GoI issues certificate of GI registration for the Saffron grown in Kashmir Valley

GoI issues certificate of GI registration for the Saffron grown in Kashmir Valley

Lieutenant Governor compliments Agriculture Deptt for  GI tag JAMMU, JULY 25:    In a momentous decision GoI has issued certificate of GI registration for the Saffron grown in the Kashmir Valley. Expressing happiness on the development, Shri G. C. Murmu  Lieutenant Governor, Union Territory of J&K said that this is the first major step to […]

COVID-19: Govt evacuates 2,60,615 stranded JK residents; 1,81,416 via Lakhanpur, 79,199 through special trains

COVID-19: Govt evacuates 2,60,615 stranded JK residents; 1,81,416 via Lakhanpur, 79,199 through special trains

JAMMU, JULY 25: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 2,60,615 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, […]

Four more die of COVID-19 in Kashmir; J&K toll 302

Four more die of COVID-19 in Kashmir; J&K toll 302

Kashmir Valley on Saturday reported four more deaths due to covid-19, taking the number of people succumbing to the virus to 302 in J&K. Among the fresh casualties, three were from Srinagar, the worst hit district both in terms of the causalities as well as number of the covid-19 cases, while another victim belonged to […]

Madhya Pradesh CM tests positive for coronavirus

Madhya Pradesh CM tests positive for coronavirus

Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, it was confirmed Saturday afternoon. In a tweet on his official account, the Chief Minister wrote, in Hindi: “My dear countrymen, I was having COVID-19 symptoms and, after a test, my report came back positive”. Mr. Chouhan also appealed to […]

Kashmir University student arrested in ‘unlawful activities’ case

Kashmir University student arrested in ‘unlawful activities’ case

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police have arrested a Kashmir University student hailing from south Kashmir’s Shopian district in a case registered against him in 2018. Aqib Ahmad Malik, a second-semester student of Bio-Chemistry at the premier educational institute of the valley, had been summoned by police for questioning in a case related to unlawful […]

Srinagar gunfight: One more militant killed, toll 2

Srinagar gunfight: One more militant killed, toll 2

One more militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter in Ranbirgarh area on the outskirts of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Saturday, taking toll to two. Inspector General of Police Kashmir, Vijay Kumar told news agency GNS that one more militant has been killed in the ongoing encounter. However, the identity of the militants […]

Formulating rules for patients recovered from Covid-19: Govt

Formulating rules for patients recovered from Covid-19: Govt

The Union health ministry’s technical wing is formulating guidelines to help manage long-term complications that some people have reported after recovering from severe Covid-19 illness, officials aware of the matter said. “The ministry is working on guidelines for discharged patients who may develop other complications post-recovery at home. It has been reported that a section […]

Use pandemic lessons well: Centre gives 6-point mantra to surge states

Use pandemic lessons well: Centre gives 6-point mantra to surge states

Rigorous implementation of pandemic lessons, systematic containment, and proper planning and procurement to plug the gaps in health infrastructure are key, the Centre has told nine states that are currently facing a surge in novel coronavirus infections. At a high-level review meeting that went on for three hours over a video link on Friday, the Centre emphasised six main […]