Ecstatic pilgrims begin journey to Amarnath cave shrine

Pahalgam (JK): Chants of Bam Bam Bhole’ and Har Har Mahadev’ reverberated the air at daybreak as ecstatic pilgrims began an arduous journey of faith to the Amarnath Cave Shrine housed among the mighty Himalaya peaks at an elevation of 3880 metres. The first batch of about 2750 pilgrims left the Nunwan base camp here […]

Govt to setup 50-bed hospitals at Baltal, Chandanwari

Says it strives to make Amarnath Yatra grand success;

New Delhi: Two 50-bedded hospitals are being set up as indoor facilities at Baltal and Chandanwari in Jammu and Kashmir with the help of DRDO as part of various steps taken by the Union health ministry to make this year’s Amarnath Yatra a grand success. Under the directions of Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, and […]

Another batch of 5,700 pilgrims leave for Amarnath from Jammu

Jammu: Second batch of 5,700 pilgrims left from here in a secured convoy to perform pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath in south of Himalayas amid tight security arrangements. Chanting ‘Bam Bam Bhole’, the pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in a cavalcade of 230 vehicles early Thursday morning. The 43-day pilgrimage to […]

J&K hospitals get advance payment of 300 Cr

Move aimed to ensure timely procurement of Machinery, Drugs

Srinagar: The Health and Medical Education department has accorded sanction for advance withdrawal of around 300 crore for procurement of drugs and other instruments besides machinery and equipment in government hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. “Sanction is hereby accorded to the advance drawl of 299.60 crore (Rupees two hundred ninety nine crore sixty […]

JK reports 83 new covid-19 cases

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 83 new covid-19 infections during the past 24 hours while as no death due to the virus took place, officials said on Thursday. They said that 59 cases were reported from Jammu division and 24 from Kashmir division, taking overall tally to 455089. Giving district wise details, Jammu reported 49 […]

HC imposes 35K as fine on govt over adjournments in 2013 case

Srinagar: The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has imposed Rs 35000 costs on the government for two adjournments this month in a petition after authorities failed to submit objections to the plea filed nine years ago. First the court had imposed Rs 10000 penalty on Collector Land Acquisition Shopian on June 2 this year […]

Poshan scheme- Child’s Aadhaar not mandatory for availing benefits: Govt

New Delhi: The Women and Child Development Ministry has clarified that a child’s Aadhaar card is not mandatory for availing the benefits of nutrition scheme scheme, and that these can be accessed using the mother’s biometric card to register on the Poshan tracker app. The clarification came in response to a media report which claimed […]