Villagers booked for organising bull race in Rajouri

Jammu: Some villagers were booked for organising a bull race in violation of the social distancing norms in Rajouri district on Tuesday, police said. According to Rajouri SSP Chandan Kohli, a few residents of Derian village had organised the race leading to a huge gathering of people despite the prohibitory orders imposed to check the […]

Div Com reviews measures for transfer of land to LAWDA

SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Tuesday chaired a meeting to review the measures undertaken for transfer of state land around Dal Lake to Lakes and Waterways Development Authority(LAWDA). During the meeting threadbare discussions were held on various issues pertaining to the transfer of state land measuring 709 kanals of Tehsil Khanyar and 87.8 […]

Healthcare scenario in JK reviewed

Advisor Bhatnagar directs for aggressive testing of co-morbid persons, red zone areas

SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Tuesday exhorted upon the concerned authorities for aggressive testing of co-morbid persons and red zone areas in order to contain the spread of COVID-19 virus in Jammu and Kashmir. Advisor made these remarks while chairing a review meeting of health department at the Civil Secretariat here. The […]

Financial assistance sanctioned for construction workers, dependents

SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, Tuesday sanctioned financial assistance worth Rs 4.67 crore in favour of construction workers and dependents of such workers under Death -Cum -Funeral Assistance and Chronic Diseases Financial Assistance of various districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Under the scheme, being run by J&K Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare […]

JK to have online registration of properties

Dr Kotwal reviews preparedness

SRINAGAR: Financial Commissioner Revenue(FCR) and Inspector General Registration, Dr Pawan Kotwal, on Tuesday reviewed preparedness for launch of On-line Registration of properties being carried out under National Generic Document Registration System(NGDRS) in Srinagar district under phase-I. While inspecting the offices of Registrar Srinagar and Sub Registrars, Dr Kotwal asked the Additional Inspector General Registration Gulzar […]

India Post invites applications in JK

JAMMU: India Post (Bhartiya Dak Vibhag) has invited online application for engagement to Dak Sevak Posts in Jammu & Kashmir Circle. As per a communiqué, a total of 442 vacancies for the posts of Branch Postmasters, Assistant Branch Postmasters and Dak Sevaks have been notified. The interested candidates can apply online through official website http://appost.in/gdsonline/Home.aspx. […]

Power shutdown

SRINAGAR: According to the Superintending Engineer, O&M, Circle-II, KPDCL Srinagar, the 11kv feeder 3 of Chanapora Receiving Station shall observe shut down on July 08 from 01:30 pm to 5:30 pm for execution of project works at various locations, an official spokesman said here. He said that similarly, 11kv, 4 and 5 feeders of Chanapora […]

4 lakh people tested for COVID-19 in JK

Only 2.1 % detected positive

Srinagar: Nearly four months after the first COVID-19 case was detected in Jammu and Kashmir, at least four lakh people have been tested in the Union Territory since March 09, 2020, officials said. A senior official said that 3,99,385 people across Jammu and Kashmir have been tested for the COVID-19 in J&K during the past […]

Need to increase dedicated COVID-19 hospitals not felt: Dir Health

Says only 20 % beds out of 11, 000 available are occupied in Valley hospitals

Srinagar: Amid rise in the number COVID-19 cases in Jammu & Kashmir, the government on Monday said that sufficient arrangements have been made to deal with the growing cases in the Valley. Director Health Services Kashmir, Dr. Samir Mattoo said sufficient arrangements have been made in the Valley to tackle the mounting number of COVID […]