Jammu, June 13 (KNS): On Day 20 of resumption of operation of routine domestic operations in Jammu and Kashmir, 18 domestic flights with 2,403 passengers on board today arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports. A total of 593 passengers aboard 6 regular commercial flights arrived at the Jammu Airport while 12 domestic flights with about […]
Maharashtra recorded 3,427 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday to take the state’s tally to 1,04,568, the state health department said. Out of the 3,427 new cases, Mumbai alone reported 1,380 cases. The city’s tally now stands at 56,831 and is higher than any other state in the country. The death toll in the pandemic rose […]
New Delhi: The lower house of the Nepalese parliament Saturday voted unanimously to amend their constitution and incorporate the country’s disputed new map into its national emblem. The amendment will now proceed to its upper house. The map shows three places that are disputed between New Delhi and Kathmandu as being within the Nepalese borders. They […]
Srinagar, June 13 (KNS): Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday said 98 percent population in Kashmir valley is still susceptible to the novel coronavirus. “Only two percent of the valley’s population is immune to Covid-19 infection,” said DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “A sero-surveillance study conducted in Pulwama district of Kashmir valley by ICMR […]
Srinagar, June 13 (KNS): The field executives of Legal Metrology Department during a routine inspection seized some samples of drugs (medical devices) carrying non functional consumer care number thereby violating Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities ) Rules, 2011. Accordingly Deputy Controller, Legal Metrology, Kashmir slapped a Fine of Rs. 25000/-(Twenty Five Thousand Only) on the erring […]
Srinagar, June 13 (KNS): Army on today said that an Attestation Parade was held at “The Ladakh Scouts” Regimental Centre(LSRC), Leh to mark the entry of 127 well trained recruits into the ladakh scouts Regiment as Young Soldiers. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony was conducted without any military or civil dignitaries or […]
Srinagar: After seven years, a second charge sheet has been filed in the thirteen-year-old Gulmarg land scam in which Baseer Khan, the advisor to the Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor G.C. Murmu, is an accused. The charge sheet filed in the court accuses officials and ten beneficiaries of a criminal conspiracy to profit from the transfer […]
New Delhi- Television journalist and news anchor Nidhi Razdan has decided to quit NDTV, where she worked for 21 years. She will be heading to teach journalism at Harvard University later in the year. In a tweet, Razdan said she would be taking up a teaching role at Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts & Sciences as […]
SRINAGAR, June 13 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) senior leader and former legislator Zaffar Iqbal Manhas on Saturday demanded immediate regularization of need based and casual labourers working in different government departments for the last over a decade. In a statement issued here, Manhas urged the government to frame a comprehensive policy in this […]
Shopian, June 13: Security operation against militants has been called off in Truka Wangam village of Shopian here in South Kashmir. The area was brought under siege after militants and combined forces exchange fire. As the firing stopped, combined forces including soldiers from 44, and 1 Rashtriya Rifles, CRPF 178 Battalion and Special Operation Group […]