Chief Secretary reviews arrangements for Shri Amarnathji Yatra 2020
Daily puja to be telecast live SOPs for testing of persons entering J&K to be applicable to Yatris Meeting of the Sub- Committee constituted by the Supreme Court for Shri AmarnathjiYatra was held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam, here. Financial Commissioner, Finance, Financial Commissioner, Health & Medical Education, Principal Secretary, […]
Progress on 113 languishing projects with approved cost of 270 cores reviewed by DDC Budgam
District Development Commissioner, Budgam Shahbaz Ahmad Mirza today chaired a meeting of officers and took review of ongoing work on 113 languishing projects across the district at New Conference Hall Budgam. During the meeting, the DDC said with the projected cost of 408 crores, an amount of Rs. 270.58 crores have been approved by JKIDFC […]
Newspaper editors’ fraternity calls on Advisor Khan, project demands
SRINAGAR, JULY 04: A deputation of editors of Kashmir based newspapers today called on the Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan here and projected several demands before the Advisor. The five-member deputation led by Editor-in-Chief of Kashmir News Service, Mohammad Aslam including, Manzoor Anjum, Tahir Mohudin, Rashid Rahil and Farzana Mumtaz apprised the Advisor of […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,86,379 stranded JK residents; 1,26,718 via Lakhanpur, 59,661 through special trains
JAMMU, JULY 04: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,86,379 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]
Pune Man Wears Gold Mask Worth Nearly Rs 3 Lakh
From costly masks to easily-available cheap masks or from towels to scarves, people are taking precautions and covering their nose and mouth, as per WHO guidelines, to stay safe from the Coronavirus. But Shankar Kurade, a resident of Maharashtra’s Pune has gone a step further. A man who loves gold ornaments, Kurade got himself a […]
Flip-flop on import barriers
A power ministry order of Thursday stating equipment from prior reference countries need to take prior permission from the government transmogrified within a day into a complete import ban of equipment from China and Pakistan in the hands of Union power minister R.K. Singh. At a virtual interaction with his state counterparts on Friday, Singh […]
Hakeem Yaseen calls for stern action against profiteers of essential commodities
Chairman Peoples Democratic Front (PDF) Hakeem Yaseen has urged the authorities at the helm of affairs to conduct intensified market checking on daily basis to control skyrocketting prices of essential commodities in the market He said taking undue advantage of situation emerging out of Coronavirus pandemic, vegetable sellers, vendors and butchers have resorted a […]
Sports Ministry plans 4-year contract for new coaches, IOA president lauds the move
NEW DELHI: The sports ministry on Thursday extended the contracts of all foreign coaches employed with it till September 30 next year and said that future hiring — both Indian and foreign — will be done on a four-year cycle in sync with the Olympic Games to ensure continuity. The four-year contracts to be given […]
WHO says first alerted to coronavirus by its office, not China
The World Health Organization has updated its account of the early stages of the Covid crisis to say it was alerted by its own office in China, and not by China itself, to the first pneumonia cases in Wuhan. The UN health body has been accused by US President Donald Trump of failing to provide […]
JCO among three army soldiers injured in Kulgam gunfight
A Junior Commissioned officer (JCO) was among three soldiers injured in an ongoing encounter in Arrah area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday. Quoting official sources, news agency GNS reported that in an ongoing firefight three soldiers including a JCO recieved minor injuries in the firefight. The injured have been evacuated to 92 Base […]
