With 34,884 people testing positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, India’s caseload surged to 10,38,716 while the death toll from the disease rose to 26,273 with 671 fatalities, the Union health ministry said. According to the ministry’s data updated at 8 am on Saturday, 6,53,750 people have recovered from the disease so far. […]
Defence minister Rajnath Singh, who is on a 2-day visit to Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, on Saturday morning visited the Amarnath cave shrine to pay obeisance and perform Puja. Reports said Singh was accompanied by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and Army chief General MM Naravane. Singh had on Friday […]
The latest about the 4G services in Jammu and Kashmir is that petitioner’s lawyer and the government lawyers locked horns before the judges of Supreme Court whether the top court should move ahead on the plea for the contempt proceedings against Union Home secretary and Chief secretary of Jammu and Kashmir for violating the court […]
Options seem to be running out for Nepal prime minister KP Sharma Oli with the high powered nine-member secretariat of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) scheduled to meet on Saturday in Kathmandu to decide the political future of the country. The meeting will be held at 3pm in Baluwatar. According to political sources based […]
A former Army Havildar who had subsequently joined Defence Service Corps (DSC) shot himself dead with his service weapon at Mendhar area of this district on Saturday, officials said. They said that the 45-year-old, former Havildar of 4 JAKLI, Bashir Ahmad, was shifted to hospital soon after he was found in pool of blood at […]
An 80-year-old COVID-19 positive woman from Bandipora died at a hospital in Srinagar, taking the fatality count due to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir to 232. Unnamed senior doctor at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS), octogenarian was admitted on 11 July as a case […]
Three militants have been killed in an ongoing gunfight between militants and government forces in Amshipora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). An unnamed senior police officer told GNS that three militant bodies have been recovered so far in an ongoing operation. However, the […]
Er. Showkat Jeelani today assumed the charge of Chief Engineer Roads and Buildings Department Kashmir here. Known for efficiency and dedication Er. Showkat is popular in the engineering circle as he has also served as Ex. Er. Estates Division Kmr, Superintending Engineer Srinagar-Budgam circle and C.E PMGSY Kashmir. After assuming the charge, Er. Jeelani had a meeting […]
Tightening its noose against violation of norms in terms of not wearing face masks which has been made mandatory by District Magistrate Rajouri, Police authorities in Rajouri district have fined 378 person in last three days with one lakh and fifty thousand rupees has been realised as fine. Senior Superintendent of Police Rajouri, Chandan Kohli […]
Jammu and Kashmir on Friday reported 601 new COVID-19 cases, including 86 travelers, were reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, taking the total number of infections in the Union Territory to 12757. Among the cases, 137 were reported from Jammu division and 464 from Kashmir valley, reported news agency GNS. Giving district-wise details, officials […]