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Eyebrows raised on authenticity of Covid tests at CD hospital

Srinagar: Many people including a senior journalist, who were tested positive for the deadly COVID pandemic at Chest Disease hospital laboratory a few days back, tested negative for the virus at SKIMS Soura. The development has raised a serious question mark on the authenticity of the tests being done at the Chest Disease hospital laboratory, […]

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Darbar offices to open in Sgr on July 6

Jammu secretariat will also function unhindered: Officials

Srinagar: The ‘Darbar Move’ offices will formally reopen here on July 6 even as Civil Secretariat shall continue to remain functional both at Jammu and Srinagar and the move employees shall work on “as is where is” basis, the government has said. This is for the first time in 148 years that the government has […]

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Grievances of employees: CAT’s Jammu bench to speed up process of redressal: Union Minister

New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday inaugurated the Central Administrative Tribunal’s (CAT) Jammu bench and said it would speed up the process of redressing the grievances of employees. The CAT adjudicates service matters of central government employees. Speaking after the inauguration, Singh said the setting up of the CAT’s Jammu bench to deal […]

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Baseer Khan inspects several dev projects in Baramulla

BARAMULLA: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Khan Monday visited Baramulla district where he inspects several ongoing developmental projects undertaken in RDD sector while taking review over the pace and position of these works. The visit was aimed to ensure that the developmental works are not affected due to COVID-19 lockdown. District Development Commissioner Baramulla, Dr […]

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COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,15,508 stranded JK residents

78,662 via Lakhanpur, 36,846 through special trains

JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,15,508 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 […]

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Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan in JK

Govt constitutes task force, preparation plans rolled out

JAMMU: Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam on the directions of the Lieutenant Governor, Monday chaired a meeting to review the preparations being put in place for prompt and efficient implementation of programmes under different pillars of Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan announced by the Prime Minister. The meeting was informed that Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan is a […]

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Check corruption in government departments: CS tells officials

Secretaries to suggest measures to check corruption in their departments

JAMMU: Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam Monday chaired a meeting to take stock of the measures to be put in place to check the malpractice of corruption in various departments. At the outset Financial Commissioner, Finance informed the meeting about numerous steps taken by the Finance Department to curb financial irregularities, thus, reducing the […]

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DDMA Sgr issues advisory for Red Zones, reviews COVID-19 testing

Emphasises on strict adherence to Home Quarantine norms

SRINAGAR: District Disaster Management Authority, Srinagar issued directions to essential services department for adherence to notified norms in revised Red Zones of district, and also appealed to the public of these areas for taking precautions and strict observance of notified norms to avoid spread of COVID-19. The status of testing in Red Zones was also […]

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All deceased to be buried as per Covid-19 protocol, no sampling needed: Kupwara admin

Kupwara: Authorities on Monday directed all health institutions here to do away with sampling of dead bodies for novel coronovirus but ordered that the burial shall be undertaken “strictly” as per covid-19 protocol as a “precautionary measure.” In an official notification, District Magistrate Kupwara Anshul Gargh said that the directions are in consonance with Secretary […]

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JK reports 620 new positive cases, 1216 recovered so far

JAMMU: The Government on Sunday informed that 620 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 37 from Jammu division and 583 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 4087. Also, 02 COVID-19 death have been reported from Kashmir division. Moreover, 90 more […]