Srinagar: Union Minister, Dr. Jatendra Singh announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. Taking to Twitter, Singh wrote: “I have today tested #COVID positive with symptoms. Please get yourself screened if you were in my contact recently and take care.” According to a local news agency, KDC, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and […]
By: Musaib Iqbal MK Srinagar While the government has asked the traders and markets to go only for 50% of opening so that people come in a staggered manner, Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry has not only given a new market timing but have decided to go for complete lockdown for the Sunday in […]
LAHORE: Pakistan’s bowling coach Waqar Younis will not be available for Pakistan’s upcoming T20 and Test series in Zimbabwe, starting from April 21, due to the surgery of his wife in Australia, scheduled after the month of Ramazan. According to a Pakistan Cricket Board spokesman, as Waqar has to spend a 14-day quarantine period before […]
UNITED NATIONS: “We are on the verge of the abyss,” Secretary General António Guterres warned on Monday as a UN report included South Asia among the regions adversely impacted by climate change. The change caused “abnormally high rainfall at various times of the year 2020 in the Sub-continent and neighbouring areas,” like China, warned the […]
India’s total tally of Covid-19 cases climbed to 1,53,21,089 with 2,59,170 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, while active cases surpassed the 20-lakh mark, on Tuesday. The death toll increased to 1,80,530 with a record 1,761 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. Registering a steady increase for the 41st day in a row, the active cases increased […]
The Concerned Citizens’ Group’s report in its latest findings after visiting Kashmir have said that the normalcy prevailing in Kashmir is not real as beneath it are the sentiments of people who feel that their rights have been snatched post abrogation of article 370. The delegation led by former finance minister Yashwant Sinha and they […]
SRINAGAR, APRIL 19: Principal Secretary Industries & Commerce (I&C), Ranjan Prakash Thakur along with Union Joint Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Shubha Thakur today visited Silk and Wool units of Jammu Kashmir Industries Limited, Rajbagh and Bemina and took stock of the ongoing works being undertaken at these units under the World Bank funded Jhelum Tawi […]
JAMMU, APRIL 19: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, today held a detailed meeting to review the power scenario in Kashmir division at Civil Secretariat here. The meeting was attended by Managing Director Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited, Chief Engineer KPSCL (Kashmir), Chief Engineer Projects, Chief Engineer Transmission and Superintending Engineers of different wings, […]
JAMMU, APRIL 19: With an ongoing initiative to promote and develop Jammu and Kashmir’s export ecosystem, Export Cell (JKTPO), under the aegis of Department of Industries & Commerce, organized a workshop on “One District One Product” with broad participation from Handicraft & Handloom, Agriculture and Horticulture Departments, District Industries Centers and other line departments. The […]
Two militants were on Monday killed in an encounter which ensued after security forces launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Shopian. Official sources said that following specific information about the presence of militants, troops of Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police and CRPF […]