Reopening of educational institutions will spell disaster: Chairman ‘We Volunteers’
Srinagar: With increasing death count and more than a hundred cases being reported per day in J&K and about seven cases every minute in India, the government’s move to open schools in Jammu and Kashmir can prove to be a disaster, Chairperson ‘We Volunteers’, Malik Asif Noor said in a statement here. He said that […]
Time to learn how to live with virus: DAK
Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Wednesday said the COVID-19 pandemic is not going to go away and people are going to live with the virus. President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said that it is time to learn, educate, inform and communicate to the general public how we all are going to live with Covid-19. He […]
Tanker overturns in Samba, one killed
Jammu: A Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) gas tanker skidded off the road and fell into a 15-feet deep ditch in Samba district on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring another, officials said. The tanker, which was on its way to Srinagar, turned turtle near Charawa village on the Samba-Majalta-Udhampur road. Immediately after the accident, […]
Man dies after falling from tree, officials say will be tested for Covid-19
Srinagar: A 45 year-old man died after falling from a Walnut tree in Gund Siligam area of Anantnag district on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified Farooq Ahmad Najar of Gund Siligam. BMO Mattan Dr Saleem Beigh said that the family members of the deceased were demanding that the dead deceased should be spared from […]
Now govt employees to get salary details via app
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu Wednesday launched JK Employees Salary Tracker Mobile App- ‘MeraVetan’ (Version-1) here at Raj Bhavan. The Lt Governor observed that the newly launched application is aimed to provide Salary Related information to Employees. With the launch of MeraVetan App (V-1), the employees especially posted in remote and rural areas who […]
Containing COVID-19 in Bandipora, Baseer Khan reviews measures
BANDIPORA: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan Wednesday visited Bandipora district to review the measures taken by the District Administration in containing COVID-19, besides he reviewed the developmental works being executed in the district under different schemes. Deputy Commissioner, Bandipora, Ravinder Kumar gave a detailed presentation about the measures being taken by the district […]
Chadoora man declared covid-19 positive, but no samples taken
Chadoora: A tea-stall owner from Central Kashmir’s Budgam district Wednesday claimed that he was forcibly put into isolation ward at JVC Bemina while his samples were never taken and still he was declared positive for Covid-19 infection. Yesterday authorities declared a tea-stall owner from Dugbugh Chadoora area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district positive for Covid-19. […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,07,970 stranded JK residents
75,321 via Lakhanpur, 32,649 through special trains
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,07,970 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 administrations […]
SDA carries out demolition drive in Bemina
SRINAGAR: In continuation to its demolition drive, Srinagar Development Authority (SDA) Wednesday carried out a demolition of illegal commercial establishment in Nundresh Colony, Bemina. It was found that one offender had carried out the Commercial activities by way of constructing illegal shops on plot No.435 B/E Nund Reshi Colony, Bemina. The enforcement wing of SDA […]
12 members of Quarantine Staff in Tral test Positive
PULWAMA: After the arrival of returnees led to surge in number of positive cases in Pulwama, the COVID test of quarantine Staff in Hamdard Grammar School has surfaced positive after administration adopted aggressive random sampling. All the officials associated with quarantine duties were sampled which include team of Nodal Officer , Municipality Officials , Service […]
