Srinagar administrations steps up preparedness to tackle spread of coronavirus Precaution and not panic is administration’s method and message: DC Srinagar SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 01: Srinagar administration has further stepped up its preparedness to tackle coronavirus threat having made elaborate arrangements in efforts to prevent its spread in the district. In addition to screening arrangements at […]
The Kashmir valley witnessed freezing temperatures overnight even as the winter’s harshest phase — known as Chillai Kalan in local parlance — ended in the region with multiple spells of heavy snowfall. The minimum temperature across the Kashmir valley dropped drastically overnight with tourist resorts across Kashmir, which are layered with several feet of snow, […]
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the Centre has proposed allocation of Rs 30,757 crore for Jammu and Kashmir, and Rs 5,958 crore for Ladakh for fiscal 2020-21. Presenting the Union Budget for 2020-21, Sitharaman also said the government has earmarked Rs 100 crore for hosting G-20 Summit in the country. She also said a national policy on statistics […]
J&K to continue with extant scheme of admissions to the NEET UG/PG Courses, not to contribute to All India Quota Scheme JAMMU, JANUARY 31: The Administrative Council which met under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu decided that the Jammu and Kashmir will continue with its existing scheme regarding admissions to the NEET, […]
A group of 3-4 terrorists who were travelling in a truck opened fire at a police team near the toll plaza on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Jammu’s Nagrota.
SRINAGAR, JANUARY 30: The Srinagar administration has compiled a list of encroachments and illegal constructions in the district and completed all legal requirements for initiating proceedings of retrieval of encroached State and common lands in the district. Clear-cut instructions have been issued to concerned authorities to take immediate action including initiation of criminal proceedings […]
More and more Kashmiris have been using VPN apps to breach the ban on social media and other websites. The government restored 2G Internet service in Kashmir after nearly six months last week. However, it blacklisted social media and some other website and only allowed access to 301 websites. But as soon as the Internet […]
The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday issued a special advisory on screening at airports with regard to the coronavirus outbreak and setting up of special isolation wards with all the facilities of specialised doctors and other staff already been made. “Special isolation ward with all the facilities has been set after the advisory. Although […]
A Special Police Officer (SPO) was run over and killed by a speeding truck on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district, police said on Wednesday. The 35-year-old SPO identified as Parvaiz Ahmad Malik was regulating traffic on the highway when he was hit by the Kashmir-bound truck at Shaban Bass area of Banihal on […]
Srinagar. Jan 27: Close on the heels of a number of critical international statements and parliamentary resolutions, the government is bracing for six scathing resolutions on both Jammu and Kashmir and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, that have been filed by an overwhelming majority of members in the European Parliament. These will be taken […]