Emergency authorization for Covovax
DCGI seeks more data from SII over its demand
New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has raised queries and sought more data from Serum Institute of India over its application seeking emergency authorisation for Covid vaccine Covovax, official sources said on Thursday. Serum Institute of India (SII) had sent an application to the DCGI in October for the grant of market […]
Over 100-year-old saint Luke’s Church restored, reopened
Reopening a historic occasion: Lt Guv
JAMMU/SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday inaugurated the reopening ceremony of historic St Luke’s Church in Srinagar that has been fully renovated, conserved and opened for the public to offer prayers. Addressing the gathering through virtual mode, the Lt Governor said that the lost glory of the oldest Church in Srinagar has been restored today. […]
IED seizure case: NIA files chargesheet against three Shopian residents
Jammu: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against three persons before a special court here in connection with a case relating to the recovery of an IED from Bhatindi in June, an official said on Thursday. Nadeem Ul Haq, Talib Ur Rehman of Ramban and Nadeem Ayoub Rather of Shopian have been […]
PM Modi holds Covid review meeting
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a review meeting on the COVID-19 situation in the country on Thursday evening amid rising concerns over the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Official sources said Modi took stock of the pandemic situation across the country in a high-level meeting attended by senior officials and […]
JK reports three covid-19 deaths, 132 fresh cases
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported three deaths due to covid-19 while 132 fresh cases were reported during the past 24 hours, officials said Thursday. 27 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 105 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 340293. There were three deaths reported from Kashmir division due to the […]
Govt mulls removing ‘deadwood’ in Education Dept
Srinagar: The government has asked the Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) to furnish the list of its teaching and non-teaching employees that have turned to be the ‘deadwood’ for the department. Principal Secretary of School Education Department, B K Singh in an official communiqué issued to the DSEK has said, “The Department of Education […]
Two LeT militant associates held: Police
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police Thursday said to have arrested two ‘militant associates’ linked with banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba in a joint operation with army’s 2 Rashtriya Rifles and 79 Battalion CRPF in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. “Acting upon specific information, police along with security forces arrested two militant associates linked with proscribed militant outfit […]
Three held with counterfeit currency
Srinagar: Police on Thursday claimed to have busted a fake currency racket by arresting three persons in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Police busted a fake currency racket, arrests three persons, counterfeit currency notes and other tools seized, a police spokesman said. He said that during Naka checking at Narbal, police party from Police post Narbal […]
IED recovered, defused in Pulwama: Police
Srinagar: Police on Thursday said that they averted a major tragedy by recovering and destroying an IED weighing 5kg in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. In a statement police said that acting on a specific intelligence that militants have planted an IED on Newa Sringar road in Wanpora, a search operation was launched jointly by Pulwama […]
Year 2021 proved ‘era of peace’ along LoC
Indo- Pak truce resulted in all time low violation, killings
Srinagar: Following the recent truce on the Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan, the figures of violations and killings this year was all-time low compared to previous years. Year 2020 had seen the highest number of ceasefire violations after more than 15 years in Jammu and Kashmir. India shares a total of 3,323 […]
