CS inaugurates Shankaracharya trekking trail : Reviews Hokersar conservation, de-weeding operations in Dal
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, Thursday inaugurated 5.5 km gentle forest trek route around Shankaracharya hills, known as first learning ground for hiking enthusiasts in Srinagar. Pertinently, the Shankaracharya 360 degree trekking trail offers a 360-degree view of Srinagar city and the surrounding landscapes. Chief Secretary said that trekking is emerging as a […]
Govt sets up maintenance, appellate tribunals : SDM/ ADM to head maintenance tribunal, DM to preside over appellate tribunal
Srinagar: In a significant development, the administration has set-up maintenance tribunals and appellate tribunals in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. In a notification issued here the government has constituted a maintenance tribunal for each sub-division/ with additional district magistrate/sub-district magistrate concerned as its presiding officer. The notification states that ADM/ SDM […]
Physical hearing to resume in courts across JK, Ladakh
Jammu: Physical hearing with certain restrictions would resume in courts across Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh from February 14, Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal said on Wednesday as he issued fresh guidelines amid gradual improvement in the COVID-19 situation. However, the chief justice of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh said the entry of litigants, […]
Properties of 610 Kashmiri Pandits restored in JK: Govt
New Delhi: As many as 610 Kashmiri Pandits were given back their properties left behind in Jammu and Kashmir following eruption of militancy there in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also said in the Rajya Sabha that 3,000 state government jobs were created for Kashmiri migrants […]
Govt likely to ban private practice of doctors
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government is likely to ban private practice of doctors in the Medical Colleges of UT, official’s privy to the development revealed Wednesday. The development comes close on the heels of recommendations of medical experts constituted on the directions of the High Court that had strongly advocated a blanket ban on private […]
China-Pak joint statement: India rejects references to JK, CPEC
New Delhi: India on Wednesday firmly rejected the references to Jammu and Kashmir and an economic corridor passing through PaK made in a China-Pakistan joint statement, asserting that the region as well as the Union Territory of Ladakh “have been, are and will” always remain integral and inalienable parts of India. Regarding the reference to […]
Srinagar acid attack: Govt to bear treatment cost, ensure rehabilitation of victim
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government would bear the treatment expenses of the 24-year-old acid attack victim and ensure her complete rehabilitation, even as the police would file a charge-sheet in the case in the next few days, officials said on Wednesday. The woman was hospitalised with burns after acid was thrown on her in […]
SEC to take decision on school reopening soon: DC Srinagar
Srinagar: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, on Wednesday stressed the need for strict compliance to Covid-19 Appropriate Behavior, underlining that efforts should be to bring down the virus cases to zero. “From last few days, if you see, there has been a significant decrease in Covid-19 cases. For this, I would like to thank […]
BSF recovers RDX, IED-making items dropped by Pak drone
New Delhi/Amritsar: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday recovered over 4 kg of RDX, a pistol and bomb-making items dropped in two packets by a drone that flew from Pakistan into an Indian farm along the Punjab border. A spokesperson of the paramilitary force said troops fired after they heard a “buzzing sound of […]
JK reports 681 new cases, four more deaths
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday recorded 681 fresh Covid cases that took the infection tally to 4,48,786, while four more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,732, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 359 were from Jammu division and 322 from the Kashmir division, they said. Jammu district recorded the highest 184 cases followed […]
