The Modi government has approved an annual plan worth Rs 574.16 crore for national highway works in Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) for 2020-21 in a big boost for J-K, an official spokesperson said on Saturday. “The major works incorporated in the approved annual plan included construction of 3.23 km three fly-overs in Srinagar on NH-44 (Jammu-Srinagar highway) […]
India reported 24,850 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the country to 6,73,165. A total of 613 people succumbed to the disease in one day, the highest so far. The death toll now stands at 19,268. At least 4,09,082 people have been […]
At the height of tensions between India and China following the June 15 incident in Galwan Valley where 20 Indian Army personnel were killed in clashes with Chinese troops, US Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo spoke to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, The Sunday Express has learnt. Read | Facing long haul at LAC, Army’s big challenge: Logistics […]
Srinagar: In response to recent media reports that Pakistan was moving troops to Gilgit-Baltistan along with some Chinese presence, a series of high-level meetings were held at New Delhi, including by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. Lieutenant GovernorGirish Chandra Murmu, along with Chief Secretary and other officials, was summoned to New Delhi and held meetings […]
Suspected militants on Sunday morning detonated a low intensity improvised explosive device( IED) in Gangoo village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district minutes after convoy of paramilitary CRPF passed through the area, resulting in the injuries to a CRPF man. Officials told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that militants had planted low intensity IED under a […]
India’s aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday (July 3) extended the ban on international flights until July 31. The ban was until July 15 so far, and the restarting of normal scheduled international passenger flights has now been deferred further. So why did the DGCA extend the ban? According to senior […]
The Government on Saturday informed that 227 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 30 from Jammu division and 197 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 8246. Also 08 COVID-19 deaths have been reported from Kashmir Division. Moreover, 68 more […]
By: Shayib Bhat Srinagar: Dozens of female patients with symptoms of covid-19 admitted in isolation wards of SMHS Hospital without any proper medical treatment, monitoring by doctors and nurses and even dozens of attendants are allowed to sit and sleep within this isolation ward. At 9 PM in SMHS Hospital Srinagar this reporter witnessed pathetic […]
District Administration, Srinagar conducted a comprehensive review of water supply scenario in the city and directed for a host of measures to ensure regular supply and stringent measures against misuse of drinking water for commercial purposes and illegal drilling of supply lines. Concerns related to shortage of water in tail-end areas of some supply lines […]
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Saturday said J&K government has failed to alleviate the sufferings of farmers and revive the agrarian economy undergoing distress due to post august measures, subsequent weather vagaries and Covid-19 induced lockdown. The present agrarian crisis is deep rooted and widespread due to the accumulation of distress over the last […]