The Government on Friday informed that 387 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 97 from Jammu division and 290 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 9888. Also 05 COVID-19 deaths have been reported; 01 from Jammu division and 04 […]
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Minister for Jal Shakti and Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today reviewed the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir through video conferencing. Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, Sh. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar; Sh. BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Sh. Arun Kumar Mehta, Financial Commissioner, Finance department; […]
Srinagar, July 10 (KNS): Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU), amalgam of all religions and socio-religious organisations across the valley headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today criticized Government for opening up parks and gardens and disallowing congregations in mosques. “it is ironic that congregations in mosques and religious places are disallowed by the authorities citing COVID ,but they […]
The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today chaired 251st High Level Committee meeting of Circular Road Project Srinagar to review the progress of acquisition cases pertaining to the project. The meeting deliberated upon acquisition, compensation and rehabilitation of the people whose residential or commercial structures have been acquired by the government to remove bottlenecks […]
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday slammed the Jammu and Kashmir administration over its utterly non-serious approach and mismanagement in containing the spread of the deadly COVID 19. At a time when positive cases are witnessing a dreadful spike and government has failed to flatten the curve in Jammu and Kashmir, administration is indulging in […]
Government of J&K on Friday extended the term of Prof. Veena Pandita as Chairperson J&K BOSE for further two years. An order issued by Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon (IAS), Principal Secretary to the Government, School Education Department said, “In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 12 of the Jammu and Kashmir […]
Three labourers were injured after a road roller hit them during a macdamization work on Arhama-Kangan road here on Friday. An official told Greater Kashmir that three labourers suffered injuries when a road roller hit them after its brakes stopped working during a road macdamization work in Arhama area. The injured have been shifted to […]
Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday appealed people to come forward and donate plasma, a medical procedure being used by doctors to treat the novel coronavirus disease across the globe. President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said a large number of people who have recovered from Covid-19 pandemic are eager to donate plasma and it is […]
Several persons including students quarantined in Old Airport Rangrath in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday complained that authorities have plunged them into uncertain situation as their further investigation related to Covid-19 is not beig done. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS) over phone, they said their test have been done few days ago and […]
A 75-year-old man from Kupwara district died of COVID-19 at a hospital in Bemina, Srinagar, taking the number of people succumbing to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir to 159. A resident of Chatgund area of the north Kashmir, the septuagenarian was referred from Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), the Medical Superintendent, Dr Shifa […]