Srinagar-Leh highway and Mughal road closed after snowfall

Srinagar-Leh highway and Mughal road closed after snowfall

Srinagar: Authorities on Tuesday closed Srinagar-Leh highway and Mughal Road, connecting Shopian and Poonch districts, following accumulation of snow. Officials said that Srinagar-Sonamarg-Gumari highway (Srinagar-Leh) highway and Mughal road were closed due to snow accumulation. However they said that Jammu-Srinagar highway, connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the world, was open. The official said […]

NC’s Devender Rana tests positive for COVID-19

NC’s Devender Rana tests positive for COVID-19

Srinagar: Provincial President of the National Conference for Jammu, Devender Singh Rana has tested positive for COVID-19, he wrote on twitter. The three time legislator urged people, who have come in contact with him to follow the necessary precautions even as he has shifted to a hospital for medical advice. “I have tested COVID-19 positive […]

4th phase of DDC election 2020 concludes in a peaceful manner, more than 50 per cent exercise their right to franchise

4th phase of DDC election 2020 concludes in a peaceful manner, more than 50 per cent exercise their right to franchise

JAMMU, DECEMBER 07: State Election Commissioner, K.K Sharma, while addressing a press conference, today informed that the fourth phase of District Development Council elections has been conducted successfully in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir registering 50.08 per cent voter turnout. SEC said that a large number of people came out to cast their […]

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

JK reports280 new positive cases, 106758recovered so far JAMMU, DECEMBER 07- The Government on Monday informed that280 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 166 from Jammu division and 114 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 113568. Also 09 COVID-19 deaths have been […]

Lt Governor Manoj Sinha e-inaugurates Rs 181.57cr state of the art skill development centre at Baramulla

Lt Governor Manoj Sinha e-inaugurates Rs 181.57cr state of the art skill development centre at Baramulla

Says initiative will bring qualitative improvement in the field of Technical Education in J&K, besides employment generation CIIIT Baramulla to promote Invention, Innovation and Incubation under the mentorship of industry experts SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 07:  To strengthen industry-academia partnership and to bring qualitative improvements in Technical Education, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, today e-inaugurated Centre for Invention, […]

“Wanted us to vote for his party”: BJP district president in north Kashmir “disrupts” polling

“Wanted us to vote for his party”: BJP district president in north Kashmir “disrupts” polling

Srinagar: The voters in Binlipora village of Aloosa Panchayat block in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district Monday alleged that the BJP district president disrupted polling for about half an hour as went inside the polling station and stopped the polling mid-way. A group of voters, talking with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) alleged that BJP […]

Tehsil office fire incident: Govt sets up 4-member committee to probe

Tehsil office fire incident: Govt sets up 4-member committee to probe

Government on Monday appointed a four member committee to probe the massive fire incident that damaged the district Tehsil office building in Bandipora district on Saturday. An order with lying with KNS reads that a 4-member committee will probe the matter. Assistant Commissioner Revenue(ACR) Bandipora, District Statistical and Evaluation Officer Bandipora, BDO Aloosa and DSP […]

4th phase of DDC polls: Internet suspended in South Kashmir as ‘precautionary measure’

4th phase of DDC polls: Internet suspended in South Kashmir as ‘precautionary measure’

Mobile internet services were again suspended in South Kashmir on Monday even as voting was being held in the fourth phase of district development council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir. “Internet has been suspended today in South Kashmir as the elections are going on.It was suspended in earlier three phases as well,” said one of the […]