Ahfadul Mujtaba administered oath as JKPSC member

SRINAGAR: Chairman, J&K Public Service Commission, B.R. Sharma, administered Oath of Office to the newly appointed Member Syed Ahfadul Mujtaba here Friday. He was administered Oath of Office at Srinagar through video conferencing.

Market checking intensified on Eid eve at Ganderbal

GANDERBAL: Following the directions of Deputy Commissioner, Ganderbal Shafqat Iqbal and Director FCS &CA the enforcement wing of FCS & CA headed by AD FCS&CA Dr Naseer Baba along with Revenue,Police, FSO and legal metrology district Ganderbal inspected various markets across the district. Mutton rates, which have seen unprecedented but artificial rise recently, were made […]

KU holds Webinar on ‘Gender Stereotyping’

Srinagar: Centre for Women’s Studies and Research, University of Kashmir in collaboration with University Grants Commission (UGC) New Delhi, conducted a Webinar “Gender Stereotyping and Its Perils: Reflections and Criticisms” on Friday. The speaker of the event was Prof. Savita Singh, Founding Director School of Gender and Development Studies, IGNOU Delhi. Prof. Savita Singh gave […]

BSF soldier dies of cardiac arrest in Poonch

Poonch: A BSF soldier died of cardiac arrest during duty along the Line of Control in Mankote area of this district on Friday. They said constable R .Ravindra of 72 battalion BSF suffered the heart attack at Songali post in Mankote sector. The 43-year-old was shifted to nearby health facility where doctors declared him brought […]

Foundation stone for Modern Drug Testing Laboratory laid at Lakhanpur

JAMMU: Financial Commissioner Health & Medical Education, Atal Dulloo, Friday laid foundation stone for Modern Drug Testing Laboratory, to be raised with an estimated amount of Rs. 33.91 crore, at Lakhanpur, Kathua. Pertinently, this ambitious project has been assigned to HITES (Noida) which is a subsidiary of HLL Limited that functions under the aegis of […]

COVID-19: Govt evacuates 2,74,903 stranded JK residents

1,90,989 via Lakhanpur, 83,914 through special trains

JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 2,74,903 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 […]

Altaf Bukhari condemns police action against Prof. Soz

Demands release of Mehbooba, other detainees on the eve of Eid

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Thursday condemned the police action against veteran Congress leader and former union minister Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz. In a statement issued here, Bukhari termed the restrictions on Prof. Soz as unwarranted and uncalled for when the J&K administration informed the Supreme Court that […]

Home quarantine guidelines for asymptomatic positive patients reviewed

SRINAGAR: In an important modification in the protocol for positives of Covid- 19 infection and their contacts, Jammu and Kashmir Government Thursday revised home isolation guidelines to permit such patients for home quarantine who are asymptomatic with no comorbidity and are not vulnerable otherwise. An order issued by Health & Medical Education Department in this […]

COVID-19: FC H&MED to have administrative control of hospitals in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government, in an effort to ensure effective management of COVID-19 Pandemic, has ordered that all hospitals of Kashmir Province including SKIMS Srinagar, SKIMS Medical College Bemina and others shall work directly under the Administrative Control of Financial Commissioner, Health & Medical Education Department and shall adhere to all orders and […]