Kashmir Valley reported seven more covid-19 related deaths since overnight, taking the fatality count due to virus to 202 in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. Six of the deaths were reported from SKIMS Soura, the tertiary care hospital in outskirts of Srinagar, and one from GMC Anantnag. Professor Farooq Jan, Medical Superintendent of […]
Having “struggled” to conduct online hearings due to curbs on internet speed in Jammu and Kashmir, High Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal has summoned Home Secretary Shaleen Kabra to appear before a bench on Thursday via video conferencing and apprise it about the impact of the restrictions on e-connectivity of courts. Passing an order on […]
Srinagar: The government in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is once again facing the dilemma of how to deal with the perceived security threats to local representatives, including panchs and sarpanchs who were touted to enforce various welfare schemes of the Narendra Modi government. The UT administration and the police force have come under […]
New Delhi: Ravindra Raina, the BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit chief, has tested positive for coronavirus, Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh and senior party leader Ram Madhav tweeted on Tuesday, informing that they are going on self-imposed quarantine as they had met him on Sunday. “Have gone into self-quarantine with immediate effect from 4 […]
SRINAGAR, JULY 14: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today visited the house of deceased BJP leader Sheikh Waseem Bari at Bandipora, who along with his father and brother was killed by the militants. The Lt Governor handed over the financial assistance of Rs 20 Lakhs to the Next of Kin (NoK) of the deceased and […]
JAMMU, JULY 14: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 2,16,544 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]
Directs for strictness against SoP violators SRINAGAR, JULY 14: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Tuesday chaired weekly review meeting on Covid-19 pandemic here. The Divisional Commissioner directed for taking strict action against the SoP violators for not wearing mask and adhering to social distancing. He instructed Deputy Commissioners of valley districts to ensure […]
The Central Contractors Coordination Committee, a joint platform of construction contractors, has accused the government of harassing construction contractors in government treasuries to recover pending liabilities. “After several rounds of meetings with the government, it was agreed in principle to release the funds without any unnecessary objections”, Farooq Ahmad Dar, General Secretary Central Contractors Coordination […]
The house restrictions on the movement of political leaders and activists in Kashmir is arbitrary and unlawful. Even those who have been released from detention centers in the recent months, are being denied permission to meet visitors and are being prevented from any movement outside their houses. This is highly unfortunate. According to statement issued […]
A residential house on Monday partially damaged in Border town area of Tangdar in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district after armies of India and Pakistan exchanged heavy gunfire in the area. Reports reaching to Kashmir News Service (KNS) said that a house owned by Abdul Hamid Mir of Kawarpora got partially damaged after armies from both […]