India records biggest single-day rise of 495 Omicron cases

New Delhi: India on Thursday saw the biggest single-day jump of 495 Omicron cases, taking the total number of infections of the new variant of coronavirus to 2,630, according to Union health ministry data. Of the total cases, Maharashtra has the maximum at 797, followed by Delhi at 465, Rajasthan 236, Kerala 234, Karnataka 226, […]

Omicron surge: Centre asks nine states, UT’s to step up testing

New Delhi: Underlining the highly transmissible nature of Omicron and the preponderance of asymptomatic cases, the Centre has urged nine states and union territories to ramp up COVID-19 testing to ensure that infected people do not spread the virus to others. In a letter to Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Jammu […]

UAE-based Lulu group to invest Rs 200 Cr in JK

Aims to set up food processing, logistic hub

New Delhi: UAE-based retail major Lulu group on Thursday said it will invest Rs 200 crore in Jammu & Kashmir to set up a food processing and logistic hub. The Lulu group signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the J&K government in this regard, the company said in a statement. The company will invest […]

Cold wave conditions prevail across Kashmir

Srinagar: The minimum temperature in most places of Kashmir stayed close to the freezing point as the residents continue to experience warmer than expected nights, officials said here on Thursday. Srinagar recorded the minimum temperature of 0.3 degree Celsius, marginally down from the previous night’s 0.8 degrees Celsius, the officials said. Gulmarg, the famous skiing […]

Weather improves as flight operations resume

Sgr-Jmu highway reopens, Leh highway closed for traffic

Srinagar: After two days of disruptions, the flight operations at Srinagar international airport resumed while as the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway was opened for the stranded traffic after the weather conditions improved across on Thursday. Reports said that parts of Kashmir, including the world famous ski-resort, Gulmarg, Sonamarg, Pahalgam and other places experienced snowfall for […]

Soldier found dead along LoC in Poonch

Poonch: An army soldier died under mysterious circumstances on the Line of Control (LoC) in Balnoi area of K G Sector in Mendhar Poonch, officials said Thursday. They identified the soldier from army’s 8 Garhwal Regiment as Anil Chouhan of Uttrakhand. While he died of bullet wounds, it was not known whether it was case […]

JK launches Rapid Assessment System

Portal for end-to-end digitization of government services

JAMMU: Giving a big push to the end-to-end digitization of services, Chief Secretary Thursday launched the Rapid Assessment System having an in-built digital feedback mechanism at the Civil Secretariat, Jammu, with 8 new services, besides on boarding another 19 services, taking up the total tally to 27, an official spokesman said. The Rapid Assessment System […]

No SSG security cover for former JK CM’s

Srinagar/New Delhi: Four former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir, including Farooq Abdullah and Ghulam Nabi Azad, are likely to lose their Special Security Group (SSG) protection as the union territory’s administration has decided to “right-size” the elite unit established in 2000, officials said on Thursday. The move comes a little over 19 months after […]