Srinagar, June 6 (GNS): Jammu and Kashmir reported the third death due to covid-19 on Saturday as 70-year-old man’s swab sample returned positive for the virus, hours after his death at SMHS hospital here. His death has taken the overall fatality toll due to the virus in J&K to 39. A resident of Handwara area […]
Srinagar, June 06 (KNS): Member Parliament Justice Hasnain Masoodi on Saturday has accused the JK Administration of gross negligence towards starvation like situation faced by the transporters and their families. In a statement issued to KNS, he has stated that the transport industry in general and the passenger transport in particular already crippled by post […]
Uri, June 06 (KNS): Residents of Lachipora (B) Dazana, Uri of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday appealed authorities to repair the damaged wooden bridge in the area which has taken heavy toll over the movement of passersby. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), residents of the area stated that since last ten years authorities […]
SRINAGAR: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday condemned the abusive behaviour of Block Medical Officer Handwara with staff and public, calling for an end to such conflicts amid COVID-19 pandemic. The doctor’s body said it has come to fore that amid these terrible times the BMO Handwara has used demeaning, abusive and unparliamentary language with […]
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Friday said while the government had allowed Gujjar and Bakarwal community to embark on their annual transmigration, nothing substantial has been done to ensure their safety in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic. In an uncanny manner, the authorities tried to evade its responsibility by allowing the migratory […]
SRINAGAR: Authorities have ordered the closure of central and divisional office Kashmir, J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, after one of the employees tested positive for the novel coronavirus on June 5. The order mentions employee’s name as well as the identity of the person with whom the employee purportedly came in contact which […]
After announcing a month-long summer vacation in the government-degree colleges (GDCs) in Jammu (Summer Zone) from June 5 to July 5, the J&K Higher Education Department has begun the process for engagement of lecturers and teaching assistants on the need-based academic arrangement in the colleges for academic session 2020-21. Online applications have been invited from […]
During a recent anti-militancy operation by security forces, 15 houses were destroyed at the Nowakadal neighbourhood in Srinagar. Nineteen families were rendered homeless amid a pandemic. The destruction of homes triggered both outrage and empathy. Locals appealed for rehabilitation of the affected families. A reputed Srinagar-based NGO and a civil society group were requested to […]
Jammu: Some houses were damaged and a few vehicles washed away in flash-floods triggered by a cloud burst in Poonch border district of Jammu and Kashmir Friday night, official said. A cloud burst hit upper reaches of Dingla area, resulting in flash floods and damage to a few houses and roads, they said. The main […]
Srinagar: On the morning of 5 June 2020, Abdul Rahim Bhat was informed by his neighbours that trees in his orchard had been chopped down amid the lockdown owing to the coronavirus pandemic. Mr. Bhat immediately rushed to his orchard in the Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district to assess the damages. Just days […]