North Korea fired a ballistic missile Wednesday, Seoul said, a week after Kim Jong Un vowed to boost Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal and just days before the South inaugurates a new, hawkish president. Pyongyang has conducted 14 weapons tests since January, including firing an intercontinental ballistic missile at full-range for the first time since 2017. Last […]
Srinagar: A Central Reserve Police Force trooper suffered injuries in a hit-and-run case at Hyderpora area in central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Tuesday evening, officials said. They said that a vehicle hit a CRPF trooper, part of a naka party, at Hyderpora, resulting in minor injuries to the paramilitary trooper. The trooper, they said, was […]
Srinagar, May 3 Jammu and Kashmir reported 19 new COVID cases on Tuesday, taking the infection tally in the Union Territory to 4,54,072, officials said here. Jammu district reported seven new cases while Budgam had five cases, the officials said here. There are 68 active cases of the disease in the Union Territory, while the […]
JAMMU, MAY 03: The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, today approved the departmental proposals for creation of new posts in various sectors. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&K and Nitishwar Kumar, Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant […]
After framing the new industrial policy in Jammu and Kashmir for ease of doing business, the government is focusing now on investments. Not only are they expecting domestic investments but many foreign investors have shown inclination to come here. J&K is emerged as a top destination for foreign and domestic investments in the recent past. […]
A minor girl suffered injuries after she was attacked by a group of stray dogs in Haknar area of Gund in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that stray dogs attacked one girl at Fraw Haknar Gund namely Falak Khan D/o Riyaz Ahmad Khan R/o Fraw Haknar Gund resulting […]
JAMMU, MAY 02: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha has greeted the people on the joyous occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. The Lt Governor, in his message, said that the festival of Eid highlights the joy of sharing. Eid-ul-Fitr marks the culmination of the period of fasting and prayer during the holy month of Ramzan and inspires all to […]
The consumers of Power Development Department (PDD) are set to heave a sigh of relief from the pesky power cuts as the department has finally been able to charge all the grid stations with officials stating that the power generation has also increased in Kashmir. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the consumers […]
Jammu and Kashmir reported six new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to it in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said that three cases were reported from Jammu district, two from Srinagar and one from Kupwara, taking the overall tally to 454053—166344 in Jammu and 287709 in Kashmir. There […]
Compensates Commercial Transport Operators for losses on account of COVID-19 pandemic JAMMU, MAY 02: In a significant move, the Administrative Council (AC), which met under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the waiver/exemption of fifty percent (50%) of Passenger Tax chargeable on various vehicles from 1st April, 2021 to 31st March, 2022. Rajeev […]