JAMMU, AUGUST 31: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 3,75,731 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, […]
Recommends 66 cases to Establishment-cum-Selection Committee SRINAGAR, AUGUST 31- Principal Secretary Power Development Department, Rohit Kansal chaired a meeting of the committee constituted for recommending promotion of officers of PDD at Civil Secretariat here today. The meeting was attended by Managing Director, Jammu and Kashmir Power Transmission Corporation Limited (JKPTCL), Director Finance, PDD, Special Secretary, […]
SRINAGAR AUGUST 31:- The 4th meeting of the Committee constituted for exploring the ways and means for revival of the business sector in Jammu and Kashmir was held today under the Chairmanship of Advisor to Lt Governor, KK Sharma. Members of the Committee including Financial Commissioner, Finance, Dr Arun Mehta, Commissioner/ Secretary Tourism, Zubair Ahmad, […]
Jammu and Kashmir reported 535 new covid-19 cases including 67 travelers in last 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 37698. Among the cases, official sources told GNS that 290 were reported from Kashmir and 245 from Jammu division. Giving district-wise details of the cases, they said, Srinagar reported 90, Baramulla 16, Pulwama 52, Budgam […]
Suspected militants attacked a police post at Bus stand Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday. However, there was no report of any casualty. Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), suspected militants attacked the police post in Sopore with rifle grenades and some bullets were also fired at the police post. “There […]
Former chief minister Omar Abdullah Monday strongly condemned “unwarranted” use of force against Muharram mourners in parts of valley and termed it against the norms of a civilized society. Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, Omar said “Our unequivocal condemnation of the completely unwarranted use of force, including pellets, against Muharram mourners. This unprecedented crack down […]
New Delhi: The Delimitation Commission, set up to redraw the constituencies of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, will visit the north-eastern states and the Union Territory after preparing a “broad framework” of the delimitation exercise, officials said. The commission will also seek views and inputs of its “associate members” — a […]
A 20-year-old man from Srinagar has gone missing and his family has lodged a missing report in the city’s Qamarwari police post, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Trust (KNT). Unidentified sources told the agency that Haris Bashir Sofi left his home on 13 August and didn’t return. He is a resident of Al-Noor […]
Police and the army have recovered a cache of arms and ammunition in Dudran forest area of Boniyar Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said on Monday. A police officer told news agency GNS that two Ak-47 rifles along with as many magazines, 74 AK rounds, a pistol with 38 rounds, 10 hand grenades, […]
A middle-aged woman was injured after a vehicle she was travelling in met an accident at Chowkibal area of the district Kupwara, north Kashmir, this afternoon. A local news agency, Global News Service (GNS), reported that the incident involving a Maruti Suzuki Alto driven by Fayaz Ahmad Shiekh resident of Zonareshi, occured near a local […]