Tangmarg, June 15 (KNS): Casual labours of Gulmarg development authority on Monday held a protest demonstration against their pending wages. According to reports a Representation from casual labourers and daily wagers of Gulmarg Development Authority (GDA) held a protest demonstration and were demanding pending wages and regularization Casual labourers and daily wagers said they are […]
SRINAGAR: A day after a 70-year-old man from Budgam district died at a hospital here, his swab sample returned positive for the covid-19 on Monday. The death of the septuagenarian from Chadoora area of the central Kashmir district has taken the fatality count due to the pathogen in J&K to 62. “The patient with sepsis […]
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) leader and former minister Mohammad Ashraf Mir on Monday urged the J&K government to go for a review of proposed media policy in consultation with representatives of the media fraternity. In a statement issued here, Mir said the policy related to media in J&K seems to have been […]
The Congress believes that the claims about significant disengagement on the border by Chinese troops are untrue and feels the government should not create a false complacency that could further embolden the aggressor. Senior Congress leaders on Sunday said they didn’t want to say anything that could aggravate the situation, but one of them had […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday dismissed the speculations of a lockdown in the national capital, saying the government has no such plans. Amid the rising number of Coronavirus cases in Delhi in last 10 days, speculations were rife that the government may impose another lockdown to bring the situation under control. Taking to […]
New Delhi’s hopes for an early resolution to the crisis in Ladakh through diplomatic channels, as happened during the earlier crises, have been hampered by lack of any immediate leverage with Beijing. Moreover, the creation of Ladakh as a Union Territory, after the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir, is being used […]
Srinagar: Police on Monday afternoon recovered an unidentified body of a man from Ashmuqam area of Pahalgam in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. A local news agency— Kashmir News Observer (KNO) quoted a police official as saying that locals informed the police about the body which was found inside a Nallah near an open paddy field […]
Srinagar: With no tourist influx to Kashmir for almost a year now, the Jammu and Kashmir tourism department is finding newer ways to justify its existence. Sample this: The department says it is planning about programmes it may conduct once tourists head back to Kashmir. Director J&K tourism department Kashmir, Nisar Ahmad Wani says they are […]
Girls once again outperformed the boys as the J&K Board of School Education (JKBOSE) on Monday declared the much-awaited results of the Secondary School (Class X) Examination Annual Regular of Summer Zone (Jammu Province). The girls secured a pass percentage of 72%, while boys had a pass percentage of 68%. The overall pass percentage stood […]
The rupee depreciated 13 paise to 75.97 against the US dollar in opening trade on Monday as weak domestic equities and sustained foreign fund outflows weighed on investor sentiment. Forex traders said risk appetite has waned amid fresh cases of Covid-19 globally. The rupee opened weak at 75.93 at the interbank forex market. It fell further to […]