More than a dozen persons, including women and children were injured – some seriously – when a minibus they were travelling in, turned turtle in the Batpora Magam area of Handwara on Tuesday afternoon. According to information, the ill-fated bus (JK09 0557) was coming to Magam from Handwara. There were nearly 30 passengers on the […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is set to certify on Tuesday that the African continent is free from wild polio, four years after the last cases appeared in northeastern Nigeria. “Thanks to the relentless efforts by governments, donors, frontline health workers and communities, up to 1.8 million children have been saved from the crippling lifelong […]
Students of Central University of Kashmir on Tuesday expressed surprise over the decision taken by University authorities regarding conduct of offline exams in coming days. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), students said that the decision of CUK authorities seems taken in haste amid absence of high speed internet services and Covid-19 pandemic. They said […]
The competent authorities have been directed to issue domicile certificates within five working days to the Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC) holders and migrants of Jammu and Kashmir by the government. “… any person eligible for Domicile Certificate for category of domicile as provided under clause l (a) and clause 4 (a) of the table appended […]
A report by the US Institute of Peace (USIP) has analyzed that the standoff between India and Pakistan over Kashmir can be resolved if the Musharraf-Manmohan deal is implemented with mutual agreement from both sides. The report by the Washington-based think tank, funded by the US Congress, has expressed concerns over the Narendra Modi government’s […]
Heavy rain triggered a massive landslide on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway at Ramban Tuesday morning. Traffic movement was severely hampered on the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, an official said. “The landslide struck the highway at about 5 am, damaging a portion of the road. Agencies concerned have started clearing […]
Currency notes of Rs 2,000 denomination were not printed in 2019-20 and the circulation of these notes have declined over the years, according to RBI’s annual report. The number of Rs 2,000 currency notes in circulation has come down from 33,632 lakh pieces at end-March 2018 to 32,910 lakh pieces at end-March 2019 and further […]
Srinagar: Family members and neighbors of a covid-19 victim from Lalpora area of Kupwara on Tuesday protested ‘go by’ to the established protocol alleging that none from health department official even taught them about measures to be taken during the burial. “The body was sent in an ambulance and nobody except driver was present. The […]
Jammu- Three members of a family were among four killed in separate incidents of landslides following heavy rains in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. Khalil Ahmad (30), his wife Raksana Begum (25) and their relative Mohammad Aslam were killed after a landslide in upper reaches of Khour in Mahore area on […]
The Supreme Court Tuesday granted another opportunity to activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan, convicted for contempt, to ‘think over’ his stand of not expressing regret over his tweets against the judiciary. The top court granted Bhushan 30 minutes to reconsider his stand after Attorney General K K Venugopal sought forgiveness for the activist-lawyer. “He (Bhushan) should withdraw […]