Srinagar Mayor takes up issue of “taking over” of marriage halls by CRPF with Div Com

Srinagar Mayor takes up issue of “taking over” of marriage halls by CRPF with Div Com

Amid resentment over taking over some of the marriage halls in Srinagar by CRPF, the Srinagar Mayor has taken up the issue with Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir. In a series of tweets Srinagar Mayor Junaid Mattu expressed concern over the taking over of several marriage halls of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) by the security forces. “These community […]

DG IMPA chairs valedictory function of medium duration training

DG IMPA chairs valedictory function of medium duration training

SRINAGAR, NOVEMBER 5: Director General, J&K Institute of Management Planning Administration and Rural Development, Saurabh Bhagat, today chaired valedictory function of medium duration “Secretariat Assistants Training Course for Senior and Junior Assistants of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS)”. This two-month training course was specially organised by GAD and IMPARD which began on September 6 […]

J&K Reports 2 Covid-19 Deaths, 109 Fresh Cases

J&K Reports 2 Covid-19 Deaths, 109 Fresh Cases

Jammu and Kashmir reported 109 fresh covid-19 cases while two persons succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. Among the fresh cases, 11 were reported from Jammu Division and 98 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 332760. There were two fresh fatalities due to the virus during the […]

8 Areas declared as Micro Containment zones in Srinagar

8 Areas declared as Micro Containment zones in Srinagar

Srinagar Admin mulls for localised Lockdown in some specific areas of City, if positivity rate doesn’t decline*   In view of rapid increase in Covid-19 positive case in Srinagar district, the District Administration has declared 8 more areas as Micro Containment Zones under Medical Zones of Batamaloo, Zadibal, S.R Gunj and Khanyar to prevent spread […]

Australia postpones its first-ever Afghanistan Test match

Australia postpones its first-ever Afghanistan Test match

Australia on Friday postponed its first-ever cricket Test against Afghanistan, after the country’s ruling Taliban regime effectively banned women from playing the sport. Australia’s cricketing authorities said that after consultation with “relevant stakeholders”, they decided the men’s Test, to be played in Hobart this month, would not go ahead as planned. After the Taliban ousted Afghanistan’s elected […]

Several major countries pledge to phase out coal use

Several major countries pledge to phase out coal use

GLASGOW: In the fight to curb climate change, several major coal-using nations announced steps on Thursday to wean themselves at times slowly off the heavily polluting fossil fuel. The pledges to phase out coal came on top of other promises made at the UN climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, that the head of an international […]

Two killed as vehicle plunges into gorge in Budgam

Two killed as vehicle plunges into gorge in Budgam

Two persons were killed after a vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in GogjiPathri area of Chadoora in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday afternoon. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that an accident took place at Gogjipathri when driver lost control over […]