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Community schooling: PSAJK hails individual schools, teachers for the initiative

Srinagar: Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) has hailed the individual schools, teachers and other members of the society for starting community schooling in their localities for the benefit of students amidst the current lockdown. The Association however, condemned the behaviour of certain government officials for sabotaging such an educational initiative in the […]

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40-yr-old woman drowns in Kulgam

Kulgam: A 40-year-old woman drowned to death in Nallah Veshaw at Nagam area of Damhal Hanjipora in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district last evening. Sources said that the woman identified as Shamima Banoo, wife of Bashir Ahmad Lone from Nagam was crossing the bridge when she slipped into the Nallah Veshaw. The locals tried to rescue […]

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Gardens and parks were opened in Kashmir after almost four months

Gardens and parks were opened in Kashmir after almost four months

Gardens and parks were opened in Kashmir after almost four months

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JK records six Covid-19 deaths, 330 positive cases

Death toll touches 148, positive cases surge to 9261

Srinagar: Kashmir Valley on Wednesday reported six deaths due to covid-19, taking the fatality count due to the virus in J&K to 149. Medical Superintendent CD hospital Dr Salim Tak said one among those who died at the hospital was a 44-year-old from Sopore town of Baramulla and other, a 75-year-old, was from Batamaloo Srinagar. […]

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BJP leader in Bandipora killed along with father, brother

Srinagar: Former district president of BJP along with his father and brother were shot dead by suspected militants in Bandipora district of north Kashmir on Wednesday evening. Sources said that the former BJP district president Bandipora Wasim Bari along with his father and brother were at their shop when some unidentified militants struck and shot […]

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Pollution levels decreased by 25 percent in Kashmir during lockdown

Srinagar: The data compiled by the Pollution Control Board Kashmir reveals that growing levels of pollution in the Valley showed a declining trend during the lockdown period as 25 per cent of decrease was recorded in pollution levels across Kashmir valley. Official figures reveal that pollution level showed a decrease of 25 per cent in […]

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Mayoral polls getting murkier

Election notification issued, stage set for high drama

Srinagar: The Mayoral elections in the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) will be held on July 14, a notification issued on Wednesday said. The announcement comes 23 days after the erstwhile Mayor Junaid Azim Mattoo lost the floor test and was removed from the post. The corporators had filed no confidence motion against the former Mayor […]

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MoS Home, Lt Guv review administrative, developmental works

SRINAGAR: Minister of State for Home Affairs, G Kishan Reddy, along with Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu Wednesday reviewed the progress of various administrative and developmental works in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir through video conferencing. Minister of State, PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh; Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, Sh. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar; Sh. […]

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PRIs’ to get short term permits for mining

PRIs’ to get short term permits for mining

Srinagar: Government on Wednesday said that it is contemplating to offer short term permits to various Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRI’s) to undertake extraction of minerals from varios mining blocks. Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam while chairing a meeting to take stock of issues being faced in mining of construction material, called for synergy and […]

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Trainees at Police academy asked to report back for remaining schedule

Srinagar: Police officers who had vacated the training centre in wake of Covid-19 pandemic in March this year have been ordered to resume their remaining training at Sher-i-Kashmir Police Academy Udhampur. The order has baffled these probationary officers who want Department to put the order in abeyance till the Covid-19 threat is over. Pertinently, Sher-i-Kashmir […]