Holding regular, pending board exams

MHRD directs Edu Secretaries to furnish feasibility report

Srinagar: Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has asked the Education secretaries to furnish the urgent report with regard to feasibility of holding regular and pending board examinations of secondary and higher secondary classes. Under Secretary to the Government of India (GoI), Rajesh Samplay in this regard said that he has been directed to […]

57 more persons test COVID-positive in UT Ladakh, tally touches 648

Leh: Ladakh Union Territory Friday recorded 57 Covid positive cases taking the total number of virus affected people to 648. Officials said that 57 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in UT Ladakh. “The number of COVID-19 active cases in UT Ladakh has gone up to 648; 122 in Leh district and 526 in Kargil […]

Troopers hit youth with stick at Sopore, admitted in hospital

Sopore: A-22-year old youth was critically injured after a road opening party of BSF hit him with a stick on his head in Ladoora area of Rafiabad in north Kashmir on Thursday. Reports said that the youth was working in his orchard when one of the security personnel of the road opening party hit him […]

10 Covid-19 infected patients recover, discharged from SKIMS Bemina

SRINAGAR: According to the communication received from authorities of SKIMS Hospital Bemina, Ten (10) more COVID-19 patients admitted in the Hospital for treatment after testing positive at various referral centres were discharged Thursday after successful completion of treatment and testing negative before discharge. They include Two (02) from Srinagar, Five (05) from Budgam, One (01) […]

Revoking PSA: PDP’s Nayeen Akhtar, NC leader’s son set free

Srinagar: The detention of Hilal Ahmad Lone, son of National Conference Lok Sabha MP Mohammad Akbar Lone, and PDP leader Nayeem Akhtar under the Public Safety Act was revoked on Thursday, officials said here. “The detention of Nayeem Akhtar and Hilal Ahmad Lone under the PSA has been revoked by authorities concerned,” the officials said. […]

Anti-China protests, calls for boycotting Chinese products grow

Jammu: Several parts of Jammu and Kashmir witnessed anti-China protests on Thursday, days after 20 Indian soldiers lost their lives in a clash with the Chinese army in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley. Calls to boycott China-made goods grew louder in the region as some locals smashed Chinese-made goods in the streets. The Congress and Bharatiya Janata […]

War will not offer a solution, dialogue will: Farooq

Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president and Member of Parliament Farooq Abdullah on Thursday expressed concern over the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh and asked India and China to show restraint and engage in military de-escalation through dialogue. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister’s remarks come after 20 Indian […]

JK govt evacuates 1.47 lakh stranded residents from outside

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government has evacuated over 1.47 lakh residents of the Union territory, who were stranded in other parts of the country and abroad due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines. As per the official data received in this regard on Thursday, the Jammu and […]

Srinagar Doctor Dies of Covid-19 in Saudi Arabia

Srinagar: A 69-year-old doctor from Nishat area of Srinagar has died of covid-19 in Saudi Arabia, his family friend said on Thursday. The sexagenarian was working as senior radiologist in Saudi from last more than 35 years including the local ministry of health. “He worked in a private hospital in Saudi mostly in Jeddah and […]