Div Com Kashmir inaugurates Webinar on 15th Anniversary of Kashmir Earthquake

Div Com Kashmir inaugurates Webinar on 15th Anniversary of Kashmir Earthquake

SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 08: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K. Pole today inaugurated a Webinar on 15th Anniversary of Kashmir Earthquake-2005. The webinar was organised to discuss Challenges, Resilience & Mitigation and was jointly organized by National Institute of Disaster Management and Institution of Engineers (India), Jammu & Kashmir UT, Srinagar, in collaboration with the Divisional Administration, […]

COVID-19: Govt evacuates 5,69,411 stranded JK residents; 4,29,119 via Lakhanpur, 1,40,292 through special trains

COVID-19: Govt evacuates 5,69,411 stranded JK residents; 4,29,119 via Lakhanpur, 1,40,292 through special trains

JAMMU, OCTOBER 08: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 5,69,411 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, […]

After resuming cable car service for tourists visiting Gulmarg, the government is reopening the 2nd Phase of Gulmarg Gondola, Kongdoori to Apharwat, for commercial operation on 10th of October, 2020, Saturday. The concerned authorities have informed that this second phase shall be operational only on weekends that is Saturdays and Sundays for the time being while the operation of Gondola for first phase that is Gulmarg to Kongdoori will continue to remain functional on daily basis. Meanwhile, all necessary preventive protocols and SOPs regarding COVID-19 like social distance, sanitization of cabins before and after boarding and deboarding of passengers, wearing of masks, temperature checking etc. are being strictly adhered to.(KNS)

After resuming cable car service for tourists visiting Gulmarg, the government is reopening the 2nd Phase of Gulmarg Gondola, Kongdoori to Apharwat, for commercial operation on 10th of October, 2020, Saturday. The concerned authorities have informed that this second phase shall be operational only on weekends that is Saturdays and Sundays for the time being while the operation of Gondola for first phase that is Gulmarg to Kongdoori will continue to remain functional on daily basis. Meanwhile, all necessary preventive protocols and SOPs regarding COVID-19 like social distance, sanitization of cabins before and after boarding and deboarding of passengers, wearing of masks, temperature checking etc. are being strictly adhered to.(KNS)

Controversial news anchor Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV and two other media channels are being probed for allegedly inflating their viewership by bribing households in Mumbai, police said on Thursday, exposing the murky underbelly of the cut-throat world of electronic media in India. Two people have been arrested, Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh said at a […]

Don’t interfere in religious affairs of Kashmiris: ANC chief asks BJP

Don’t interfere in religious affairs of Kashmiris: ANC chief asks BJP

The Jammu and Awami National Conference Chief Khalida Shah today said that by “annulling Article 370 and 35A from the Constitution of India, the BJP government at the Center not only deprived the people of Jammu and Kashmir of their inalienable legal and Constitutional guarantees and rights by establishing a colonial system violating the basic […]

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

JK reports 696 new positive cases, 69020 recovered so far JAMMU, OCTOBER 08: The Government on Thursday informed that 696 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 276 from Jammu division and 420 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 81793. […]

China having increased presence and helping Pakistan in misiles according to intelligence report

China having increased presence and helping Pakistan in misiles according to intelligence report

MK DESK According to the news report in The Telegraph, Chinese troops are conducting joint patrols with Pakistan’s army in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, and Beijing is helping set up multiple surface-to-air missile launch sites and a missile defence system in the region. The report further said that such news is based on intelligence report from the […]

AICTE Approves Concessions In Admissions For Kashmir Migrants

AICTE Approves Concessions In Admissions For Kashmir Migrants

New Delhi: The Ministry of Education has allowed certain concessions to the wards of Kashmiri Migrants as well as Kashmiri Pandits/Kashmiri Hindu Families (Non-Migrants) living in the Kashmir Valley in admissions in educational institutions in other parts of the country from the academic year 2020-21. “Ministry of Education, Government of India in consultation with Ministry […]

Rupee settles 9 paise higher at 73.24 against US dollar

Rupee settles 9 paise higher at 73.24 against US dollar

The rupee strengthened by 9 paise to close at 73.24 against the US dollar on Thursday, supported by positive domestic equities and weak American currency. At the interbank forex market, the rupee traded in a narrow range. It opened at 73.29 against the American currency and gained further ground to finally settle at 73.24, up […]