Promises made by Centre while abrogating Article 370 proved hoax: CPI (M)
Srinagar: CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami on Tuesday said all the promises made by the Centre at the time of abrogating article 370 last year proved to be a mirage. “It has been a year since BJP government scrapped J&K’s special status under Article 370 , 35A demoted the erstwhile state into two Union Territories. […]
BJP praises IAS qualifiers from JK
Srinagar: Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday congratulated UPSC qualifiers from J&K and urged them work for the peace and progress in the region. Party’s State General Secretary (Org), Ashok Koul extended warm greetings to all the candidates who qualified Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination, for which results were declared on […]
Lakanpur Toll Post row: Restrictions imposed in parts of Kathua district after violent protests
Jammu: Authorities on Tuesday morning imposed restrictions in areas falling under jurisdiction of two police stations in Kathua district after violent protests broke out at newly established Toll Post at Lakhanpur leaving four people injured. “Restrictions are being imposed in the jurisdiction of Police Station Kathua and Police Station Lakhanpur,” Senior Superintendent of Police Kathua […]
Covid-19: Focus on reducing mortality rate among critically ill patients: Union Home Secy to JK
Srinagar: Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Tuesday directed authorities in Jammu and Kashmir to focus on reducing the mortality rate among the critically ill COVID-19 patients in the Union territory. Bhalla, while reviewing the COVID death audit report for Jammu and Kashmir at a meeting through video conference, observed that most of the […]
Body of missing youth recovered from Nallah Sindh
Ganderbal: Police on Tuesday morning recovered a male body from Nallah Sindh at Sumbal in Ganderbal. Reports said that some passerby after spotting a dead body floating in nallah Sindh, immediately informed the police. They further said that soon after getting the information, a police team from Police Station Gund reached the spot and with […]
Silent hypoxia killing Covid-19 patients: DAK
‘Pulse oximeters could save lives’
Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday said many Covid-19 patients are dying due to silent hypoxia, a condition in which patients have extremely low blood oxygen levels, yet do not show signs of difficulty in breathing. “The concern with this odd presentation is that patients are coming to hospitals in critical condition when their […]
13 months after crossing LoC Uri woman returns home
Poonch: A 36-year-old woman from Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district returned to J&K, more than 13 months after she had crossed over to Pakistan administered Kashmir through Hajipeer sector along the LoC near her home. Official sources said that the woman, a mother of four children, had crossed over to LoC in Hajipeer […]
Pak shells forward areas in Poonch
Jammu: The Pakistan Army on Tuesday opened heavy fire and shelled forward areas along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, drawing retaliation from Indian troops, officials said. They said the Pakistan Army also heavily shelled forward areas along the LoC in Dabraj belt of Mankote sector. “At about 0700 hours, Pak army initiated […]
Srinagar records huge rain deficit in July this year
JK received less rainfall from June 01 to July 31: Dir MeT
Srinagar: For the first time in past four decades, Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir has recorded lowest ever rainfall in the month of July while as the Union Territory in general this year has received deficit rainfall from June 01 to July 31. The data accessed revealed that Srinagar district received just […]
Kupwara teenager who returned from Pak allowed to go home
Kupwara: Police on Friday questioned the teenager boy from Sudpora, Kupwara in north Kashmir, who returned after six months after serving detention in Pakistan, and later allowed him to unite with his family. The 15-year-old boy had crossed LoC in January this year and had been in detention for six months since then in Pakistan. […]
