Illegal excavation: Police seizes nine tippers, arrests drivers
Srinagar: Police in Budgam arrested nine persons and seized the vehicles used for illegal excavation and transportation of minerals, a police spokesman said. He said that police personnel during naka checking at Soibugh market seized nine tippers bearing registration numbers JK01AG-7570, JK03B-8720, JK03B-8991, JK13C-4104, JK01C-8434, JKO5A-5908, JK05B-8498, JK01AG-4311 and Chasis number 21858 for illegal excavation […]
Police arrests drug peddlers in Pulwama, Anantnag
Srinagar: Police in Pulwama have exposed a contraband drugs racket by arresting four drug peddlers and seized huge consignment of drugs. Besides, Police arrested another drug peddler in Anantnag, a police spokesman said Friday. Acting on specific information, a special team raided a specific location at Prichoo area in Pulwama. During the raid, the team […]
Ladakh reports 10 fresh COVID-19 cases
Leh: Ladakh recorded 10 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the infection tally to 21,005 and active cases to 98, officials said on Friday. The Union territory has registered 208 Covid-related deaths — 150 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. Three people were cured and discharged from hospital […]
Soldier injured in mine blast in Poonch
Jammu: A soldier was injured in a mine blast in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, official sources said on Friday. The incident occurred in the border area of Kerni in the district on Thursday evening, they said. The injured soldier has been hospitalised, the sources said. (PTI)
Five day theatre workshop concludes
Srinagar: The five day long ‘Theatre Workshop’ organized by Actors’ Creative Theatre (ACT) in collaboration with Wings Cultural Society (New Delhi), concluded Friday, a statement issued here said. The workshop was held on the topics like Theatre Exercises, Speech and Diction, Scene Improvisation, Performing Skills, Script Reading / Writing and Body Language was organized at […]
Post-Matric/ Graduate Scholarship deadline extended upto Nov 20
SRINAGAR: The Tribal Affairs Department has extended the deadline for submission of applications on National Scholarship Portal (NSP) for tribal students under Post-Matric / Graduate scholarship which also covers professional colleges. The last date earlier fixed as 30 October 2021 has been extended now upto 20th November 2021 particularly in view of biannual migration of […]
Measures for enforcement of rates of Essential Commodities reviewed
17 enforcement squads constituted to intensify market checking across City
SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad Friday chaired a meeting convened here to review the implementation and enforcement of rates of essential commodities, besides intensifying market checking in City markets. On the occasion, the Deputy Commissioner directed the concerned officers to keep a “strict watch” on prices of essential commodities in the District and […]
Health Directorate monitors jaundice, dengue cases in Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Taking note of recent rumours of jaundice epidemic and dengue outbreak in Kashmir valley, the Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir, hereby clarifies that all such claims are false and baseless. Regarding the rumoured epidemic of jaundice in Habba Kadal, Gadood Bagh, an expert team visited and investigated the cases today. It was found that […]
DG IMPA chairs valedictory function of medium duration training
SRINAGAR: Director General, J&K Institute of Management Planning Administration and Rural Development, Saurabh Bhagat, Friday chaired valedictory function of medium duration “Secretariat Assistants Training Course for Senior and Junior Assistants of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS)”. This two-month training course was specially organised by GAD and IMPARD which began on September 6 and concluded […]
Vector Control, IEC activities intensified to fight Dengue: Malariologist
JAMMU: The Malariologist, J&K, Jammu and civic bodies have intensified the preventive measures to control the rising cases of Dengue in Jammu Division. Dengue is a viral disease caused by the bite of infected female aedes mosquito, which is highly domesticated voracious day biter and breeds in clean water, in and around the houses like […]