National Art Fest, ‘Wahraat- 2020’ concludes at KU
Srinagar: The month- long Online National Fine Arts Festival, ‘WAHRAAT-2020’ organized by the Youth Affairs Wing, Department of Students Welfare, University of Kashmir (KU) concluded, a spokesman of the Varsity said Friday. The competition was kept open for the students enrolled in Colleges and Universities across India, he said. He said that the participants were […]
Various delegations call on Lt Guv in Jammu
JAMMU: Former Legislators, ex- Auqaf Chairperson and a delegation of West Pakistan Refugees called on Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha at the Raj Bhavan here Friday. Former Legislators including Jahangir Mir, ex-MLC and former MLAs- Ch. Akram, Ashwani Sharma and Manjeet Singh and Sarpanch, Ramgarh, Bittu Chaudhary put forth various demands and issues related to the […]
Nodal Officer COVID-19 UTs of J&K, Ladakh visits Budgam
Review virus containment measures
BUDGAM: Development Commissioner Handicraft, Union Ministry of Textiles and Nodal Officer Covid-19 for UTs of J&K and Ladakh, Shantmanu, accompanied by a team of senior doctors representing Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Friday visited Budgam district to take stock of measures being taken up by the administration towards containment of the global pandemic. […]
Power shutdown in Kashmir parts
SRINAGAR: According to the Power Controller, Kashmir Province, Bemina Srinagar, in order to carry out maintenance work of various bays, the power supply to areas fed from 220 kV Mir Bazaar Ramban and 220 kV Mir Bazaar Kishanpur II shall remain affected on August 24 from 1pm to 5 pm and 9 am to 1 […]
Overground worker held at Ganderbal
Srinagar: An overground worker of a militant organisation was arrested from Ganderbal district on Friday and a grenade seized from his possession, police said. The man tried to evade a “naka” set up by security forces near the Baderkund Nursery area in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, a police official said. He said due to timely […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 3,37,326 stranded JK residents
24 domestic flights with 3,396 passengers also land in Jmu, Sgr
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 3,37,326 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, the Jammu […]
CRPF trooper, 8 others succumb to Covid-19
683 fresh cases also reported
Srinagar: A paramilitary CRPF trooper was among nine more persons who succumbed to Covid-19 in Kashmir Valley since overnight, official sources said on Thursday. With these deaths—three from Srinagar, two from Baramulla and one each from Budgam, Kupwara, Anantnag and Pulwama districts—the fatality count due to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir has rose to […]
