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B&J hospital to get additional block

SRINAGAR: Valley’s Largest Orthopaedic hospital at Barzulla, Srinagar is all set to get a big infrastructural push with the construction of state of art additional 120 bedded hospital block being constructed under the component of Strengthening of the Critical Infrastructure of the World Bank funded JTFRP (Jhelum Tawi Flood Recovery Project). Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed […]

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Non-symptomatic COVID patients to be discharged after 10 days

JAMMU: Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam Tuesday chaired a meeting to take stock of efforts toward mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic and review the related Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and policies. Administrative Secretaries of departments of Health & Medical Education, Agriculture Production & Farmers Welfare, and Revenue, besides Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Commissioner, JMC, Mission Director, […]

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23 fresh deaths, 1,036 positive cases reported in JK

23 fresh deaths, 1,036 positive cases reported in JK

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Monday recorded 23 fresh deaths while as 1036 cases tested positive, taking the total number of positive cases in the UT to 65026. Of the total 65,026 cases, 41,560 are from Kashmir and 23,466 from Jammu division. Officials said that among 1,036 new cases, 473 belong to Kashmir division while as […]

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CRPF trooper injured in Budgam gunfight

Srinagar: A CRPF personnel was injured in an encounter between militants and security forces in Budgam district of central Kashmir on Monday, police said. The security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Nawad area of Charar-e-Sharief in the central Kashmir district after receiving information about the presence of militants there, a police official […]

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Traditional crafts to be reviewed in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: In a bid to revive traditional crafts like pottery, willow wicker, gabba sozi, bamboo work etc and provide support to the livelihood of the artisans involved, the present dispensation of J&K Handicrafts (S&E) Corporation is going to link such crafts with the corporation showrooms, an official spokesman said here. For this purpose, the corporation […]

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Lt Guv Sinha calls for speedy implementation of NEP

Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday called for a speedy implementation of the National Education Policy 2020 in Jammu and Kashmir. Sinha inaugurated a brainstorming session on the implementation of the policy at University of Jammu here. Terming education a blessing, the LG said with right approach and determined efforts a golden future for […]

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Schools re-open in Kashmir, but students stay away

Srinagar: Schools re-opened in Kashmir region on Monday after a gap of five months but traditional enthusiasm and the buzz remained missing as majority of parents preferred to keep their children at home citing deadly Covid-19 as the main reason. Some government as well as private schools wore a deserted look while in a few […]

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Sopore Fruit Mandi traders stage protest

Sopore Fruit Mandi traders stage protest

Say supply trucks on Srinagar-Jammu Highway being stopped

Sopore: Scores of traders on Monday held a protest demonstration in Asia’s second largest fruit mandi in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district against halting of supply trucks on Srinagar-Jammu national highway by the police. Witnesses told that scores of traders assembled in the premises of Sopore Fruit Mandi and held a protest demonstration […]

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KEG, KPC anguished over Journalist’s summon by police cyber cell

Srinagar: Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) has expressed anguish and pain over the reported abuse of journalist Auqib Javed by the police, managing the cyber cell in Srinagar. Auqib, an accredited journalist, had been summoned over a story that was published by an on-line news portal in Delhi. The Guild said though the responsibility of the […]

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Minor dies accidentally in north Kashmir

Kupwara: A 2-year-old child died after accidently falling into a water tub in Shumriyal area of the district on Monday afternoon. Reports said that a two year old infant Owais Ahmad Majloo son of Nissar Ahmad Majloo from Shumriyal area fell into a water-tub at his home this afternoon. Soon after spotting the child in […]