District Magistrate Srinagar has ordered extension in restrictions on public activities including operation of commercial establishments and movement in Srinagar, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). The restrictions will continue to remain enforced for another week up to midnight on 15 August. The extension has been ordered keeping in mind the COVID-19 […]
Kashmir’s economy, as per the estimates of the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries, has suffered losses to the tune of ₹40,000 crore in last one year. The trade body estimates show that the lockdown imposed on 5 August by the government of India dealt losses of ₹18,000 crore from August to November 2019. The unemployment in […]
Commissioner, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Gazanfar Ali on Sunday directed the owners of commercial buildings to strictly adhere to parking norms within 15 days or face the seizure. The Commissioner directed the commercial buildings owners to free parking spaces within 15 days or they would be sealed by the SMC authorities. He directed the officials […]
Four Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam resigned from the party on Sunday, hours after BJP worker Abdul Hamid Najar, a resident of Mohiendpora village, was shot at and critically injured by militants in the district. Among those who resigned are the party general-secretary Budgam and the general-secretary MM Morcha Budgam. […]
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 9: The nationwide weeklong behavioral change sanitation campaign “Gandagi Mukht Bharat” today began in Jammu and Kashmir with its formal launch in all the districts and blocks of the Union Territory. The campaign has been started with E-Ratri Chaupal with the Sarpanchs throughout J&K by the District Panchayat Officers under the supervision of […]
JAMMU, AUGUST 09: On day 77 of resumption of routine domestic operations in Jammu and Kashmir, 23 domestic flights with 2,886 passengers on board today arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports. A total of 1042 passengers aboard 10 regular commercial flights arrived at the Jammu Airport while 13 domestic flights with about 1844 passengers on […]
BANDIPORA, AUGUST 09: Director Agriculture Kashmir, Altaf Aijaz Andrabi today visited Bandipora to take review of various ongoing developmental programs taken up by the department in the district. During the review, the Director took a detailed feedback regarding progress of centrally sponsored schemes, Capex (Physical and Financial), Status of physical achievements made under different schemes, […]
JAMMU, AUGUST 09: The Government on Sunday informed that 507 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 129 from Jammu division and 378 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 24897. Also 13 COVID-19 deaths have been reported; 01 from Jammu […]
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 09: The Academy of Eco Science (AOES) in collaboration with Centre for Environment Science and Climate Resilient Agriculture (CESCRA), IARI New Delhi organized an International Web-Conference on “Sustainable Environment and Agriculture: Technological Progressions and Transitions” here today. The conference was an initiative to draw on synergies and strengths in order to make our […]
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 09: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha has extended his heartfelt condolences on the sad demise of Dr. Mohammad Ashraf Mir, Medical Officer, Health Department. The Lt Governor expressed deep shock on the sad demise of Dr. Mir, who lost his life at SKIMS Soura due to COVID-19, while battling with the disease. In a […]