Covid-19 pandemic leads to ‘depression’ among CRPF troopers: Official

Another trooper ends life

Srinagar: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel committed suicide after shooting himself dead with his service riffle in Rambagh area of Srinagar. CRPF spokesman in Srinagar Pankaj Singh said that a CRPF man posted at Group Centre Rambagh identified as Pintoo Mondal of West Bengal, shot himself dead. “An inquiry has been ordered as […]

Employees retiring during COVID pandemic to get provisional pension: Govt

New Delhi: Central government employees retiring during the COVID-19 pandemic will get provisional pension till their regular Pension Payment Order (PPO) is issued and other formalities completed, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday. This decision was taken because with the pandemic and the lockdown, a government servant may find difficulty in submitting pension forms […]

Mian Qayoom’s detention won’t be extended after Aug 7: JK admin tells SC

New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir administration informed the Supreme Court on Monday that it will not extend the current detention of high court bar leader Mian Abdul Qayoom under J-K Public Safety Act beyond August 7. The top court asked J-K administration to apprise it by July 29 as to why Qayoom cannot be […]

NIA files charge sheet against six persons for helping militants

Jammu: The NIA on Monday filed a charge sheet in a special court here against six persons for allegedly helping militants of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad to infiltrate, an official said. Sameer Ahmed Dar, Asif Ahmed Malik, Sartaj Ahmed Mantoo, Suhaib Manzoor, Zahoor Ahmed Khan, all residents of Pulwama, and Suheel Javid of Budgam have been charged […]

Lt Guv inaugurates several projects

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu, dedicated to public different infrastructure development projects of Power Development Department executed under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes like DDUGJY, IPDS, PMDP Urban & PMDP Rural. The inaugurated projects primarily included capacity addition at 33/11 KV level by way of construction of new 33/11 KV Sub Stations, Capacity enhancement of […]

JK reports 615 new positive cases, 9928 recovered so far

JAMMU: The Government on Sunday informed that 615 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 136 from Jammu division and 479 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 17920. Also 07 COVID-19 deaths have been reported; 01 from Jammu division and […]

India’s COVID-19 tally soars to 13,85,522 with 48,661 fresh cases

New Delhi: With 48,661 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 13,85,522 on Sunday, while the recoveries mounted to 8,85,576, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The country’s death toll rose to 32,063 with 705 fatalities being recorded in a day, the data updated at 8 am […]

Farooq Abdullah calls for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, pins hopes on SC

New Delhi: As the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status is set to complete one year on August 5, former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Sunday called for restoration of its statehood and hoped the Supreme Court would render justice by striking down the repeal of Article 370 provisions. In his first media interview […]

India, China likely to hold fifth round of Corps Commander-level talks next week

New Delhi: India and China are set to hold a fresh round of high-level military talks next week to work out modalities for withdrawal of Chinese troops from Pangong Tso area in eastern Ladakh, government sources said on Saturday. So far, senior military commanders of the two armies have held four rounds of talks on […]