Rehab of militancy victims

CS approves Annual Action Plan

SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta Tuesday chaired a meeting of the Executive Council for rehabilitation of victims of militancy: widows, orphans, handicapped, and old aged people for the year 2021-22. Administrative Secretaries of departments of Finance, Home, Social Welfare, and Higher Education, besides representatives of Government of India and National Foundation for communal […]

Violation of Covid protocol: 13 persons detained in Srinagar for not wearing Mask

SRINAGAR: In wake of surge in daily cases of Covid-19 in few areas of Srinagar district, the District Administration on the Directions of Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad have heightened their efforts to make sure Covid-19 SoPs and guidelines are strictly followed throughout the district. Accordingly, Magisterial flying squads constituted by the District Administration […]

COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in country crosses 75.81 cr

New Delhi: The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 75.81 crore on Tuesday, the Union Health Ministry said. More than 54 lakh (54,72,356) vaccine doses have been administered till 7 pm, it said. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by […]

JK railway ‘dream of nation’: Railway Minister

Says work underway to complete project

Jammu: It is the dream of the nation to see the rail connectivity between Kashmir and the rest of the country, Union Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said, asserting that the work on the prestigious project was going on at a fast pace and would be completed soon. The minister was in Katra, the […]

WHO’s approval for Covaxin likely this month

India crosses 75 crore Covid vaccine doses

New Delhi: The World Health Organization’s approval for the indigenous COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, developed by the Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, is likely to come this month, official sources said Monday. The WHO has so far approved Covid vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, US pharma majors Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, China’s Sinopharm and Oxford-AstraZeneca for emergency use. Covaxin […]

Highlight achievement, plans and policies: Govt dept’s told

Srinagar: The administration has directed departments to display banners /hoardings in major towns and cities of the Union Territory to highlight their plans, policies and achievements. These directions were passed to the departments during a meeting chaired by chief secretary Arun Kumar Mehta in July this year. “The Chief Secretary asked all the administrative secretaries […]

Security forces defuse six grenades placed along highway

Srinagar: Security forces on Monday averted a major tragedy by detecting and defusing six hand grenades placed by militants on the busy Parimpora-Panthachowk axis in Srinagar, officials said here. “During a routine road opening exercise along National Highway 44, alert troopers of the 73 Battalion of the CRPF recovered six Chinese grenades from a sandbag […]

JK reports 86 new covid-19 cases

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 86 new covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said 8 of the cases were reported from Jammu Division and 78 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total count to 326990. There was no death due […]