Jammu: Some houses were damaged and a few vehicles washed away in flash-floods triggered by a cloud burst in Poonch border district of Jammu and Kashmir Friday night, official said. A cloud burst hit upper reaches of Dingla area, resulting in flash floods and damage to a few houses and roads, they said. The main […]
Srinagar: On the morning of 5 June 2020, Abdul Rahim Bhat was informed by his neighbours that trees in his orchard had been chopped down amid the lockdown owing to the coronavirus pandemic. Mr. Bhat immediately rushed to his orchard in the Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district to assess the damages. Just days […]
Srinagar, June 6 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Saturday urged the union finance ministry to end the differential treatment with business fraternity of J&K and demanded a separate stimulus package covering the lockdown period since August 2019 in order to revive the business activity in this trouble […]
Srinagar, June 06 (KNS): Awami Action Committee (AAC) paid rich tributes to its member and socio political activist shaheed -e-Masjid Molvi Mushtaq Ahmed on his 16th martyrdom anniversary. The organisation in a statement issued to KNS said that the commemorative function by the organisation to pay tribute him could not take place to in wake […]
Srinagar, June 06, (KNS): Government on Saturday said that closure of schools across J&K may extend as most of educational institutions in parts of Jammu have been converted into quarantine centers. Principal Secretary Education Department Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon (IAS) stated that the suspension of educational activities across J&K may extend as most of the […]
Islamabad- The Pakistan Army on Saturday claimed to have shot down an “Indian spying quadcopter” allegedly intruding across the Line of Control (LoC). Military spokesman Major General Babar Iftikhar said that the mini copter violated the country’s airspace in Khanjar sector of the LoC. “The quadcopter had intruded 500 metres on Pakistan’s side of the LoC, […]
Srinagar: Covid19 on Saturday claimed two more lives in Jammu and Kashmir, taking overall toll to 38. One of the victims includes a 70 year old man from Shopian and another being 62 year old from Jammu. Medical superintendent CD hospital Dr. Saleem Tak while talking to a local news agency said that 72-year-old man […]
The Jammu and Kashmir administration Friday asked all its staff to attend work from June 6, from when it has decided to reopen offices regularly, drawing an angry reaction from lower-rung employees. A government order issued this evening said that those who are at higher risk due to the novel coronavirus viz. older employees, pregnant […]
On May 30, Lt General B.S. Raju, the general officer commanding of 15 Corps, and Dilbag Singh, director general of police, Jammu and Kashmir, chaired a high-level meeting in which top officials of the civil administration, intelligence agencies and security forces participated. Held at the 15 Corps headquarters in Badami Bagh, Srinagar, the meeting had […]
Srinagar, 05 June (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Friday said while the government had allowed Gujjar and Bakarwal community to embark on their annual transmigration, nothing substantial has been done to ensure their safety in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic. According to statement issued to KNS said, in a uncanny manner the […]