Suspension of LoC trade has cost Rs 500 Cr loss: Traders
Srinagar: The Salamabad Cross Union Trade Association Wednesday said that people involved in cross LoC trade are on verge of collapse and starvation as around Rs 500 crore have been lost since the trade was suspended last year in April by the Government of India. Chairman Salamabad cross union trade (SCUT), Hilal Turkei said that […]
Reopening of educational institutions will spell disaster: Chairman ‘We Volunteers’
Srinagar: With increasing death count and more than a hundred cases being reported per day in J&K and about seven cases every minute in India, the government’s move to open schools in Jammu and Kashmir can prove to be a disaster, Chairperson ‘We Volunteers’, Malik Asif Noor said in a statement here. He said that […]
Time to learn how to live with virus: DAK
Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Wednesday said the COVID-19 pandemic is not going to go away and people are going to live with the virus. President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said that it is time to learn, educate, inform and communicate to the general public how we all are going to live with Covid-19. He […]
Tanker overturns in Samba, one killed
Jammu: A Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) gas tanker skidded off the road and fell into a 15-feet deep ditch in Samba district on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring another, officials said. The tanker, which was on its way to Srinagar, turned turtle near Charawa village on the Samba-Majalta-Udhampur road. Immediately after the accident, […]
Man dies after falling from tree, officials say will be tested for Covid-19
Srinagar: A 45 year-old man died after falling from a Walnut tree in Gund Siligam area of Anantnag district on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified Farooq Ahmad Najar of Gund Siligam. BMO Mattan Dr Saleem Beigh said that the family members of the deceased were demanding that the dead deceased should be spared from […]
Now govt employees to get salary details via app
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu Wednesday launched JK Employees Salary Tracker Mobile App- ‘MeraVetan’ (Version-1) here at Raj Bhavan. The Lt Governor observed that the newly launched application is aimed to provide Salary Related information to Employees. With the launch of MeraVetan App (V-1), the employees especially posted in remote and rural areas who […]
Containing COVID-19 in Bandipora, Baseer Khan reviews measures
BANDIPORA: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan Wednesday visited Bandipora district to review the measures taken by the District Administration in containing COVID-19, besides he reviewed the developmental works being executed in the district under different schemes. Deputy Commissioner, Bandipora, Ravinder Kumar gave a detailed presentation about the measures being taken by the district […]
Smart meters to be equally distributed between Jmu, Sgr: Kansal
Urges DISCOMS to take advantage of economic packages
JAMMU: Principal Secretary Power Development Department, Rohit Kansal urged the Distribution Companies (DISCOMS) viz. JPDCL and KPDCL to take advantage of the Special Economic & Comprehensive Package for them provided under the Atma Nirbhar Abhiyan. The scheme provides for liquidity infusion of Rs. 90,000 crore to DISCOMs for discharging liabilities of DISCOMs towards power generating […]
