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Leopard caught alive in Uri village by wildlife department

Uri: A Leopard was caught alive by the officials of wildlife department and police in Rampur village of Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday. A wildlife official told Kashmir News Service (KNS) that the locals approached the department about roaming of Leopard in the area, posing a grave threat to human population. He […]

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JK to witness ‘hot and dry’ weather conditions

Srinagar: The weatherman on Saturday forecast mainly “hot and dry” weather in Jammu and Kashmir for the next five days. Sonam Lotus, Director Meteorological Department, said that possibility of late afternoon or evening showers cannot be ruled out though. “Mainly hot and dry weather (is expected) but a brief spell of thunderstorm with rain especially […]

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NC all set to join delimitation process

Srinagar: After two-day long hectic deliberations within the National Conference, the party is all set to announce its decision to join the delimitation exercise and the final announcement will be made by party chief Dr Farooq Abdullah on Sunday, party sources said. They said that party General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar chaired two crucial meetings […]

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JK reports 338 new covid-19 cases, two deaths

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 338 fresh covid-19 cases while two more people succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. They said 100 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 238 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total count to 316629. Regarding the fatalities, they said, one […]

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JK Reorganisation Act: Centre corrects 64 errors in adaptation of state laws orders

Srinagar: The Union Home Ministry has issued a notification to correct 64 errors in amendments carried out by it post-reorganisation of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir in the laws enacted by the J&K legislature. In a notification the MHA has issued a corrigendum to correct mistakes in four orders issued by it under section […]

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Eight labourers injured in Kangan road mishap

Ganderbal: At least eight labourers were injured after a Tempo, they were travelling in, turned turned turtle at Margund area of Kangan kin Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. An official said that a Tempo was travelling from Sonamerg to Srinagar when it turned turtle at Margund, leaving eight […]

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5115 booked for Covid-19 violations: Police

Seeks public cooperation to mitigate spread of virus

Srinagar: Police have registered one FIR and also realized fine to the tune of ₹6,11,670/- from 5115 people throughout the Kashmir valley for violating the various guidelines/rules/SOPs regarding Covid-19, a police spokesman said Saturday. He said that three vehicles were also seized for violating Covid norms. The special drive against the violators of Covid-19 guidelines/rules […]

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DGP sanctions meritorious scholarship for police wards

Jammu: With an aim to cultivate competitive approach among the wards of J&K Police personnel, Police Headquarters is running scholarships schemes for the wards of JK Police Personnel. As a part of this endeavour, the Director General of Police, J&K, Dilbag Singh has sanctioned meritorious scholarships in favour of 230 wards of serving police personnel, […]

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Three days CBDRM online training held in Srinagar

Srinagar: A three day three day online Training on Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) was organized which concluded on Saturday. The programme was organized by the Institution of Engineers, India (IEI) J&K State Centre, Srinagar and National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) Government of India, in collaboration with Divisional Administration, Kashmir, National Skill Development […]

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Officers to be held responsible for laxity, power outages: Rohit Kansal

SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary Power Development Department (PDD), Rohit Kansal has exhorted senior field officers of the department to lead from the front and ensure immediate restoration of full power supply to the Jammu region in the wake of the damages caused to power infrastructure following strong winds and rain. He was reviewing the status of […]