Widening of Shopian-Bijbehara road
Shops, other establishments demolished
SHOPIAN: Demolition of seventeen shops and two residential houses was carried out in Shopian Town here for widening of Shopian-Bijbehara road. The demolition was awaited for a decade as these structures posed a serious threat for smooth movement of traffic besides continuing to be a critical bottleneck in managing the traffic in Shopian town. The […]
COVID-19: Army’s Northern Command has conducted over 34,000 tests in JK
Jammu: To strengthen the efforts of the civil administration in Jammu and Kashmir, the Army’s Northern Command has conducted 34,396 tests for the civilian population till date, with a positivity rate of 2.55 per cent, a defence spokesperson said on Wednesday. A total of 4,636 patients were successfully treated, while 22 deaths were reported in […]
Spinal infections – a rare yet effective cause of spinal deformities
Dr Satnam Singh Chabra Spinal infections are the rare infections which occur in or around the spine region of the body. It is one rare condition which can lead to the permanent damage of the spinal cord of a person. It involves the intervertebral disc space, the vertebral bones, the spinal canal, or the adjacent […]
Bijbehara residents ‘forced’ to drink contaminated water
Anantmag: Residents of Semthan and Tulkhan villages in Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district are up in arms against Jal Shakti Department for allegedly supplying contaminated water to them. The residents alleged that they are supplied contaminated and unfiltered drinking water by the Jal Shakti department from River Jehlum as there is no filtration […]
Veterans seek preservation of Mubarak Mandi, Shergarhi complex
Jammu: Over 120 eminent personalities have approached Lt Governor Manoj Sinha over the slow pace of work on the Mubarak Mandi palace in Jammu and a proposal to move some government offices into Shergarhi complex in Srinagar. People from both the regions have joined hands to approach the government for the preservation of the two […]
Lt Gen M V Suchindra Kumar assumes command of 16 Corps
Jammu: Lieutenant General M V Suchindra Kumar took over as the General Officer Commanding (GoC) of the Army’s elite 16 Corps, known as White Knight Corps, here on Tuesday, a defence spokesperson said. He succeeds Lt Gen Harsha Gupta. Lt Gen Kumar said it was an honour to command such an elite formation with a […]
Ladakh records 70 new COVID-19 cases
Leh: Ladakh reported 70 fresh COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the union territory’s caseload to 5,151, an official bulletin said. All the new cases were detected in Leh district during the past 24 hours, it said. Eighty-nine more patients were discharged from different hospitals on Monday. Seven out of them were from Kargil district and […]
NC seeks replenishment of medical supplies in hospitals
MENDHAR: Senior National Conference (NC) leader Javed Rana Tuesday urged the administration to replenish medical supplies in peripherial hospitals to meet the challenge by COVID-19, saying the non-availability of life saving supplies like oxygen is washing out the entire effort being put in by the medics and para-medical at the peril of their own and […]
Chief Secretary reviews winter preparedness
DCs to ensure sufficient stockpiling of food and fuel
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam Tuesday chaired a meeting to review the winter preparedness, supply, and stocking of essential commodities across the Kashmir Division and snowbound districts of Jammu province including Kishtwar, Doda, Poonch, and Rajouri. Administrative Secretaries of departments of Health & Medical Education, Power Development, Rural Development, Divisional Commissioners of Jammu […]
Makhdoom Sahab ropeway to recommence operations from today
SRINAGAR: The Makhdoom Sahab Ropeway shall recommence its commercial operation from 14th of October, 2020 (Wednesday) on daily basis from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm, an official said here. However, the operation shall be carried out amid observance of requisite preventive protocols of COVID-19 like maintaining social distance, sanitization of cabins before and after boarding […]