Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah’s visit to New Delhi, coupled with an op-ed written by his political advisor Tanvir Sadiq, has raised eyebrows in the Valley, with questions being raised of his intentions in J&K. Omar flew into Delhi Monday (25 May), around two months after he was released following a 232-day […]
Srinagar, May 27 (KNS): Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) has strongly condemned the statements and protests held by certain non-stakeholders in Jammu to harass private schools and government officials. The Association said that at a time when the private schools and education department are trying hard to save the academic year […]
Anantnag, May 27 (KNS): A multi-crore scam has been unearthed in Municipal Committee (MC) Shopian where officials resorted to swindling millions of rupees in the name of fuel expenses shown in record, reliable sources said. They added that higher authorities have miserably failed to take fraudulent officials into task who in a well-designed plan set […]
One Among Them Declared Positive Posthumously, Another Died Of Cardiac Arrest Srinagar, May 27 (GNS): Two more people have died due to novel coronavirus in Kashmir Valley, officials said on Wednesday. These fatalities take the death toll due to the disease in the Jammu and Kashmir to 26—23 in Valley and 3 in Jammu. […]
Police have opened a probe into Saturday’s incident in Srinagar involving a senior interventional cardiologist who said he was stopped by police while on way to hospital and kept at a police station the entire day. Dr Syed Maqbool said he was hit with a baton and later threatened. He said he was able to […]
Srinagar, May 27, KNT: Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry Wednesday demanded early evacuation of businessmen and students stranded in different parts of world. General Secretary, Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Farooq Amin stated that Chamber had been receiving distress messages from stranded members of the business community and even students from various places […]
Srinagar: International human rights advocacy group, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has called upon the World Health Organisation (WHO) to impress upon the Indian authorities, besides those in three other South Asian nations, “the need to put an end to the ongoing internet disruption” in Jammu and Kashmir. The letter addressed to WHO’s Deputy Director-General, Dr. […]
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu Wednesday assigned all duties and functions of the departments allocated to Advisor RR Bhatnagar, who is under quarantine, to advisor K. K. Sharma for the time being. In an order issued here, the Lieutenant Governor directed that the duties and functions of Bhatnagar would be discharged by Sharma till the […]
Srinagar, May 27 (KNO): After facing criticism for allegedly harassing doctors and para medical staff over the past few days, today in a good will gesture, city police distributed red roses among the doctors at LD hospital as a mark of love and respect for doctors, a message that police holds doctors who are covid […]
Budgam, May 27 (KNO): One of the two women who were on Wednesday injured in a road accident that took place near Sutsoo Chattergam area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district, succumbed at Barzulla hospital Srinagar. Dr Saima, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Barzulla told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that two ladies were hit by a […]