Durbar returns to Kashmir

Srinagar: Amid lockdown over the deadly COVID-19, civil secretariat re-opened in summer capital Srinagar after a gap of six months on Monday. G.C. Murmu, who assumed office as the first Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir on October 31 last year, inspected the traditional guard of honour given to him by […]

Lt Guv interacts with officers

SRINAGAR: With the opening of the offices at Srinagar, the Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu arrived at the Civil Secretariat where he was greeted by the Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam. Lieutenant Governor inspected the ceremonial Guard of Honour by a contingent of J&K Police. He also interacted with the officers and sought their suggestions for […]

Ladakh reports 18 new corona positive cases

Srinagar: Eighteen new positive cases of Covid-19 were reported on Sunday morning in the Union Territory of Ladakh, taking the total number of active cases to 24 in the UT. An official said that 18 new cases of Covid-19 were detected from Chuchot Yokma area of Ladakh today morning. Rigzin Samphal, commissioner secretary health and […]

Handwara encounter: Colonel, Major among five personnel killed

Srinagar: In a setback, two senior army officers, including a colonel-rank officer, were among five security personnel killed during an encounter with militants at a village in Rajwar forests of North Kashmir, officials said Sunday. The deceased security personnel are: Colonel Ashutosh Sharma, Major Anuj Sood, Naik Rajesh and Lance Naik Dinesh, all from the […]

Handling Pakistan no big deal for India: Ram Madhav

New Delhi: The post-COVID19 world order will be “markedly different” and it will be in Pakistan’s own interest to change its actions like supporting terrorism, BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav said on Sunday, asserting that India knows how to handle such countries. In an exclusive interview to PTI, he also said that there will be […]

Seven children injured as unexploded substance goes off

Srinagar: Seven children were injured when an unexploded substance went off in Kupwara district of north Kashmir on Sunday, police said. “Around 2 pm an unexploded substance (probably a shell) went off at Ahgam Zachaldara in Handwara area of the north Kashmir district when some children were playing there,” a police officer said. The injured […]

Lockdown 3.0: JK chalks out plan for phase-wise return of stranded people

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has chalked out a plan for the phase-wise return of the residents of the union territory including students and migrant labourers stranded in different parts of the country due to the COVID-19 lockdown, an official said on Sunday. The administration, however, said all the returnees will be tested for […]

MHA clarifies on inter-state movement during lockdown

Says permission given to migrant workers, stranded tourists, pilgrims, students only

New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry on Sunday made it clear that the relaxations given for the inter-state movement of people during the lockdown was available only to distressed migrant workers, stranded tourists, pilgrims and students only. In a communication to all States and Union Territories, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said the home ministry […]

Lockdown: Low speed internet makes e-learning process a dull affair

Srinagar: Students in Kashmir are keeping up with their academics by taking to the online mode of education amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown, even as the clamour for the restoration of high-speed internet services has grown in view of the difficulties faced by them to access the study material. In Kashmir, school education has been affected […]