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Farooq Abdullah visits Mehbooba Mufti’s residence

Calls on her mother, daughter

Srinagar: National Conference (NC) President and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday evening paid a visit to the residence of Mehbooba Mufti at the ‘Fairview’ house located on the high security Gupkar road. Sources said that the senior Abdullah arrived at the Mufti’s and had an hour long meeting with the […]

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P K Pole appointed Divisional Commissioner Kashmir

Government orders reshuffle in administration

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Tuesday appointed Pandurang Kondbarao Pole, IAS (JK2004), as the new Divisional Commissioner replacing Baseer Ahmed Khan, who has been appointed as the 5th advisor to Lt. Governor G C Murmu. Pole was serving as Secretary to the Government, Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs. Besides Pole’s […]

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LG allocates 6 departments to Baseer Khan

Bhatnagar retains Home

Srinagar: A day after his appointment as one of the four advisors to Lt Governor G C Murmu, Baseer Ahmad Khan was assigned the charge of six different government departments. The Lieutenant Governor directed that Baseer Khan shall exercise powers of the Minister in respect of Power Development, Rural Development & Panchayat Raj, Disaster Management, […]

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Prayers at UAE mosques, other places of worship suspended for four weeks

Abu Dhabi: Congregational prayers, including those offered on Friday, have been suspended across all mosques in the UAE for a period of four weeks. The General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowments (GAIAE) said late on Monday that the decision was taken to avoid the spread of Covid-19 and protect public health. The decision applies […]

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Coronavirus cases surge in Ladakh, three more test positive

Leh: Three more people tested positive for Covid-19, the disease caused by novel coronavirus, in Ladakh on Tuesday. Officials said two of the three new cases in Ladakh are from Leh while one is from Kargil district. “Three more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Ladakh. The total number of Covid-19 cases in Ladakh […]

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Corona threat: DM Ramban invokes NDMA, suspends public transport, shuts market

Jammu: In a drastic precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus, Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district authorities on Tuesday ordered suspension of public transport in the hilly district and closure of hotels and restaurants along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway till March 31. The Ramban district magistrate issued the order invoking provisions of the National Disaster […]

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Corona scare: Drivers resort to open loot on Jmu-Sgr highway

Corona scare: Drivers resort to open loot on Jmu-Sgr highway

Passengers charged 3500 Rs for one way travel

Abid Bashir Srinagar: There is an open loot going on in Jammu and none other than drivers are involved in the act as they charge Rs 3000 and even more per passenger especially students and employees who are desperate to reach Srinagar by road journey. Dozens of students who were studying in various colleges and […]

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Coronavirus scare: Kargil administration closes all educational institutions

Directs people with travel history to come forward for screening

Kargil: After fresh cases of Coronavirus in Ladakh, the Kargil administration Tuesday issued an advisory asking those people to report for check-up who have arrived from Iran before the outbreak of Coronavirus infection. The fresh advisory reads that there may be chances that some of the passengers who have already arrived in Kargil from different […]

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Restore high speed internet services: Altaf Bukhari to GoI

Says, it will help in fighting spread of COVID-19

Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Syed Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday urged government of India to restore high speed internet services, one of the pre-requisites, in taking up preventing measures against the spread of Corona Virus in J&K. Bukhari observed that restoration of 4G mobile internet services in Jammu and Kashmir would enable people […]

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Two-third of 64951 migrants live in Jammu

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that the number of registered migrant families from Jammu and Kashmir currently residing in Jammu is 43,618, in Delhi/NCR is 19,338 and in other States is 1,995. Hence, the total number of registered migrant families residing in Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere […]