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11.50 Lakh Quintal ration provided to beneficiaries during lockdown

SRINAGAR: To help people during the lockdown period, the Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) has supplied about 11.50 lakh quintals of ration to more than 1.19 crore beneficiaries in Jammu and Kashmir through its public distribution network in March and April 2020. Out of 1.19 cr people, 72 lakh beneficiaries have […]

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Div Com urges NGO’s, VO’s to help needy

SRINAGAR: In view of current situation of COVID-19 pandemic, the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Wednesday made fervent appeal to the NGOs and voluntary organizations active in Kashmir division to come forward to help the needy by augmenting the measures taken by the government in this regard. He also framed Divisional Level Cell (DLC), […]

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Destroy poppy within a week, Pulwama residents told

PULWAMA: District Magistrate, Pulwama, Dr Raghav Langer convened a meeting of officers to discuss measures required for destruction of poppy cultivation in the district, here Wednesday. The meeting was attended by ADC Pulwama, Awantipora, Tral , Assistant Commissioner Revenue ,Assistant Commissioner Development, Tehsildars, Chief Agriculture Officer, Chief Horticulture Officer and senior officers from Civil and […]

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Revival of MGNREGA activities reviewed in Ganderbal

GANDERBAL: The Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal Wednesday took whirlwind tour of Sub-division Kangan to take stock of MGNREGA activities being carried in the Sub-division. The DC was accompanied by Additional Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Farooq Ahmad Baba, ACR Ganderbal, SDM Kangan, BDO Kangan and other concerned. During visit the DC inspected various works which have […]

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Number of Red zone villages increased in Pulwama, dozens declared buffer zones

PULWAMA: As two new positive cases of COVID-19 surfaced in the district, the District Authorities in Pulwama Wednesday declared Rohmoo, Gusso and Frasipora villages of Tehsil Rajpora and Reshipora ,Chirat, Monviji, Banderpora Chirat, Wandakpora, Kakapora Town of Tehsil Kakapora Red zones including Mirgund, Zaigam, Mitirigam, Chewa Kalan ,Wahibugh, Tujan and Thokerpora as buffer Zones in […]

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Old City woman dies of COVID-19, death toll reaches 8

Old City woman dies of COVID-19, death toll reaches 8

Chemist among 19 more test positive, JK’s Covid-19 tally rises to 565

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded eighth death due to COVID-19 as a septuagenarian woman from Rainawari Srinagar died at a hospital here on Tuesday. With underlying ailments, the woman had tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Monday. Confirming it, Medical Superintendent Chest Disease hospital Dalgate Dr Saleem Tak said that the elderly woman was […]

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Pulwama reports two corona positive cases

Pulwama: After a gap of around 25 days, two persons from Pulwama tested positive for covid-19 on Tuesday taking the toll of total positive cases in Pulwama to five, including three recoveries. The first three patients who tested positive and belonged to the district were discharged after their recovery. Pertinently, Pulwama was the only district […]

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Two militants killed in Shopian encounter

Srinagar: Two militants were killed in an ongoing encounter with government forces at Melhora area of Zainapora in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday. Reports said that a joint team of SOG and army’s 55 RR laid a siege in Melhora village. A police officer said that the operation was launched following specific inputs about […]

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Govt focuses on COVID-19, forgets other medical requirements

Srinagar: As government focuses exclusively on Covid-19 pandemic with all its men and machinery fighting the deadly pandemic, patients with other health complicacies have been left high and dry as most of the leading hospitals have been designated as covid-19 hospitals. The closure of out-patients department (OPD) and putting the surgeries on hold has added […]

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1200 JK laborers reach Lakhanpur, put under quarantine

Jammu: Around twelve hundred laborers from Jammu and Kashmir, who were working in different parts of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh and were stuck due to lockdown, reached Lakhanpur on Monday evening and have been put into quarantine facilities of administration. Commissioner Secretary of PHE, I&FC Department, Ajeet Kumar Sahu, who is presently deployed in Kathua […]