital Kupwara in north Kashmir on Saturday, reports said. They said that a pregnant woman identified as Parveena Begum wife of Akhtar Ali Khan of Depal Machil area of Kupwara district after developing labour pain was admitted at PHC Machil, where she […]