Srinagar, May 23 (KNS) :Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday hit back at former J&K Governor SatyaPal Malik and said Only naam ka Satya not kaam ka: Omar tweeted “Only naam ka satya not kaam ka. He never tires of lying. Lied to people of J&K before 5th August & lying […]
Srinagar, May 23 (KNS): The High court of Jammu and Kashmir will continue same working time round the year, thus halting the past practice of change of timings in winter and summers. An official handout stated that the Chief Justice has issued a calendar which will be followed for the rest part of the whole […]
Srinagar, May 23 (KNS): The government, as per a circular issued here today in view of the flights resuming operations from May 25, 2020, has again informed all authorities and travellers for strict observance of all necessary preventive protocols regarding COVID-19 pandemic during evacuation process of stranded people of Jammu and Kashmir. The circular reads […]
Srinagar, May 23 (KNS): The District Disaster Management Authority or DDMA Srinagar has directed for complete lockdown in Srinagar till May 31. The direction follows a comprehensive review of the ground situation and in light of guidelines as laid down for COVID-19 containment zones. District Magistrate and Chairman DDMA Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary issuing […]
Srinagar: A 55-year-old woman from Urnhal area of south Kashmir, who had tested positive for COVID-19, died at the SKIMS Soura on Saturday, taking the overall death toll due to the infection in Jammu and Kashmir to 21. Medical Superintendent SKIMS Soura, Professor Farooq Jan told local news agency that the woman was admitted to […]
The UT Government today advised the Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (BOPEE) to call for domicile certificates only from the candidates shortlisted for counselling and not insist upon their production from the candidates at the time of the submission of the online forms. According to a government advisory, the Board has been told to modify […]
With domestic flight operations set to resume on Monday, at least five states and one Union Territory have decided that incoming passengers would have to stay in home or institutional quarantine. The governments of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Assam, and the administration of Jammu and Kashmir have decided that arriving passengers will have […]
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the country’s apex body in the field, has found that consuming the drug hydroxychloroquine reduces the chances of getting infected with Covid-19. As a result, ICMR released an advisory Friday to expand the usage of HCQ — an anti-malarial drug — as a preventive treatment against the […]
Srinagar: Charred currency worth over Rs 1 lakh meant to repair his house, sewing machines to eke out a living and all personal records – 55-year-old Bashir Ahmad Darzi has lost everything he had built. On Tuesday, when bombs hit his three storey home in downtown Srinagar, Mr Darzi’s dream to renovate home before his […]
New Delhi, May 22 (PTI) The Supreme Court Friday sought responses from the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir on a plea seeking setting up of a permanent bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) to deal with service disputes of government employees in the Union Territory. A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and […]