KV Correspondent

An end to our sufferings: Shall we ever be happy again? What is our future? We need answers

An end to our sufferings: Shall we ever be happy again? What is our future? We need answers

Syed Mustafa Ahmad Bloodshed has become the order of the day in Kashmir since 1990. Not a day passes without the killing of an innocent or a culprit. Is it our ill-fate or is it our own evil deeds that have made us prone to violence? It is very difficult to reach the truth, given […]

 KV Correspondent

DAK seeks audit of COVID-19 deaths

Srinagar: Following the continuous spike in Covid-19 deaths, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Saturday demanded Audit Committee for the deaths saying that people across J&K are confused about who died due to the coronavirus pandemic. President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said it is very important that every death should be discussed by a committee to know […]

 KV Correspondent

J&K Bank organizes meet at Anantnag

Srinagar: J&K Bank Saturday organized a District Level Review Committee meeting at the Dak Bungalow Anantnag to review the performance of banks operating in district Anantnag for the quarter ended March, 2020,. District Development Commissioner Anantnag Kuldeep Krishan Sidha chaired the meeting that was attended by the representatives of line departments and district level officers […]

 KV Correspondent

Youth goes missing during trekking

Kangan: A youth from Srinagar has gone missing during trekking to Gangabal Lake in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Sunday. One of his relative posted on social networking site Facebook that a group of six youth from Srinagar went for picnic to Naranag Kangan and from there they decided to go for a trekking to […]

 KV Correspondent

GMC starts Sero-Prevalence study in Srinagar

ICMR's survey shows 0.73 per cent population has history of Covid-19 in India

Srinagar: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in a recently conducted community based Sero-Survey has found that around 30 percent individuals in containment zones are exposed to deadly pandemic. Officials said that 28,595 households in 83 districts of India were covered in the Survey. Of the 83 districts, 15 had no cases of Covid-19, […]

 KV Correspondent

LoC Flare up: Locals fear for their lives as hostilities continue

Tasaduq Hussain Uri (Baramulla): Fear is visible on the faces of every single resident here so is uncertainty. The people living in the border areas have once again been witnessing exchange of small to heavy weapons by the Indian and Pakistani army which most of the times turns Uri area of north Kashmir into no […]

 KV Correspondent

Surrounding area at Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary demarcated as eco- sensitive zone

Union Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change issues notification

Nasir Azam Srinagar: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MOEF&CC) has notified an area around one kilometre of Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary as eco-sensitive zone. Nestled between majestic Pir Panchal forests, the peripheries of the sanctuary have been declared as eco-sensitive zone. “……..In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and clauses […]

 KV Correspondent

JK reports 163 new positive cases, 2389 recovered so far

JAMMU: The Government on Sunday informed that 163 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 28 from Jammu division and 135 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 5041. Also, 04 COVID-19 deaths have been reported; 01 from Jammu division and […]

 KV Correspondent

Soldier killed another injured in Zojila road mishap

Ganderbal: A soldier died on spot while another got critically injured on Thursday after their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into deep gorge along Zojilla Pass. An official said that the driver of an Army vehicle which was part of the Army convoy on to Srinagar loss control over his vehicle and skidded […]

 KV Correspondent

Teenage Girl drowns in power canal in Kangan

Ganderbal: A teenage girl drowned in a power canal in Fraw area of Kangan Sub Division after she accidentally slipped, reports said Wednesday. An official identified the deceased said girl as 17 year Munezah Bano daughter of Bashir Ahmad Kasana a resident of Kaniwas village of Sumbal Gund. “She slipped into the power canal near […]