SRINAGAR, NOVEMBER 18: The Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad Thursday chaired a meeting of all Sectoral/District Officers to review the follow-up and implementation of directions of the Lieutenant Governor issued during a Video conference held on 15th of this month. At the outset, the Deputy Commissioner briefed the meeting about the directions of Lieutenant […]
People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) has urged President Ram Nath Kovind for a time-bound judicial inquiry into the Hyderpora incident. In a letter to Kovind, PAGD Chairman and former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said the incident has evoked anger among people of Kashmir and needs a time-bound judicial probe so that true facts are […]
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 19: A delegation of Pahari Cultural & Welfare Forum, Anantnag today called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and apprised him about the issues of Pahari speaking people of the UT. The ten member delegation led by Sh. Sheikh Muzaffar, President, Jammu & Kashmir Nationalist People’s Front, comprising its president Sh Sharief Bhukhari; Member, […]
Jammu and Kashmir reported 193 fresh covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. Among the fresh cases, 23 were reported from Jammu Division and 170 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 335016. There was no death due to the virus during […]
After authorities handed over the bodies of two civilians from Srinagar to their respective families, political leaders including former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti have been demanding that the body of third civilian Aamir Magrey should also be handed over to his family. Mehbooba Mufti took her Twitter handle saying that Aamir […]
WASHINGTON: Pfizer Inc said on Thursday the US government would pay $5.29 billion for 10 million courses of its experimental Covid anti-viral drug. The deal is for around twice as many treatment courses as Merck & Co Inc has agreed to supply the United States under its contract. The price for the Pfizer pill is […]
With an aim to uplift the poor people who are living on the fringes of the society, the government has empowered the tribal department to set up Tribal Model Villages across Jammu and Kashmir. Recently DDC Srinagar finalized an Action Plan for development of Cluster Tribal Model Villages. He said that his administration is going […]
In a major development on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the government decision to withdraw the three controversial farm laws saying the constitutional process to do so would be completed in the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament. Greeting the nation in an address on Friday on the occasion of Gurpurab, the prime minister expressed […]
Srinagar, Nov 19 CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami Friday urged the government to return body of Amir Ahmad Magray, a resident of Gool in Ramban, the third civilian killed in Hyderpora, ‘without any further delay’. “It has been proven beyond any doubt that Magray is a civilian. His father Abdul Latief Magray is […]
Srinagar: Amid mounting pressure from various quarters, the bodies of building owner Altaf Ahmed Bhat of Barzulla and Dr Mudasir Gul of Rawalpora area of Srinagar were exhumed after two days from a graveyard in Handwara area of northern district of Kupwara for handing them over to their families for last rites on Thursday late […]