KUPWARA, MARCH 05: Department of Handicrafts Kupwara today organized a day long awareness camp at town hall with the District Development Commissioner (DDC) Kupwara Anshul Garg as chief guest. The programme was attended by AD Handloom Kashif Altaf, AD Handicrafts Mudasir Ahmed, Block training officers of Handicraft Department, besides a huge number of Artisans, Weavers […]
Directs private hospitals to set up Isolation wards SRINAGAR, MARCH 05: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan today chaired a meeting to review preventive measures for Coronavirus (COVID-19) threat which are put in place by line departments in the valley. The meeting was informed that isolation wards have been earmarked in each district hospitals, […]
SRINAGAR, MARCH 05: Secretary, Horticulture Department, Manzoor Ahmed Lone today inaugurated a Horticulture Mela here today. The event witnessed a huge rush of orchardists, plant lovers, entrepreneurs associated with horticulture sector besides representatives of pesticides companies. Secretary Horticulture, on the occasion, said that aim of the event is to expose people to the new trends […]
Srinagar, March 5 Broadband internet services were restored in Kashmir on Thursday, a day after the Jammu and Kashmir administration lifted a ban on social media in the Union territory, ending a seven-month information blackout in the Valley, officials said. Internet services were snapped across all platforms on August 4 last year. The next day, […]
Coronavirus (COVID 19) Live Updates: The novel coronavirus is now in over 75 countries with over 94,000 cases confirmed worldwide, says WHO. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not visit Brussels after India and European Union decided to call off the India-EU summit in the wake of the outbreak of coronavirus in Italy claiming more than 100 lives. […]
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has temporarily promoted 22 civil judges on the basis of their superiority and merit. In an order, the office of Registrar General stated that 22 civil judges (Junior Division)/Munsiffs have been temporarily promoted as civil judges (senior Division)/Sub-Judges considering the comparative seniority and suitability of the judicial officers falling […]
The divisional commissioners of the Kashmir and Jammu regions have been made in-charge of the programme in their respective areas of jurisdiction. Health authorities in Kashmir have kept five persons with a recent history of travelling to coronavirus-affected countries in the isolation ward of the SKIMS hospital here after they showed symptoms of the disease, […]
The PSA was invoked last month against Omar Abdullah and PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti, also a former chief minister, six months after they were taken into preventive detention in the wake of the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5. The Supreme Court heard Sara Pilot’s plea Thursday challenging the detention of his brother and National Conference […]
The coronavirus outbreak has been reported in over 80 countries, with the death toll pegged at 3,280 and 95,400 people infected. Of these, China has reported 3,012 deaths and 80,409 positive cases. The World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday said the mortality rate of the virus was 3.4 per cent. In comparison, the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) […]
Since the first Delhi person tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) on Monday, Delhi government’s infectious disease control cell has been working overtime to look for the people he came in contact with before being sent to the isolation facility at Safdarjung hospital on Sunday. Coronavirus Spread in India: Track Live Updates The task force set up by […]