High alert sounded in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri
Srinagar: A security high alert was sounded in Rajouri after recovery of a hand grenade and another suspicious material on DC office road on Thursday. Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a hand grenade was recovered which was lying behind DC office on the main road and later a suspicious object with […]
Jammu Taxi operators, welcome government decision for commercial vehicles
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar Jammu Tourist Taxi Operators Federation has expressed gratitude and has thanked Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha for taking into consideration the financial condition of them and in this context extending the life of commercial vehicles beyond fifteen years. Chairman of the federation, Inderjeet Sharma, while speaking in a press conference said […]
Vaccination plan
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has held several meetings in the recent past to prepare itself for the possible vaccination against covid-19 infection. Covid-19 is very much over us and everyday hundreds of people are getting infected. Although the death rate is low, in these winter months people are finding it very difficult to […]
LAWDA blocks pension of its employee without genuine reasons
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar Even after Khalida Banoo retired as field assistant in LAWDA in the year 2014, now we are already at the end of the year 2020, and she is still moving from pillar to post to get her pension dues and even has knocked the doors of justice. Khalida Banoo is […]
Army soldier shoots self dead in Shopian
Srinagar:An Army soldier shot himself dead in south-Kashmir’s Shopain district late Thursday night, officials said. They said that the soldier identified as Chandra Patil of 62 Headquarters shot himself with his service rifle, while on duty at Zawoora Manloo. The cause of him taking this extreme step remains unknown for the time being, they said. […]
452 new COVID-19 cases in J&K; active cases 4,951
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday reported 452 new COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 1,11,130. Out of the total cases, 1,04,471 have already recovered and 1,708 have died leaving a total of 4,951 active cases as on date, the government’s media bulletin reads. Of the cases reported today, 194 were reported in Kashmir […]
BSF inspector on leave kidnapped for ransom in UP
A BSF inspector, who had gone missing from the city three days ago, has been rescued from a house where he had been held captive for ransom, police said Wednesday. Inspector Sajjan Singh told the police after his rescue that he was drugged and the kidnappers filmed him in a compromising position with a woman […]
Eighth Covid case hits Pakistan cricketers in New Zealand
An eighth member of Pakistan’s cricket squad has tested positive for Covid-19 as the team undergoes quarantine in Christchurch, New Zealand health authorities said Wednesday. The health department said there was one new confirmed case among the squad and a further two members were being investigated, adding to the seven who previously tested positive over […]
Chinese spacecraft lands on moon
BEIJING: China successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon’s surface on Tuesday in a historic mission to retrieve lunar surface samples. China launched its Chang’e-5 probe on Nov 24. The uncrewed mission, named after the mythical Chinese goddess of the moon, aims to collect lunar material to help scientists learn more about the moon’s origins. […]
Fears in minds
After the recent ugly incidents in the communally sensitive areas of Jammu district, civil society of Muslims living in Jammu in a press conference appealed Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha to save them from the onslaught unleashed on them by propaganda and also by the communal passions being whipped against them by the Hindu fringe elements. […]
