AFTER THE UPROAR
Local sand diggers and political parties appealed to the UT administration Of Jammu and Kashmir to relook at their earlier decision to give contracts of sand extraction to the firms outside of UT Jammu and Kashmir. In this direction recently The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam while chairing a meeting to take stock of […]
COVID-19: Young lady among two die in Kashmir, toll reaches 162
Srinagar, July 11 (KNO): Two more Covid-19 patients including a young lady from Anantnag have died, taking the total number of deaths related to Covid-19 to 162 in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that two patients who died include a 24-year-old lady from Hakura, Anantnag […]
Donate plasma, serve humanity: Dir SKIMS appeals recovered COVID-19 patients
Srinagar: Director Sher-i- Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Dr A.G Ahangar has appealed recovered COVID-19 patients to come forward to donate their plasma and serve humanity at large. Dr Ahangar said that the recovered Covid-19 patients are the traumatized warriors—who too can help the administration in fighting and defeating the novel virus. “All the […]
JK reports 387 new positive cases, 5786 recovered so far
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 […]
India’s wealthiest tycoon Mukesh Ambani now richer than Warren Buffett
Mukesh Ambani has had a rollercoaster 2020, cutting a string of deals for his digital business, undergoing wild swings in his wealth and having his brother’s finances laid bare for the world to see. Now he can add another chapter — eclipsing the fortune of Warren Buffett. The chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd. is now […]
ACB sleuths arrest RDD employee while taking bribe in Budgam
Anti corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday arrested an employee of Block development officer (BDO) Chadoora Budgam in central Kashmir. According to Kashmir News Service Correspondent CIC Operator in BDO office Chadoora was caught red handed while accepting the bribe of rupees 4400/= for release of payment under SBM. The employee has been indentified as Hilal […]
Navin chairs SLEC Meeting of MIDH
Principal Secretary Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal and Sheep Husbandry departments, Navin Kumar Choudhary today chaired a State Level Empowered Committee (SLEC) meeting of Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) here today. The committee approved an annual action plan worth Rs 75 crore for the holistic development of Horticulture sector in Jammu and Kashmir for the […]
Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall kill 8 in Arunachal Pradesh
A series of landslides triggered by heavy rainfall have killed eight people in 24 hours in Arunachal Pradesh. While in Papumpare district, a family of four, including a baby, was buried alive in Tigdo village in Doimukh, a mudslide killed four others in Modirijo village in Itanagar Capital Complex. Earlier in May, three people had […]
Delhi Court Grants Bail To 82 Bangladeshi Nationals Who Attended Tablighi Jamaat
A Delhi court Friday granted bail to 82 Bangladeshi nationals who were chargesheeted for attending Tablighi Jamaat congregation in the national capital for allegedly violating visa conditions, indulging in missionary activities illegally and violating government guidelines, issued in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gurmohina Kaur granted the relief to the foreigners on […]
WHO launches probe into its pandemic response
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation, which faced fierce US criticism over its handling of the coronavirus crisis, launched an independent panel on Thursday to review its response to the pandemic. The Independent panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response will be headed by former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark and former Liberian president Ellen Johnson […]
