Vaishno Devi shrine experiences first snowfall

Banihal/Jammu: The famous Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district experienced its first snowfall of the season on Saturday, while the strategic Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained closed due to landslides at several places, leaving hundreds of commuters stranded, officials said. The train service between the 136-km Banihal-Baramulla Section was also suspended due to the inclement […]

JK reports 655 fresh covid-19 cases, three fatalities

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Saturday reported 655 fresh covid-19 cases while as three people succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said. 392 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu division and 263 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 343965. There were three deaths, one from Jammu and two from […]

No leave to Health staff in Valley, says DESK order

Srinagar: Amid spurt in number of covid-19 cases, Director Health Services Kashmir has asked all concerned not to sanction any kind of leave to the non-gazetted employees or forward leave application to his office in case of gazetted staff. “In order to meet out any emergency situation which may arise due to heavy snow fall […]

Covid surge in JK: No room for complacency, says Jitendra Singh

Jammu: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday reviewed the preparedness to deal with the third wave of COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir and cautioned that “there is no room to be complacent”. During the high-level online meeting connecting different districts ranging from Jammu to Srinagar as well as the two divisional headquarters of Jammu and […]

COVID-19 peak expected between Feb 1-15: IIT Madras Analysis

New Delhi: India’s R-naught value which indicates the spread of COVID-19 was recorded at 4 this week, suggesting a very high infection transmission rate, according to a preliminary analysis by IIT Madras predicting the peak of the third wave between February 1-15. R-naught or R0 indicates the number of people an infected person can spread […]

JK fetches $100 million investment

Govt signs MoU with Century Financial Dubai

DUBAI: In its ongoing efforts to strengthen the Hospitality & Tourism Industry in Jammu Kashmir Union Territory, the J&K government signed an MoU with UAE’s pioneering financial services company, Century Financial that will invest $100 million. The MoU was signed in a special event presided by the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha. The investment will cover […]

Tourism Dept pitches for JK’s tourism potential

Dubai: The Department of Tourism has pitched strongly for promoting the potential of Jammu & Kashmir as the unparallel and all season destination in the country. Making a case for the tourism potential of Jammu & Kashmir, Secretary, Tourism, Sarmad Hafeez during a presentation before the delegates of the Expo highlighted the salient features, seasonal […]

Pangong lake bridge: China terms move as ‘infrastructure construction’

Beijing: A day after India asserted that the area where China is currently building a bridge across the Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh has been under illegal occupation of that country for around 60 years, Beijing claimed that its “infrastructure construction” is aimed at safeguarding China’s territorial sovereignty. India on Thursday said the bridge being […]