JK panchayat body condemns killing of sarpanch
Demands adequate compensation to family
Jammu: The All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC) on Tuesday condemned the killing of a sarpanch by terrorists in Anantnag district, saying such cowardly attacks would not deter it from strengthening democracy in the grassroots level of the Union Territory. Ajay Pandita, a Kashmiri Pandit sarpanch of the Larkipora area in Anantnag district and […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,17,149 stranded JK residents
79,460 via Lakhanpur, 37,689 through special trains
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,17,149 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 administrations […]
Div Com pays surprise visit to Super Specialty Hospital in Srinagar
SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole paid a surprise visit to Government Super Specialty Hospital Srinagar, with the view to take stock of the facilities made availiable thier by the authorities of GMC Srinagar to deal with the COVID- 19 patients. Principal/ Dean, GMC Srinagar, Professor (Dr) Samia Rashid apprised the Divisional Commissioner about […]
Teacher including 17 arrested on stone pelting charges
Pulwama: Days after the Pulwama encounter that sparked clashes, police arrested 17 youth including a Lecturer during various raids, police sources said. They said that three militants including and IED expert Ikram alias Fauji Bhai and two locals militants were killed in Kangan village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on June 3. Local said that […]
False reporting: DAK says one in three patients with Covid-19 infection tests negative
Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday said one in three patients infected with the novel coronavirus receive false negative test results. “A negative test does not exclude the possibility of Covid-19 infection,” said DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “RT-PCR test is the most common diagnostic test used to identify people currently infected with […]
Mechanism worked out for transportation of Cherry, other fruit: Govt
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, K.K. Sharma Tuesday said that the government has worked out a mechanism for ensuring speedy transportation of the horticultural produce especially the seasonal fruit cherry by way of various interventions. The Advisor said this while interacting with the representatives of the cherry processing unit holders during his tour to the […]
JK govt plans to link local mandies with eNAM
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Government is planning to link the local mandies with National Agriculture Market (eNAM) trading portal. National Agriculture Market (eNAM) is a pan-India electronic trading portal, which networks the existing APMC mandies to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities. The modalities for linkage of the mandies to eNAM were today […]
Young labourer dies in Kulgam
Kulgam: A labourer died on spot while working at an under construction house in south Kashmir’s Kulgam village, sources said. They said that the incident occurred in Sopat Tengpora village of the district. They said that a labourer identified as Muhammad Yousuf Kohli of Lamad Qazigund along with others were demolishing a portion of an […]
Belongings of students at girl hostels turned quarantine centers reported ‘missing’
Srinagar: In the backdrop of turning girls’ hostels into quarantine centers at Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), the boarders of H2 block on Tuesday alleged that their belongings were ‘stolen’ by the persons accommodated there for isolation. The students said that more than 80 persons were accommodated in H2 hostel wherein they kept […]
