Death of two persons: Protesters block Jammu-Pathankot highway demanding judicial

Jammu: Protesters blocked the Jammu-Pathankot highway near here on Saturday, demanding a judicial probe into the death of two relatives of a COVID-19 victim due to the alleged negligence on the part of the district administration. District Magistrate Sushma Chauhan has already ordered a time-bound magisterial probe into the death of Vimal Zadoo and his […]

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 […]

Three Punjab residents held with poppy straw

Jammu: Three Punjab residents were arrested on Saturday after 32.9 kg of poppy straw was recovered from their truck near here, police said. A police team intercepted the Punjab-bound truck at Jhajjar Kotli on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway and found its number plate replaced with a Jammu and Kashmir registration number, a police official said. […]

Six feared dead in Kishtwar mishap

Kishtwar: Six persons are feared dead after the vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and plunged into the river Chenab while as the rescue operation has been launched by the administration to trace the missing persons. Officials said that a tipper with five labourers and one driver were on board skidded off […]

82 km Nowgam-Qazigund road being macadamized

No compromise on quality of work, says CE

SRINAGAR: Work is going on in full swing on the 82 km Nowgam-Qazigund road at all the three stretches in Pulwama, Shopian and Kulgam districts following its declaration as National Highway 444. The cost of the project is estimated to be Rs 110 crore, an official spokesman said here. He said that Chief Engineer (CE), […]

ACB arrests ex-Chief Planning Officer Budgam

Srinagar: Anti-Corruption Bureau on Friday arrested a former Chief Planning Officer Budgam in connection with a case registered last year. According to the ACB, the officer, Noor Mohammad Wani, was arrested in the case (FIR No.18/2019 registered) at Police Station ACB Kashmir for “accumulation of assets disproportionate to known source of income by him. “During […]

Baseer Khan e-inaugurates e-governance portals for tracking procurement, grievances

SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Khan Friday e-inaugurated two government portals for tracking procurement for government works and grievances of citizens. The Advisor e-launched Inventory Management System (IMS) and Jan Nigrani (Mobile App), both e-governance initiatives by Rural Development Department & Panchayati Raj in collaboration with J&K e-Governance Agency, IT Department. Speaking on the […]

COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,49,959 stranded JK residents

1,03,324 via Lakhanpur, 46,635 through special trains

JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,49,959 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, the Jammu […]

Div Com to hear court cases from June 24

SRINAGAR: According to a communiqué of Divisional Commissioners’ office, the hearing of the cases in the Court of Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir shall resume from June 24, 2020. Earlier, the hearing was suspended in view of spread of Covid-19 pandemic. All the concerned parties/persons, whose cases have been listed for hearing, are informed to attend the […]