Eight more patients who were tested positive for Covid-19 have died in Kashmir valley, taking the total number of deaths related to Covid-19 in J&K to 203. Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that 7 patients died at SKIMS Soura while the other one died at GMC Anantnag. The patients who died at […]
The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to entertain a plea challenging legal provisions which provide 100 per cent reservation to domicile of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in public employment. A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and S Ravindra Bhat asked Ladakh-based lawyer Najum Ul Huda to move the Jammu and […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to explain the basis for detaining high court’s bar leader Mian Abdul Qayoom who has challenged his detention under Public Safety Act (PSA) since August 7 last year. The top court asked it to take into consideration various aspects including Qayoom’s age, expiry […]
The Union Government after a series of high level meetings has decided to deploy additional troops in sensitive areas of Kashmir valley all along LoC and also in the Rajouri, Poonch sectors of Jammu region. There have been many incidents of heavy shelling in Rajouri and Poonch sectors apart from many border areas of Kashmir […]
Srinagar: A Bharatiya Janta Party leader from north Kashmir’s Watergam area of district Baramulla was allegedly abducted by unidentified men earlier today from his residence. “The abducted Meraj Ud Din Malla is the chairman of Baramulla’s BJP committee, he is also Vice President of Municipal Committee Watergam Baramulla,” Mudasir Ahmad Wani north Kashmir party in-charge […]
Kashmir Valley reported seven more covid-19 related deaths since overnight, taking the fatality count due to virus to 202 in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. Six of the deaths were reported from SKIMS Soura, the tertiary care hospital in outskirts of Srinagar, and one from GMC Anantnag. Professor Farooq Jan, Medical Superintendent of […]
Having “struggled” to conduct online hearings due to curbs on internet speed in Jammu and Kashmir, High Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal has summoned Home Secretary Shaleen Kabra to appear before a bench on Thursday via video conferencing and apprise it about the impact of the restrictions on e-connectivity of courts. Passing an order on […]
Srinagar: The government in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is once again facing the dilemma of how to deal with the perceived security threats to local representatives, including panchs and sarpanchs who were touted to enforce various welfare schemes of the Narendra Modi government. The UT administration and the police force have come under […]
New Delhi: Ravindra Raina, the BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit chief, has tested positive for coronavirus, Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh and senior party leader Ram Madhav tweeted on Tuesday, informing that they are going on self-imposed quarantine as they had met him on Sunday. “Have gone into self-quarantine with immediate effect from 4 […]
SRINAGAR, JULY 14: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today visited the house of deceased BJP leader Sheikh Waseem Bari at Bandipora, who along with his father and brother was killed by the militants. The Lt Governor handed over the financial assistance of Rs 20 Lakhs to the Next of Kin (NoK) of the deceased and […]