The delay of the Government to open the Mughal road is creating problems for the traders and people alike who can use it as alternate route when existing Srinagar-Jammu highway shuts due to landslides. The 84-kilometre road remains closed for almost six months a year due to snow. The Mughal road used to reopen in […]
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a Rs 3.16 lakh crore package of free foodgrains for migrant workers, concessional credit to farmers and working capital loan for street vendors as part of the second tranche of fiscal stimulus to heal an economy hit hard by coronavirus lockdown. At a news conference, Sitharaman said 8 […]
Srinagar, May 14, KNT: 13 more patients after recovering from Covid-19 infection have been discharged from JVC SKIMS Bemina today. Principal, JVC SKIMS Bemina, Dr Reyaz Untoo told KNT that out these 13 patients, 8 are from Bandipora, 4 from Budgam and one is from Baramulla. He said that JVC SKIMS Bemina has highest recovery […]
On May 11, the Supreme Court rejected a petition seeking the restoration of 4G internet services in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The plea was premised on the rights violations caused by suspending the internet during a pandemic and national lockdown, including the rights to health, education, freedom of speech, freedom of trade and access […]
Srinagar: The Delimitation Commission set up by the Narendra Modi government to redraw parliamentary and assembly constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir has left the National Conference (NC) in a bind over whether it should participate in the exercise or not. The government had on 6 March constituted the commission, to be headed by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana […]
India is working on four formulations of traditional medicine to treat the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 infection and the trials will start within one week, the Minister of AYUSH said on Thursday. Shripad Y Naik, the Union minister of AYUSH (ayurveda, yoga, unani, siddha and homeopathy), tweeted saying that the ministry is working with the Council […]
Srinagar: Nocturnal gunfight breaks out between militants and goverment forces in Yamrach of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thrusday. Reports reaching said that a joint team of Police, army’s 34RR and CRPF launched cordon search operation in Yamrach. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them, triggering […]
NEW DELHI : Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday offered struggling small businesses, the country’s dominant job creator, a rescue package that includes credit guarantees, equity support and a better chance to win government contracts as part of the ₹20 trillion package to revive the economy. Sitharaman sought to tackle the problems faced by micro, small and […]
Srinagar: The death of a 25-year-old man at the hands of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper in Kashmir’s Budgam district Wednesday triggered a controversy as his uncle, a local police officer, claimed he was the victim of unprovoked firing. Mehrajuddin Shah was driving a car, with his uncle Ghulam Hassan Shah in the passenger seat, when […]
Jammu and Kashmir government extended the preventive detention of former IAS Shah Faesal by another three months, a senior official said. He said the home department of J&K government on Wednesday evening extended the detention of Faesal, hours before it was set to expire. Shah Faesal was arrested on August 14, 2019 at the Delhi international airport […]