Hajj 2020: Pilgrims pray on peak day of pilgrimage
Dubai: Masked pilgrims arrived Thursday at Mount Arafat, a desert hill near Islam’s holiest site, to pray and repent on the most important day of the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage in Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The global coronavirus pandemic has cast a shadow over every aspect of this year’s pilgrimage, which last year drew 2.5 […]
WP refugees get domicile certificates
Decades old struggle for citizenship ends
R S Pura (Jammu): Tears welled up in 64-year-old Garo Ram’s eyes when he received a ‘domicile certificate’ that declared him a ‘bonafide citizen’ of Jammu and Kashmir, giving him the right to vote, the right to property and the right to a government job in the union territory. A divisional level officer said that […]
Cong leader Soz says he continues to be under house arrest
Rahul Gandhi demands his immediate release
Srinagar: Senior Congress leader Saifuddin Soz continued to be under house arrest on Thursday, in spite of the Jammu and Kashmir administration informing the Supreme Court that there are no curbs on the movement of the former Union minister. Talking briefly to reporters from behind the walls of his residence, Soz said he will approach […]
Panel on wildlife gives nod to Ujh Multipurpose project
Approves construction of underground canal in ESZ of wildlife sanctuary
Srinagar: The standing committee of National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has given its nod to construction of Ujh multipurpose project in Jammu & Kashmir. The proposal was cleared during the 58th meeting of the standing committee of NBWL held on July 3 through videoconference under the chairmanship of Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate […]
Covid-19 has affected all medical blocks in Kashmir
Positive cases have poured in from all 68 medical blocks of Valley: Officials
Srinagar: The deadly Covid-19 pandemic has engulfed the entire Kashmir region as not even a single medical block is virus free, officials revealed on Thursday. They said that Covid-19 positive cases have poured in from all 68 medical blocks of Kashmir division and no area is virus free. An official said that Srinagar district which […]
Coronascare: Covid-19 casts its shadow on sale of sacrificial animals
Srinagar: This year’s Eid-ul-Azha (festival of sacrifices) is turning out to be a major cause of worry for the mutton dealers in Kashmir as the sale graph of sacrificial animals has gone drastically down with Covid-19 pandemic seen as a major reason for huge losses. Officials at Animal and Sheep husbandry department revealed that the […]
Covid ‘mismanagement’ Now GMC principal issues ‘Gag Order’
Srinagar: All officers/officials/faculty members/ doctors working in Government Medical College Srinagar and its associated officials should refrain from posting any official information on social media, Principal GMC Srinagar Dr Samia Rashid said on Thursday. She said anyone found involved in uploading official information related to Covid-19 pandemic shall be viewed seriously and action as per […]
Media teams from outside to visit JK on first anniversary of UT
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has appointed five senior IAS officers to coordinate visits of media teams from various parts of the country over the next two weeks as the country’s youngest union territory prepares for its first anniversary. “Sanction is here accorded to the nomination of following officers as nodal officers and joint […]
LAC faceoff: Disengagement process not yet complete: India on China claim
New Delhi: India on Thursday said the process for disengagement of troops in eastern Ladakh has not yet been completed though some progress was made, an assertion that came two days after China claimed frontline troops of the two countries have “completed” this exercise at most locations along their border. China had also said that […]
Covid-19 testing made mandatory for all incoming passengers
JAMMU: The State Executive Committee (SEC), has issued revised Quarantine Procedures and protocols to be followed for all incoming passengers by Air, Rail and Road into the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The SOPs regarding COVID testing have been revised by the SEC in exercise of powers conferred upon it under Section 24 of […]
