Inspects development projects being executed in Education department BARAMULLA, JULY 07: Principal Secretary School Education Department, Dr. Asgar Hasan Samoon, today visited Baramulla district to take first hand appraisal of various development projects being taken up in educational sector besides reviewing functioning of the department in the wake of present circumstances emerged due to COVID-19 […]
Directs concerned to strictly adhere to timelines while dealing with welfare measures SRINAGAR, JULY 07: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, today sanctioned financial assistance worth Rs 4.67 crore in favour of construction workers and dependents of such workers under Death -Cum -Funeral Assistance and Chronic Diseases Financial Assistance of various districts of Jammu and […]
Srinagar: A 65-year-old woman from Noorbagh area of Srinagar died at a hospital here on Tuesday, taking the fatality count due to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir to 142. Confirming it, Medical Superintendent Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital Dr Nazir Choudhary told a local news gathering agency Global News Service (GNS) that the […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Tuesday announced reopening of all parks and gardens in Jammu and Kashmir from Wednesday. “All parks and gardens in Jammu and Kashmir reopen from tomorrow,” Advisor to Lieutenant Governor Baseer Ahmad Khan told a local news gathering agency Global News Service (GNS) . He said every visitor is required to wear mask, […]
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will be a ‘game changer’ for the motherland, bringing unprecedented prosperity and progress to the country. “It (CPEC) is a project that will take Pakistan to new heights [of prosperity],” Mr. Khan said after witnessing the signing of agreement with China Gezhouba for […]
India’s COVID-19 tally raced past the seven lakh-mark with 22,252 fresh infections on Tuesday, five days after crossing the six lakh post, while the death toll climbed to 20,160 as 467 more people succumbed to the disease, according to the Union health ministry. With this, the country has recorded over 20,000 cases of the infection […]
BEIJING: Chinese authorities on Monday detained a law professor who published essays criticising President Xi Jinping over the coronavirus pandemic and accusing him of ruling “tyrannically”, according to friends of the man. Xu Zhangrun, a rare outspoken critic of the government in China’s heavily censored academia, was taken from his home in suburban Beijing by […]
LAHORE: Former Supreme Court judge retired Justice Faqir Mohammad Khokhar, in his capacity as an independent adjudicator, will hear the appeal of discarded Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal against a three-year ban at the National High Performance Centre here on July 13. Notices for the hearing have been issued to Umar and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The […]
Srinagar: General officer Commanding of Srinagar-based 15 Corps Lieutenant General BS Raju Tuesday said that the armed forces don’t want to kill militants and that an opportunity to surrender is given to every militants. In a short video uploaded on the official handle of Chinar Corps (15 Corps), Lt General Raju said that any loss […]
Srinagar: The body of a missing driver from South Kashmir’s Pulwama district was found in the river Jhelum at Pampore area on Tuesday. A local news gathering agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reported that some people while extracting sand from river Jhelum found a body near Patalbagh area of Pampore and accordingly informed police. The […]