A Junior Commissioned officer (JCO) was among three soldiers injured in an ongoing encounter in Arrah area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday. Quoting official sources, news agency GNS reported that in an ongoing firefight three soldiers including a JCO recieved minor injuries in the firefight. The injured have been evacuated to 92 Base […]
Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Saturday urged the J&K government to formulate a revised policy to address the issues pertaining to viability of industrial units and the livelihood of thousands of families associated with geology and mining activities in J&K. In a statement issued to KNS, Bukhari said […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday recovered a headless body from river Jhelum near Sumbal area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Reports said that the remains were also without legs and right-hand and some passerby first spotted it who subsequently alerted the police. Confirming the recovery of the body, Station House Officer Muneeb-ul-Islam […]
Srinagar: One militant has been killed in an ongoing gunfight in Arrah area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. A local news gathering agency, Global News Service (GNS) quoting unnamed official reported that in an ongoing firefight one unidentified militant has been killed so far. Pertinently, 120 militants have been killed so far this year in […]
The death toll due to the Novel Coronavirus has mounted to 125 in Jammu and Kashmir as four more patients died on Saturday due to the virus in the Union Territory, officials said. The four deceased patients include 65-year-old man from Handwara, 75-year-old man from Dailgam and 55-year-old man from Tangmarg Baramulla and 65-year-old man […]
Commissioner Secretary, General Administration and Industries & Commerce Departments, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi today convened a series of meetings of GAD and I&C Departments here today and reviewed their functioning. Mr. Dwivedi advised the officers to accord top priority to the service delivery by their respective offices. He underscored the need for expediting and fast tracking […]
30 patients were discharged from SKIMS Bemina Hospital today after recuperating from COVID-19 and successfully testing negative prior to discharging. With this the total figure of recovered patients has raised to 529 out of 640 COVID-19 positive patients admitted till date from April 2020, taking the overall recovery rate to 82.6 percent. The admitted patients […]
Central University of Kashmir (CUK), School of Education (SoE) organized a National e-Conference on “Challenges and Opportunities of Online Examination amid Covid-19” at its Green Campus here on Saturday. In his welcome address Dean, SoE, Dr. Syed Zahoor Geelani, highlighted the difficulties faced by faculty and students amid Covid-19. Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mehraj-ud-Din Mir congratulated the […]
SRINAGAR, JULY 03: The Enforcement Wing of Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) today carried out a demolition drive in Baghwanpora, Rainawari, Miskeen bagh and Shalimar. During the demolition drive two single storey houses, one double storey and one 3rd storey illegal constructions were demolished on the spot. Furthermore, an anti-encroachment drive was launched against […]
JAMMU, JULY 3: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,83,502 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, […]