Fruits, vegetables from JK fail to make it to Azadpur Mandi

New Delhi: The supply of vegetables and fruits to the city from other states has been impacted and it has been halved at Azadpur Mandi, one of Delhi’s largest wholesale market, owing to the protest by farmers at the Singhu and Tikri border points of the national capital for the last five days. Vendors in […]
Covid-19 vaccination: Centre asks states to identify healthcare workers

New Delhi: The Centre has asked states to identify healthcare workers, including doctors, pharmacists as well as MBBS and BDS interns, who will carry out a COVID-19 inoculation drive once a vaccine is available. The Centre in its letter to states and UTs has said the MBBS and BDS doctors as well as interns, staff […]
MeT predicts dry weather till Dec 4, Improvement in min temperature in Kashmir

Srinagar, Nov 29 (PTI) There was some improvement in the minimum temperature across Kashmir on Sunday, even as the meteorological department forecast light rain or snow at isolated places in the higher reaches of the Valley, officials said. Barring Qazigund — the gateway town to the valley — sub-zero night temperatures were experienced across Kashmir, […]
North India likely to have harsher winter: IMD
New Delhi: North India is likely to expect a harsher winter and the possibility of cold waves occurring could be more this season, India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Mrutunjay Mohapatra said on Sunday. The IMD, in its winter forecast for December to February, said below normal minimum temperatures are likely over north and central […]
471 new COVID cases, 5 deaths in J-K
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday recorded 471 new coronavirus cases, pushing the tally to 10,9,854, while the death toll reached 1,685 with five more fatalities, officials said Of the fresh cases, 260 were reported from the Jammu division and 211 from the Kashmir division, they said. The officials said Jammu district recorded the highest […]
Elections no solution to Kashmir problem, hold dialogue with Pak: Mehbooba

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said elections are no solution to the Kashmir problem and called for a dialogue between India and Pakistan to address the issue. She also accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of murdering the democracy in the name of District Development Council (DDC) polls as alliance candidates were […]
BJP releases manifesto in Urdu for DDC polls in Kashmir
Srinagar: The BJP on Sunday released its election manifesto in Urdu for the ongoing District Development Council (DDC) polls in Kashmir. Former MLC Vibhod Gupta released the manifesto in presence of senior party leaders from the Valley such as Sofi Yosuf and Darakhshan Abdrabi. The manifesto claims that while the BJP has unified the country […]
Deliberate attempts on to vitiate peaceful atmosphere in Jammu region: J-K Muslim activists
Jammu: Several Muslim activists, including a former bureaucrat, of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday alleged that “some elements” are making deliberate attempts to harm the communal harmony of the union territory’s Jammu region and sought the intervention of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. Though they did not identify the “elements” but claimed that their attempts intensified […]
JKBOSE’s Employee first to retire under ‘new rules’
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has beforetime retired its first employee under new rules,an employee from Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education. According to an order, a copy of which lies with the news agency—Kashmir News Service(KNS), the Board of School Education Beforetime retired it’s one of the employee who has already completed […]
Anti encroachment drive against encroachers Roshni Beneficiaries in Shopian
SHOPIAN: Tehsildar Shopian, Bilal Ahmed along with his team including Naib Tehsildar Shopian, GQs, Patwaries and municipal committee officers held an anti-encroachment drive against the encroachers of state land and the Roshni Beneficiaries in whose favour the allotments were made under Roshni Act 2007, in Tehsil Shopian. Pertinently, in the past week, sixty kanals of […]