Union Home Secy chairs second meeting of JCoS
Cadre Review of AIS’, transfer policy for UT officers being finalized SRINAGAR, JULY 14: The Union Home Secretary, Ajay Kumar Bhalla today chaired the second meeting of Joint Committee on Service matter (JCoS) for Union Territory of J&K and Union Territory of Ladakh. B V R Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary, J&K, Umang Narula, Advisor to Lt. […]
Div Com chairs weekly Covid-19 review meeting
Directs for strictness against SoP violators SRINAGAR, JULY 14: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Tuesday chaired weekly review meeting on Covid-19 pandemic here. The Divisional Commissioner directed for taking strict action against the SoP violators for not wearing mask and adhering to social distancing. He instructed Deputy Commissioners of valley districts to ensure […]
EJAC Hold Protest, Demanding Regularization of Daily Wagers
A peaceful protest program of Employees Joint Action Committee was held today in front of Civil Secretariat under the leadership of its President Fayaz Ahmad Shabnam. The protest was done in favour of regularization of daily wagers and all types of temporary workers employed in various departments of Jammu & Kashmir. The protestors were holding […]
Establish a separate CAT Bench at Srinagar: Altaf Bukhari
Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday urged the government of India to establish a separate bench of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) at Srinagar so as to do justice with thousands of employees who cannot afford to visit and stay in Jammu to pursue adjudication of their service related […]
No Martyrs’ Day In J&K This Year, 72-Year-Old Tradition Abandoned
Srinagar: There was no wreath-laying ceremony. No gun salutes. No flag-raising. The Martyrs’ Day commemoration was officially abandoned in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. It was the first time since Independence and Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to Union of India, that the July 13 ceremony did not take place in Srinagar. After the scrapping of […]
Experts Explain: The case for using hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19
The usefulness of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in Covid-19 has been controversial, without clarity or clear evidence one way or the other, until very recently. A study on more than 2,500 patients in six units under the Henry Ford Hospitals group in Detroit, Michigan, USA, peer-reviewed, accepted and ready for publication in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, has found good […]
Fire engulfs tourist reception centre in south Kashmir’s Anantnag
Srinagar: A Tourist Reception Centre (TRC) at Chiniwoder village of Srigufwara in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district went up in flames mysteriously on Tuesday after police registered a case and started investigations. A local news gathering news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO) quoting an unnamed official reported that a TRC at village Chiniwoder in Srigufwara went […]
LIMITED YATRA
In the wake of growing LoC firing incidents, the central government has decided to deploy additional troops not only due to the escalation in situation but also for holding limited Amarnath yatra this season. Recently after the UT administration of Jammu and Kashmir submitted a comprehensive proposal for the deployment of troops for the security […]
Desperate Afghans have found a ‘new treatment’ for coronavirus – opium
Mumbai: In a remote Afghan village, Lal Mohammad says he is beating the coronavirus by consuming opium after the drug helped his relatives recover. The 48-year-old taxi driver bought 250 grams of the drug four weeks ago from a Taliban-backed farmer who grows opium poppies once year in Qarchi Gak, an arid, war-beaten village in the […]
Rajasthan Political Crisis: MLAs Meet Again, Sachin Pilot Turns Down ‘Second Chance’
Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot has skipped the second Congress Legislature Party meeting even after the senior party leader Randeep Surjewala invited him to “come and resolve the issues” that have erupted after the conflict between him and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot escalated. The meeting is being held at a hotel on the Delhi highway where […]
