There has been no word from the Lok Sabha speaker how the government will proceed for the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly segments in UT of Jammu and Kashmir along with North Eastern states as the three sitting MP’s of National Conference have decided not to be the part of exercise. The National Conference has […]
As the cases of COVID-19 rise in India, the country’s defence secretary becomes first top government official to test positive for the virus, reported Hindustan Times on Wednesday. Ajay Kumar, the secretary, had developed mild fever and got himself tested for COVID-19, which came positive. He is under home quarantine, two people familiar with the development were […]
BJP’s national general secretary Ram Madhav, while speaking to Arun Joshi, has indicated firmly that a new legislature will soon be in place in J&K in months and assertively declared that there would be “no compromise on Indian sovereignty, integrity,” while negotiating a solution to the current Chinese aggression in Ladakh. Excerpts from the interview: Your […]
Cyclone Nisarga, which slammed the Maharashtra coast with wind speeds of up to 120 kmph, caused minimal damage to life and property and the “worst is over”, the NDRF chief said on Wednesday evening. However, NDRF teams will remain deployed and assist state authorities in recovery work, said S N Pradhan, the chief of the […]
THE WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) has decided to resume the hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) part of its Solidarity Trial, a global effort to find a treatment for Covid-19, after The Lancet issued an “expression of concern” over a study it had published that had questioned the effectiveness of HCQ. The WHO had suspended the HCQ segment of its trial based on this […]
Dr. Muzaffer Ahmad, an epidemiologist, was allegedly beaten by the Central Reserved Police Forces (CRPF) in Chadoora area of Budgam district when he was on way to his office on Wednesday morning. “CRPF personnel stopped me at the chowk and I showed them my Covid-19 pass. They told me to move back but I insisted that I […]
Kulgam, June 03 (KNS): The sudden hail storm on Wednesday after damaged huge stretches of orchards and other crops in dozens of villages in kulgam district. According to the villagers it was a hail storm of huge magnitude as almost it covered the fields and remained for few hours , It dashed the crops on […]
Budgam, 03 June (KNS): Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Wednesday condemned assault against a senior doctor in central Kashmir’s Budgam district in the hands of CRPF men stressing on hassle free movement of medical staff across Kashmir. In a statement, president DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said there seems to be no end to violence against health […]
JK reports 139 new positive cases, 1007 recovered so far JAMMU, JUNE 3: The Government on Wednesday informed that 139 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 30 from Jammu division and 109 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 2857. Moreover, […]
India has saved Rs 5,000 crore in foreign exchange after it capitalised on the global low oil prices to fill its underground strategic oil storage to shore up insurance against any supply or price disruption, the petroleum ministry said on Wednesday. While the 5.33 million tonnes of emergency storage — enough to meet India’s oil […]